by mike | Oct 21, 2019 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Having viewed over 17 million horror movies since the invention of celluloid, I’m pretty jaded when it comes to being scared by any of them. But I just about had to change my shorts after watching the 2013 thriller, The Conjuring. If it isn’t the scariest movie I ever...
by mike | Oct 3, 2019 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
This might be one of the guiltiest Guilty Pleasures that I ever wrote about. The post first ran in 2015. 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...
by mike | Sep 26, 2019 | Blowing Shit Up, Disaster Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Natural disasters account for plenty of shit blowing up on the silver screen. This post first ran in 2015. 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...
by mike | Sep 23, 2019 | Adventure fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Uncategorized |
By my own checklist the 2003 historical adventure-fantasy film, 47 Ronin, is the perfect Guilty Pleasure. It bombed at the box office: check. Critics hated it: check. Yours truly loved it: double check. The film is based on actual events, which took place in...
by mike | Sep 12, 2019 | Baseball, Creature Features, Epic Fantasy, Horror Movies, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
There are countless memorable lines from movies both classic and not-so-classic. Here are a few more of them. This post first ran in 2015. “Leave the gun…take the cannoli.” – Peter Clemenza (Richard Castellano) in The Godfather, the Best Picture of 1972. “I was...
by mike | Sep 5, 2019 | Books, Films About Books, Holocaust, Movies, Uncategorized |
This is one story that will stay in your thoughts long after reading or viewing it. I first presented this post in 2015. “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...
