by mike | Apr 16, 2014 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
A while back I wrote about one of my favorite dumb movies, the 1990 goofy comedy-horror flick, Tremors (see my post, “Guilty Pleasures: Tremors”). I’ve watched it many times, and while I knew that there had been three sequels made, I had always avoided them—until...
by mike | Mar 26, 2014 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction |
The 1997 sci-fi/horror flick, Mimic, is one of my favorites, though to date I had not written about it. That changes today. Mimic, directed by Oscar-nominated Guillermo del Toro, features Oscar winners Mira Sorvino and F. Murray Abraham, Oscar-nominated actors Josh...
by mike | Feb 19, 2014 | Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Sports Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I love memorable lines from the silver screen, especially if they’re from movie favorites that I watch numerous times. A couple years ago I wrote a post titled, “She Wouldn’t Even Harm a Fly”—the great last line from the classic 1960 Hitchcock film, Psycho....
by mike | Feb 6, 2014 | Death, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Life, Movies, Paranormal, Sword & Sorcery |
A STAR STOPS SHINING I’m sure everyone knows by now that Philip Seymour Hoffman passed away last weekend at the heartbreakingly young age of forty-six. Still, I had to acknowledge his passing, as he has long been one of my favorites. He gave life and emotion to every...
by mike | Jan 31, 2014 | Horror, Horror Movies, Life, Movies, Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
I grew up in The Bronx, New York City’s northernmost borough, before leaving it for good in 1967 after graduating college. For the first fourteen years I lived in the South Bronx, until urban decay began to set in, sending my family to a nicer part of town. Through...
by mike | Jan 6, 2014 | Baseball, Fantasy, Movies, Science Fiction, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
That line comes from my second-favorite movie of all time, Frequency. Released in 2000, this fantasy/baseball/serial killer/father & son relationship flick, starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel, has just about everything I could want in a story. But for my wife...
