by mike | May 13, 2024 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Uncategorized |
The source material for the 2023 horror film, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, is a chapter titled “The Captain’s Log” from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, Dracula. That should be enough to keep you from boarding the vessel. I mean, who would want Transylvania’s most famous...
by mike | Apr 29, 2024 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized |
Circumstances preclude my presenting a new post for today. But here is one of my favorites from long ago. In a previous post I mentioned that the “guilt” in guilty pleasures comes from worrying about what others might think about one’s tastes, maybe seeing you as a...
by mike | Mar 14, 2024 | Action/Adventure, Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Geostorm was a bona-fide Guilty Pleasure! I first presented this post in 2020. The much-maligned 2017 film, Geostorm, is a disaster movie. And a sci-fi movie. And a political thriller. Guess what: I enjoy disaster movies; and sci-fi movies; and political thrillers. So...
by mike | Nov 23, 2023 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Why do aliens always want to suck out our brains and take over the planet? I first presented this post in 2020. I don’t usually write about multiple Guilty Pleasures in one post. But the sci-fi/action films, Battle: Los Angeles (2011) and Battleship (2012) have much...
by mike | Nov 2, 2023 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
I still don’t know why everyone hates this film. Maybe it’s a Tom Cruise thing. 😊 I first presented this post in 2020. This Tom Cruise-fueled reboot, The Mummy, is a serious contender for the guiltiest of my Guilty Pleasures. It lost a chunk of change for the studio,...
by mike | Oct 19, 2023 | Creature Features, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Monster Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
Alaska being such an odd place, it could very well have a dragon in its midst. 😊 This post first ran in 2020. Okay, I’m embellishing here. But in the 2009 creature feature, Wyvern, a mythical dragon chows down on the quirky residents of a small town in northern Alaska...
