by mike | Jan 11, 2016 | Books, Editing, Films About Writers, Movies, Publishing, Research, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
This 2010 political drama, directed by Roman Polanski, stars a young Obi-Wan Kenobi (wait, I mean Ewan McGregor) as “The Ghost.” He is never referred to by name, an indication that there will be something “different” about this meticulously paced and intriguing film....
by mike | Jan 4, 2016 | Horror, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Most people think of Anthony Hopkins when they hear the name Hannibal Lecter, and rightfully so. Hopkins won an Academy Award for portraying the incarcerated psychiatrist/serial killer in the Best Picture of 1991, Silence of the Lambs, and two subsequent films. But he...
by mike | Dec 14, 2015 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Native Americans, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I should feel quite guilty about enjoying Nightwing, the 1979 horror film based on the Martin Cruz Smith novel of the same name—a movie reviled by both critics and viewers alike. But, as usual, I don’t give a rat’s (bat’s?) butthole about what anyone thinks. For sure,...
by mike | Dec 7, 2015 | Blowing Shit Up, Disaster Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Yes, in case you didn’t know, tornadoes are responsible for blowing lots of shit up. Mother Nature does get pissed upon occasion. And nowhere is this better illustrated than in the two disaster movies, Twister (1996) and Into the Storm (2014). “THE EXTREME!” Twister...
by mike | Nov 23, 2015 | Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Sports Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
There are countless memorable lines from movies both classic and not-so-classic. Here are a few more of them. “Leave the gun…take the cannoli.” – Peter Clemenza (Richard Castellano) in The Godfather, the Best Picture of 1972. “I was the East Coast distributor of...
by mike | Nov 2, 2015 | Books, Films About Books, Holocaust, Movies, Uncategorized |
“Books are life” may well be the theme for young protagonist Liesel Meminger in the 2013 drama, The Book Thief. There is only one problem: at the start of the story, Liesel cannot read or write. The Book Thief was adapted from the novel of the same name by Australian...
