by mike | Oct 17, 2024 | Blowing Shit Up, California, Disaster Movies, Disasters, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
This seems like an overused movie device. I first presented this post in 2021. Recently, while watching the Gerard Butler-fueled disaster film, Greenland, it occurred to me that a lot of couples with troubled marriages/relationships have been brought together by their...
by mike | Sep 30, 2024 | Aging, Books, Fantasy, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
With the presidential election a little more than a month away, and with democracy—the very soul of this country—at stake, I’m re-running this satirical (but in truth disturbing) scene from BACK ON THE BIKE PATH. You’ll surely recognize one of the two candidates....
by mike | Sep 26, 2024 | Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Indeed, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY provided the perfect ending to the franchise, but it was not to be. This post first ran in 2021. The renowned director, James Cameron, was hardly a blip on the Hollywood radar screen in 1984 when he pitched his screenplay for a...
by mike | Aug 26, 2024 | Baseball, Books, Humor, Science Fiction, Sports, Uncategorized |
In my comedy/science fiction series featuring cosmic bike rider Jack Miller, I created a number of singular Heavens, called Afterwards. Jack visited his favorite singer, Harry Chapin, in the Rock and Roll Afterward, his beloved German shepherd, Barney, in the Doggie...
by mike | Aug 1, 2024 | Blowing Shit Up, Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
These two films constitute a real Blowing-Shit-Up-Fest. I first presented this post in 2021. Each of these two movies, the classic Predator (1987) and the not-so-classic Predator 2 (1990), features a single antagonist—a nasty-looking dude with dreads. So why, one...
by mike | Jul 8, 2024 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Quotes, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Last week I wrote about my favorite Donald Sutherland film, the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I thought it might be fun to highlight some quotes from this terrifying story. Health Department worker Matthew Bennell (Sutherland) on the phone to the...
