by mike | May 16, 2019 | Books, Bookstores, Fantasy, Films About Books, Movies, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
A children’s book…with an adult message. This post first ran in 2015. If the 1979 novel, The Neverending Story, by German author Michael Ende, is a book about a book, then I suppose the 1984 film adaptation, The NeverEnding Story, can be referred to as a movie about a...
by mike | May 9, 2019 | Disaster Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Let us all hope Climate Change doesn’t bring our planet to this nightmare! I first posted this article in 2015. Did you ever have a bad dream where you’re aboard a train that just rolls on and on, and you can’t get off of it? That’s what passengers on a train called...
by mike | May 6, 2019 | Humor, Life, Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
Earlier this year it was announced that the 1998 film, Smoke Signals, was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as being “…culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” This is quite an honor for a movie that was made with an...
by mike | Apr 29, 2019 | Creature Features, Films About Writers, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
The 1986 comedy/horror flick, House, not only fits the bill as a film in which the main character is a writer, but more specifically, a horror writer. I’ve written about a bunch of movies in my “Films About Writers” series, and a number of them focus on those of us...
by mike | Apr 22, 2019 | Death, Fantasy, Horror Movies, Humor, Life, Movies, Science Fiction, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
During his all-too-brief career—and life—actor Kevin Peter Hall was billed as “…the tallest man on stage and screen.” At over 7’2” the assessment was spot on. It also led to some memorable roles for this gentle giant from Pittsburgh. BASKETBALL OR FILM? Born in 1955,...
by mike | Apr 18, 2019 | Films About Books, Films About Writers, Humor, Movies, Publishing, Romance, Uncategorized |
It’s always gratifying to have a novelist as a main character in a movie. 😊 This post first appeared in 2015. For many movie lovers—my bride included—Romancing the Stone (1984) and Jewel of the Nile (1985) are the perfect films. Action and adventure, outrageous...
