by mike | Jun 15, 2020 | Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Until recently I had not watched the excellent 1986 remake of The Fly in many years. This is my excuse for forgetting that I should not have viewed the film so close to dinnertime. Appetite gone! Indeed, by virtue of its Academy Award-winning makeup effects, as well...
by mike | Jun 8, 2020 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
This Tom Cruise-fueled reboot, The Mummy, is a serious contender for the guiltiest of my Guilty Pleasures. It lost a chunk of change for the studio, and it has an anemic 16% rating on Rotten Tomatoes due to its brutal reviews. And if that’s not enough, the film...
by mike | Jun 1, 2020 | Baseball, Books, Curious Possessions, Humor, Life, Uncategorized |
With seven-plus decades in the rearview mirror I’ve had plenty of time to collect a whole lot of “stuff.” Here is a look at some more “Curious Possessions” floating around my domicile. TILTING AT WINDMILLS I have a huge collection of Don Quixote “stuff.” The largest...
by mike | May 25, 2020 | Aging, Death, Humor, Life, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
Report from the Sirota Quarantine Cave: Jacqueline and I are doing fine. We’ve both been “sheltering in place” since she got back from a trip to Utah in mid-March. I suppose we’re more cautious than most, but hey, when they refer to “high-risk groups” they’re talking...
by mike | May 18, 2020 | Creature Features, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Monster Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
Okay, I’m embellishing here. But in the 2009 creature feature, Wyvern, a mythical dragon chows down on the quirky residents of a small town in northern Alaska in order to feed itself, as well as to bring some tasty morsels to its soon-to-be-hatched young. I suppose...
