by mike | Mar 22, 2018 | Death, Ghosts, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
I still get a kick out of this weird flick. This post first ran in 2014. Be forewarned: the 2002 horror flick, Ghost Ship, has one of the most memorable—and gross—opening hooks in all of filmdom. We find ourselves aboard an Italian luxury ocean liner, the Antonia...
by mike | Mar 19, 2018 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Monster Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
I recently re-ran my posts on the sequels to Tremors, the classic comedy-horror flick from 1990, starring Kevin Bacon. Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004) was actually a prequel, and aside from a short-lived TV series, it appeared that the days of the Graboids,...
by mike | Mar 8, 2018 | Baseball, Fantasy, Humor, Movies, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
In the spring, those two words are like music to my ears. All of the Major League teams—especially my beloved San Diego Padres—are in Spring Training, and Opening Day is only a few weeks away. And since baseball is my religion, I could not be happier. As I’ve written...
by mike | Mar 1, 2018 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
This was the fourth Tremors film, and at the time I first presented this post in 2014, the last one. Things have changed since then. When I saw that Michael Gross, who played whacko right-wing survivalist Burt Gummer in the first three Tremors films, also starred in...
by mike | Feb 22, 2018 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
This is the second sequel to the classic comedy/horror film, Tremors. I first presented this post in 2014. Burt Gummer becomes the star in the 2001 sequel, Tremors: Back to Perfection, which takes us back to the town of Perfection, Nevada, site of the first movie....
by mike | Feb 19, 2018 | Books, Death, Fantasy, Films About Books, Films About Writers, Humor, Movies, Publishing, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
Harold Crick is an IRS agent who leads a boring life. Harold is also—not by choice—a character in a book, and that character is slated to die at story’s end. A LIFE BY THE NUMBERS Stranger Than Fiction, a 2006 fantasy/comedy/drama, stars Will Ferrell in an understated...
