by mike | Mar 19, 2020 | Films About Writers, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
My old pal Edgar was, uh, a rather complex individual (he said, by way of understatement). This post first ran in 2016. Okay, I’ll stay on my Edgar Allan Poe kick for one more week. The 2012 film, The Raven, is not about Poe’s classic poem, but about Poe himself—more...
by mike | Feb 10, 2020 | Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The above gaudy title was the tagline for This Island Earth (1955), a science fiction thriller from the “golden decade” of that genre. For generations raised on CGI, motion capture, and other high-tech wizardry, this film’s special effects might come off as laughable....
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 9, 2020 | Baseball, Books, Editing, Historical Novels, Horror, Life, Publishing, Read & Critique, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
I still keep in touch with old friend Hank Garfield. This post first ran in 2016. I had lunch last week with a horror writer from Maine. (No, not THAT horror writer.) Hank Garfield and his friend, Lisa, were in San Diego for a vacation, as well as to visit some of...
by mike | Jan 2, 2020 | Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Starting off the New Year with one of my favorite genres: monster movies. This post first appeared in 2016. I’m a sucker for “creature features” and I always keep an eye out (ouch!) for ones that I might’ve missed. When Netflix recommended Rogue, a 2007 indy thriller...
by mike | Dec 26, 2019 | Books, Films About Books, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Let us hope our world never devolves into post-nuclear chaos. I first presented this article in 2016. It is not easy to watch this 2010 post-apocalyptic drama. Really, who wants to see the scorched earth of our own country? But given that the star of The Book of Eli...
