by mike | Nov 21, 2022 | Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
It surprised me to discover that this country harbored so many haunted roads, from East Coast to West Coast. I did write about one such road, which ran through a portion of Nebraska. (See my post, “Myths And Legends: Seven Sisters Road.”) But as many truckers can tell...
by mike | Nov 14, 2022 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Humor, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized |
Erstwhile earthling Bernie Smith was zapped up from an Iowa cornfield to the deadly planet of Persus in my Sword & Planet spoof, The Wizard from Harrmel. In book two, The Horrors of Harrmel, Bernie and his bride, Thanna Dora, set out on a dangerous quest after...
by mike | Nov 7, 2022 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
You’d think that any movie based on a popular Michael Crichton novel would be a major hit. But the 1995 action/adventure film, Congo—while it did kind of okay at the box office—suffered the vitriol of critics, and its Razzie nominations were numerous. Even so, I love...
by mike | Oct 24, 2022 | Adventure fantasy, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Uncategorized |
Actually, Harrison Ford will be 80+ when the fifth Indiana Jones film premieres next year. He was only in his mid-60s when he starred in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the fourth film in the series, which followed a nineteen-year hiatus....
by mike | Oct 17, 2022 | Adventure fantasy, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Uncategorized |
The third film in the Indiana Jones series introduced film icon Sean Connery as Indy’s father and involved a quest for a Holy Relic. It also brought the Nazis back into the series. Here are some of the fun and compelling lines from this film. INDIANA JONES AND THE...