by mike | Apr 24, 2017 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Jamie Lee Curtis once called Virus, a 1999 sci-fi/horror flick, a “piece of shit.” Why is that significant? Because the renowned scream queen was one of its stars—along with Donald Sutherland and William Baldwin. The film, despite a lot of hype—even a line of action...
by mike | Feb 20, 2017 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
The 1998 sci-fi/disaster flick, Armageddon, grossed well over half a billion dollars—so why is it a Guilty Pleasure? Doubtless because its reviews were uniformly awful. I mean, here is what Roger Ebert had to say: “The movie is an assault on the eyes, the ears, the...
by mike | Dec 26, 2016 | Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
It is hard to imagine a story written by the great Ray Bradbury NOT translating well to the big screen. But such was the case with the 2005 sci-fi thriller, A Sound of Thunder. Bradbury published the story in Collier’s magazine (1952) and he later included it in his...
by mike | Nov 28, 2016 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
Who knows, maybe there were a few extra full moons in 1981. Whatever the case, Hollywood appeared to wax lycanthropic with three wolf-themed films, including today’s subject, The Howling. The other two, which I’ve already written about, were Wolfen (see my post,...
by mike | Sep 19, 2016 | Guilty Pleasures, Humor, Movies, Uncategorized |
I may be the only person on the planet who found the 1999 “steampunk western action comedy” film, Wild Wild West, a “pleasure” to watch. Heck, even its star, Will Smith, hated this movie. But, as I’ve said a thousand times, I’m easily entertained, and I got a kick out...
by mike | Jun 20, 2016 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
This psychological thriller had movie critics at one another’s throats and close to figurative blows. But why? The Village was written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, fresh off a run of critical and box office successes that included Signs, Unbreakable, and his...
