I recently visited two of my favorite farmers’ markets in St. Petersburg, FL. The sights, sounds, aromas, and food selection were awesome. I have included a link to a slide show highlighting my recent visits to both locales. Growing Green Farms Farmers’ Market Also known as Graham’s Fresh produce, the exterior of this local farmers’ ...
Honorable mention- Son of Kong (1933), King Kong Lives (1986), Gorilla at Large (1954) , Queen Kong (1976) 10. Konga (1961) Michael Gough stars as Dr. Charles Decker, a mad scientist who defies every law of nature by turning a tiny baby chimpanzee into a giant rampaging gorilla! This British answer to King Kong is ...
It has often been said that only three things in life are certain life, death and taxes. Now it seems that you can add remakes to that list. The latest in a long and seemingly never ending parade of remakes is The Wolfman. It has been almost 70 years since the original, so the only ...
The Wolfman reminds me of the sequels to the original Universal monster movies of the 30’s and 40’s. You like them. You watch them because you want more of your favorite monster characters. But you know that they’re not completely up to par or as complex as their originals. In the remake or retelling of ...
The werewolf has been a fixture of folklore and mythology since ancient times. Sometimes called lycanthrope or shape-shifters, they often represent the duality of humans as both intellect and beast. The earliest werewolf appearance in film history is the noted 1913 silent film, “The Werewolf.” All prints of the film were sadly destroyed in a ...
Hollywood filmed Starship Troopers and Robert Heinlein’s Puppet Masters, and, of course, Heinlein’s own early effort with George Pal directing, Destination: Moon, showed in 1950 what a moonflight would be really like. Some of Heinlein’s other science fiction novels would make great films. So, if filmmakers are going to dip into the 1950’s for science ...
An anti-hero is usually thought of as a bad guy pitted (super-imposed) against those that are even worse bad guys than he is and so by comparison (or default) he comes out looking like a good guy. (Kind of giving a whole new light to the axiom: “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”) ...