by mike | Aug 5, 2021 | Movies, Nightmares, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
This post, which first ran in 2017, is about Invaders from Mars, one of the first influential science-fiction films of the 1950s. Growing up in the 1950s I got to experience first-hand the new wave of science fiction movies that defined the era. One of my absolute...
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...
by mike | Jul 26, 2021 | Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Uncategorized |
Film actors and actresses—especially the most creative ones—will deviate from a script more often than you’d think. Some of the most iconic movie lines were improvised. Here are a few of them. “I’m the king of the world!” When Leonardo DiCaprio stood on board the...
by mike | Jul 15, 2021 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Uncategorized |
The dialogue in horror movies can range from outrageously humorous to super creepy. Here are just a few, all of the films prior to 1990. This post first ran in 2017. “They’re coming to get you, Barbra.” The jerk who said this to his sister in the 1968 film, Night of...
by mike | Jul 1, 2021 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Museums, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
Loved the book, loved the movie. I first presented this post in 2017. This 1997 horror film is based on the best-selling book, Relic, by popular authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Fans of these two know that this novel marks the initial appearance of the...
by mike | Jun 28, 2021 | Death, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
I could easily have presented the 1998 horror flick, Vampires (aka John Carpenter’s Vampires) as a Guilty Pleasure, since it met all of my parameters. (A D+ rating by audiences, no less!) But I gave it a pass because it was filmed in New Mexico, one of my favorite...
