by mike | Jun 19, 2025 | Books, Humor, Movies, Mysteries, Mystery Films, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
I did a follow-up to this 2022 post a year later, involving major changes in a couple of characters from this series. That post will run next Thursday. Despite our affection for British mysteries, my bride and I had passed on Father Brown for quite some time. I mean,...
by mike | Jun 9, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Adventure fantasy, Creature Features, Fantasy, Movies, Uncategorized |
In my misspent youth, when I wasn’t outside playing with the dinosaurs, I would watch these newfangled things called movies. One of my absolute favorites was the 1949 fantasy-adventure, Mighty Joe Young, a story about a ginormous gorilla taken from its habitat to be...
by mike | Jun 2, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Death, Disaster Movies, Disasters, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I finally figured it out. I finally understood why, given my fear of heights and an even greater phobia about falling, I watched just about every mountain-climbing movie out there. It was because—from the safety of my couch or the theater seat—I wanted to understand...
by mike | May 29, 2025 | Creature Features, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Well, since this post first appeared in 2022, another dinosaur film is on the horizon. Jurassic World Rebirth will be out in July. The recently released Jurassic World Dominion is the third film in the Jurassic World trilogy, and the sixth film in the Jurassic...
by mike | May 26, 2025 | Creature Features, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
At this stage of my life it’s nice to discover a new Guilty Pleasure, and the 2009 comedy/horror movie, Infestation, fits the bill. My usual parameters—box office and reviews—don’t actually apply here, because I’m not even sure it had a box office, and the only...
by mike | May 22, 2025 | Creature Features, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Jurassic Park is not only the best film in the classic series, it also has many of the best lines. This post first ran in 2022. Paleobotanist Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) uttered that awesome comeback line in Jurassic Park (1993). I’ll give you the full context shortly....
