by mike | Dec 13, 2021 | Books, Holocaust, Life, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
I’ve stepped out of my comfort zone a number of times in the more than two dozen novels that I wrote, a scene here, a chapter there. But with my award-winning thriller, Freedom’s Hand, I authored the entire book from a location far away from my comfort zone. All of my...
by mike | Dec 9, 2021 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Sword & Sorcery, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
This post first ran in 2018, just before the Governator had open-heart surgery. Glad he got through it okay. I’ve hardly let a single post about movie lines go by without at least one from Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose many action movies are among my favorites. This...
by mike | Dec 6, 2021 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I was on the fence about presenting the 2000 survival thriller, Vertical Limit, as a Guilty Pleasure. No problem with the box office, and it did have some decent reviews, including one from Roger Ebert. But other reviewers were brutal, including one who called it...
by mike | Dec 2, 2021 | Books, Films About Writers, Guilty Pleasures, Humor, Life, Movies, Uncategorized, Writing |
Hardly anyone saw this heartwarming film, and that’s a shame. I first presented the post in 2018. It is hard to imagine any film starring Morgan Freeman, one of my favorite performers, bombing big-time. But if you go by the box office receipts of the 2012...
by mike | Nov 29, 2021 | Books, California, Fantasy, Life, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
Today (November 29th) my bride and I celebrate our 24th wedding anniversary. (Jacqueline and I actually met on November 26th, 31 years ago.) I’ve been blessed to have this remarkable woman in my life for over three decades, and I know we’ll be together through the...
by mike | Nov 25, 2021 | Creature Features, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Monster Movies, Monsters, Movies, Uncategorized |
Happy Thanksgiving! Well, it was earth-shaking news six years ago, when the Tremors franchise added Tremors 5: Bloodlines. But since then, we’ve seen two more hit the (small) screen! I recently re-ran my posts on the sequels to Tremors, the classic comedy-horror flick...
