by mike | Dec 11, 2023 | Action/Adventure, Aging, Movies, Uncategorized |
Although the final film in one of the most enduring and endearing movie franchises, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, hit the silver screen this past summer, I did not watch it till earlier this month. Why not? Maybe I wanted to prolong the inevitable: the final...
by mike | Nov 27, 2023 | Aging, Blowing Shit Up, Disaster Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Wow, that’s a lot of “Fs,” just like there are lots of “Fs” (unnecessary F-bombs) in the fourth Expendables film (presented as Expend4bles). This one, sadly, should bury the once-popular franchise, which bombed big-time at the box office, got the lowest score of the...
by mike | Nov 23, 2023 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Why do aliens always want to suck out our brains and take over the planet? I first presented this post in 2020. I don’t usually write about multiple Guilty Pleasures in one post. But the sci-fi/action films, Battle: Los Angeles (2011) and Battleship (2012) have much...
by mike | Nov 9, 2023 | Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
You don’t want to curl up with a pizza or some tacos while viewing this film. I first presented this post in 2020. Until recently I had not watched the excellent 1986 remake of The Fly in many years. This is my excuse for forgetting that I should not have viewed the...
by mike | Nov 2, 2023 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
I still don’t know why everyone hates this film. Maybe it’s a Tom Cruise thing. 😊 I first presented this post in 2020. This Tom Cruise-fueled reboot, The Mummy, is a serious contender for the guiltiest of my Guilty Pleasures. It lost a chunk of change for the studio,...
by mike | Oct 30, 2023 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
It’s that time again. Living in a gated 55+ community, I no longer have to hand out Halloween candy at the front door, since no one does trick-or-treating. These days I spend the holiday enjoying a horror movie marathon…three or four shockers. The rest of the year,...