by mike | Aug 31, 2023 | Movies, Mystery Films, Native American Films, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Western Movies |
This excellent film worked on many levels. I first presented this post in 2020. The 1992 film, Thunderheart, has been described as a “contemporary western mystery,” but it is so much more than that. It is “loosely based” on what is known as the Wounded Knee incident,...
by mike | Jun 26, 2023 | Aging, Books, California, Humor, Native Americans, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
My four-book comedy/science fiction series, which began with Bicycling Through Space and Time, depicts the mostly outrageous adventures of mountain bike rider Jack Miller along the cosmic tunnel called the Ultimate Bike Path. But “outrageous” occasionally turns to...
by mike | Apr 27, 2023 | Books, California, Horror, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Writing |
Sometimes I cringe when I read some of the bloody scenes that I wrote in The Modoc Well, my second horror novel. I first presented this post in 2019. By way of self-evaluation, The Modoc Well (originally published as The Well by Bantam Books) is the goriest of my four...
by mike | Feb 23, 2023 | Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
It’s always nice to see actors still working past their heyday, even in silly horror movies. This post first ran in 2019. The 2008 made-for-TV (SyFy Channel) horror/sci-fi film, Bone Eater, which appears on many “Worst” lists, is notable for one thing. Its cast...
by mike | Nov 17, 2022 | Humor, Life, Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
I cannot write enough about this amazing—and much-honored—film. This post last ran in 2019. 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...
by mike | Oct 20, 2022 | Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized |
This story epitomizes the horrors visited upon America’s indigenous People. I first presented the post in 2019. In the excellent Native American film, Powwow Highway, we join Philbert Bono riding his “war pony” (A rusted, piece-of-crap Buick) as he leaves his home on...
