by mike | Jan 27, 2020 | Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Monster Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
I happened to be drinking coffee last week as I read some film teasers on Amazon Prime. The coffee wound up shooting out of my nose after reading one teaser in particular. It will be the first one on the following list. (Don’t be drinking anything.) A few others will...
by mike | Jan 20, 2020 | Blowing Shit Up, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
They titled the 2019 film Rambo: Last Blood, an obvious reference to the initial 1982 version, First Blood. I loved that film, based on the 1972 novel by David Morrell, and I was fine with the three sequels, the last of them in 2008, simply titled Rambo. Sylvester...
by mike | Jan 13, 2020 | Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Movie Lines, Movies, Uncategorized |
I absolutely love The Lord of the Rings, both Tolkien’s classic novel and the sprawling epic film series of Peter Jackson. There are countless memorable lines from the latter, which makes the following merely a small sample. THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING Gandalf (when...
by mike | Jan 6, 2020 | Death, Humor, Mystery Films, Mystery Novels, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
My bride and I have gotten hooked on Murdoch Mysteries, a popular, award-winning Canadian television series on Acorn that, to all intent and purpose, might as well be called CSI: Nineteenth Century. We’re into the fifth season as of this writing, and given that the...
by mike | Dec 16, 2019 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Negative reviews? Crummy box office? Oh yes, the 2018 action/disaster film, The Hurricane Heist, is definitely a world-class Guilty Pleasure. Some critics even agreed that it was the “Best/Worst” movie of the year—which likely makes it a Guilty Pleasure even for them....
