by mike | Feb 14, 2022 | Creature Features, Fantasy, Monster Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The long wait is almost over! (Drum roll here.) Jurassic World Dominion is scheduled to open in theaters on June 10th. I haven’t seen a film inside a movie theater in years, but I will make an exception for this one. I mean, it’s dinosaurs, right? Even better: it...
by mike | Jan 27, 2022 | California, Fantasy, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, War Movies |
Will we ever see another Planet of the Apes film? Hollywood says that one is in the works…but you know Hollywood. This post first ran in 2018. If you read this blog, you may recall that Part Four in this series appeared a little over a year ago. At that time War for...
by mike | Jan 20, 2022 | Blowing Shit Up, California, Disaster Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
When will the Big One hit? We Californians know that it’s not a matter of IF, but WHEN. This post first ran in 2018. We had an earthquake here in Southern California last week. Like, what else is new? The 4.5 temblor—its epicenter in Riverside County near the San...
by mike | Jan 10, 2022 | Ghosts, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
“Your girlfriend lives in the corner penthouse of spook central.” Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) delivers that line to fellow Ghostbuster Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) in the 1984 comedy/horror classic, one of my all-time favorite films. The building Ray is referencing...
by mike | Jan 6, 2022 | Aging, Films About Writers, Humor, Life, Movies, Uncategorized, Writing |
Let’s hear it for women who find the courage to tell the patriarchy where to shove it! This post first ran in 2018. In this, the era of #MeToo, when women are making it clear that they’re fed up with the bullshit to which they’ve been subjected from men since the days...
by mike | Jan 3, 2022 | Blowing Shit Up, Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
The sci-fi/horror film, Predator (1987), made a ton of money, got great reviews, and spawned a franchise that continues right up until today, with one or two more sequels apparently in the works. It didn’t hurt that its cast included Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse...
