by mike | Aug 10, 2015 | Aging, Blowing Shit Up, Humor, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
If you’re an aficionado of all things explosive, you probably know that the three Expendables movies, featuring just about every action film hero of yore, constitute a “Blowing-Shit-Up-Fest” of the highest magnitude. The franchise is so popular (and makes so much...
by mike | Jun 1, 2015 | Movie Lines, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
My favorite movies—of which there are many—contain countless memorable lines that retain a permanent place in my brain and even haunt my sleeping hours. Here are some more of them. “How in the name of Zeus’s butthole did you get out of your cell?” FBI Agent Stanley...
by mike | May 11, 2015 | Blowing Shit Up, California, Disaster Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Being a guy, it’s in my DNA—like all guys everywhere—to love movies in which they’re blowing shit up. Lots of shit; the more the better. In this new occasional series I’ll be exploring films that shake the theater—or your living room—and cause premature hearing loss....
by mike | Apr 27, 2015 | Books, Bookstores, Films About Books, Horror Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Thus begins a new series on my blog. Just to clarify, there are countless films “adapted from” or “based on” one book or another. That is not what I’m doing here. As the title says, these movies are “about” a book or books. For example, on my to-do list are The...
by mike | Mar 23, 2015 | Medical Thrillers, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
As far back as Dr. Frankenstein creating his monster, there are many stories about the gross misuse of science and technology leading to disastrous results. Perhaps Ian Malcolm, the chaos theorist in Jurassic Park, said it best. When addressing John Hammond, whose...
by mike | Feb 16, 2015 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
In case you don’t know, that line comes from the 2006 horror/thriller flick, The Wicker Man, a remake of a 1973 British film of the same name. I could have just as easily gone with the title, “Oh no, not this movie!” and been spot-on. Both critically and at the box...
