by mike | Aug 18, 2014 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized |
Over two years ago I wrote a “Guilty Pleasures” post for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first screen romp as Conan the Barbarian in 1982. Since that time this particular post has received more views than any of the others I’ve done on my blog. Must be a lot of Conan—or...
by mike | Aug 11, 2014 | Horror Movies, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Memorable lines from our favorite movies are always a hoot. Here are a few more of mine. “Ah, dessert! Chilled monkey brains.” A dinner guest at one of the funniest and most disgusting meals you’ll ever witness grosses out Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) in Indiana Jones...
by mike | Jul 14, 2014 | Books, Editing, Movies, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
We writers don’t usually find cause to save the country, or the planet, or the galaxy (except in our own stories), so making us the heroes up on the silver screen is not something that gets box office-driven Hollywood all atwitter. That said, there are more movies...
by mike | Jul 7, 2014 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
Not having felt “guilty” for a while, I dug way down into the well of duds for this 1998 action-horror flick. I mean, how could I not like a movie co-starring Famke Janssen (X-Men’s Jean Grey and a Bond villain in GoldenEye) and a bunch of giant, multi-tentacled sea...
by mike | Jun 3, 2014 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Uncategorized |
Until today, I hadn’t even begun talking about disaster movies—so many of which I enjoy. High on the list is the 1998 mini-gem, Hard Rain. Now I could’ve included this as a Guilty Pleasure, given its negative reviews and poor box office (though subsequent VHS and DVD...
by mike | May 27, 2014 | Ghosts, Holocaust, Horror Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Spirituality, Uncategorized |
A Jewish demon? Who knew! Yes, according to Jewish mythology a dybbuk is a ghostly, troubled spirit—most often the wandering soul of a deceased person—that possesses the body of a living person. (Though any living entity works, even a bug or a beagle, their host of...
