by mike | Apr 7, 2025 | Adventure fantasy, Death, Life, Movies, Native American Films, Uncategorized |
We lost an acting icon—and a personal favorite—last week. Val Kilmer passed away at age 65 after a courageous battle with insidious throat cancer. His last appearance on the big screen—an amazing effort—was a cameo in Top Gun: Maverick (2022), where he reprised his...
by mike | Aug 31, 2023 | Movies, Mystery Films, Native American Films, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Western Movies |
This excellent film worked on many levels. I first presented this post in 2020. The 1992 film, Thunderheart, has been described as a “contemporary western mystery,” but it is so much more than that. It is “loosely based” on what is known as the Wounded Knee incident,...
by mike | Feb 23, 2023 | Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
It’s always nice to see actors still working past their heyday, even in silly horror movies. This post first ran in 2019. The 2008 made-for-TV (SyFy Channel) horror/sci-fi film, Bone Eater, which appears on many “Worst” lists, is notable for one thing. Its cast...
by mike | Nov 17, 2022 | Humor, Life, Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
I cannot write enough about this amazing—and much-honored—film. This post last ran in 2019. Earlier this year it was announced that the 1998 film, Smoke Signals, was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as being “…culturally, historically, or...
by mike | Oct 20, 2022 | Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized |
This story epitomizes the horrors visited upon America’s indigenous People. I first presented the post in 2019. In the excellent Native American film, Powwow Highway, we join Philbert Bono riding his “war pony” (A rusted, piece-of-crap Buick) as he leaves his home on...
by mike | Oct 3, 2022 | Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
To be accurate, Spirit Rider (1993) could also fall under the heading of “First Nations Film Gems.” The territory of the Ojibwa people—also known as the Chippewa—spans portions of Southern Canada and the Northern Plains states. But we’re just quibbling here. It has...
