by mike | Jun 29, 2023 | Death, Humor, Mysteries, Mystery Films, Mystery Novels, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
Murdoch Mysteries is now in its sixteenth season (and counting) since I first presented this post a few years ago. That’s over 260 episodes! Quite a track record. My bride and I have gotten hooked on Murdoch Mysteries, a popular, award-winning Canadian television...
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 | Jun 22, 2023 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
You can’t get any more guilty than The Hurricane Heist, an over-the-top—but fun—action thriller. This post first ran in 2019. Negative reviews? Crummy box office? Oh yes, the 2018 action/disaster film, The Hurricane Heist, is definitely a world-class Guilty Pleasure....
by mike | Jun 19, 2023 | Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Last month I watched the classic 1956 science fiction movie, Forbidden Planet, for the 300th time. Okay, that’s an exaggeration, but I have viewed it many times over the course of six-plus decades. It never gets old, and its production values were way ahead of their...
by mike | Jun 15, 2023 | Blowing Shit Up, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
As I’ve said before, we guys have it in our DNA to enjoy movies where they’re blowing shit up, whether it’s Mother Nature doing the blowing, or via the good old American way with lots of bombs and other ordnance. The three “Fallen” films, all starring Gerard Butler,...
by mike | Jun 12, 2023 | Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
It is curious that lighthouses seem the ideal places for hauntings. That is certainly true of the Point Lookout Lighthouse in Maryland, considered by some to be the most haunted lighthouse in America. THE FIRST KEEPERS Point Lookout marked the entrance to the Potomac...
