by mike | Feb 3, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Blowing Shit Up, Creature Features, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The 2011 science fiction/thriller/coming of age film, Super 8, has a great pedigree. It was written and directed by J.J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. The winner of numerous awards, it did well at the box office and won the praise of many critics. Not bad...
by mike | Jan 30, 2025 | Creature Features, Fantasy, Monster Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Well, the best thing I can say about Jurassic World Dominion is that it merged the old crew with the new one. This post first ran in 2022. The long wait is over! (Drum roll here.) Jurassic World Dominion is here, so I said back then. I hadn’t seen a film inside a...
by mike | Jan 27, 2025 | Books, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
If the underachieving 1995 sci-fi/horror flick, Village of the Damned, is remembered for one thing, it is the final appearance in a theatrical film for its star, CHRISTOPHER REEVE. Later that year he would suffer the equestrian accident that would paralyze him and...
by mike | Jan 23, 2025 | Books, Fantasy, Humor, Publishing, Research, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized |
My next book is still in the “thinking” stage. This post first ran in 2022. When the pandemic drove us indoors in early 2020 (and wiped out the NCAA basketball tournament; I’m still not over that one…), I found a number of ways to keep busy. At that point I hadn’t...
by mike | Jan 20, 2025 | Baseball, Death, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Quotes, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
We lost a national treasure last week. Bob Uecker, former major league catcher, baseball announcer, comedian, and all-around great guy, passed away at the age of 90. Mr. Uecker turned an uninspired baseball career (lifetime batting average of .200) into a new vocation...
