by mike | Aug 13, 2013 | California, Holocaust, Life, Movies, Native Americans, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Does that title offend the living crap out of you? It did me, believe it. I didn’t make it up; it is attributed to a United States Army officer in the late nineteenth century. More on that shortly. The line would become the buzz phrase for many non-reservation Native...
by mike | Jul 20, 2013 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
My dear bride is not into my kind of bad movies, so I usually watch them when she’s out. When she’s home, we watch mutually agreeable flicks. But this week she had work to do on her trusty laptop that required concentration, and she thus spake the words that I love to...
by mike | May 30, 2013 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends |
Pardon the adverbs, but this 1981 film could be considered “humorously gross” or “grossly humorous.” Either way, An American Werewolf In London has more than enough gore and laughs to entertain during its 90+ minutes of run time. And now I find out, via research, that...
by mike | May 6, 2013 | Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Sports Movies |
In retrospect, I could have written about Mystery, Alaska as one of my many Guilty Pleasures. The thing is, I never thought of this outrageous 1999 comedy, with a cast of solid actors and a load of memorable lines, as a film that I had to feel guilty about throwing in...
by mike | Apr 16, 2013 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies |
You might feel a bit…well, sleazy watching this 1982 “erotic remake” of the 1942 movie that bore the same title but, understandably, had way less sex and violence. I suppose that would qualify it as a guilty pleasure. But even though it wasn’t a box office smash, Cat...
by mike | Apr 2, 2013 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction |
Nope, this post is not about characters created by Dr. Seuss. (I don’t even think there was a Thing 3.) It’s about three science fiction/horror movies that share a commonality of title, spread out over the unbelievable period of six decades. This is about—The Thing....