by mike | Sep 13, 2021 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
In my comedy/science fiction series, bicyclist Jack Miller enters numerous worlds through “gates” along the cosmic tunnel known as the Ultimate Bike Path. It could be Earth’s past or future, otherworldly dimensions, even the pages of literature, among many others....
by mike | Aug 30, 2021 | Blowing Shit Up, California, Disaster Movies, Disasters, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
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 harrowing experiences in movies of this genre. Weird. Here are just a few...
by mike | Aug 23, 2021 | Humor, Mysteries, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
McDonald & Dodds, a BritBox original series, is a crime drama set in the city of Bath, about ninety-odd miles from London. The quirky show—not a comedy, but hardly as intense as Silent Witness or Vera—highlights the trials and tribulations of women—specifically...
by mike | Aug 9, 2021 | Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
The renowned director, James Cameron, was hardly a blip on the Hollywood radar screen in 1984 when he pitched his screenplay for a science fiction/action movie called The Terminator. Fortunately the film got done, he got to direct it, Arnold Schwarzenegger landed the...
by mike | Aug 2, 2021 | Death, Disaster Movies, Disasters, Movies, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized |
Last month I watched the much-honored 1997 film, Titanic, for the first time in many years. (I almost made it through the three-plus hours without bawling, until Jack bobbed up and said his farewells to Rose…) It reminded me that I had heard a replica of the doomed...
