Life's Like Scary Movies

My top five scary movies, in honor of Scream 4 coming out to theaters!

Scream. They made fun of horror movies - genius! It was funny AND scary!!!!! Can't wait to see Scream 4!




Nightmare on Elm Street (the original). Besides starring a young Johnny Depp...what a great idea - a crazed killer stalking you in your dreams!!!! You HAVE to go to sleep sometime!



Halloween (the original with Jamie Lee Curtis). It's just such a well done horror movie.




The Shining (the original with Jack Nicholson). I love Stephen King and was so fascinated by The Shining that I actually went to Estes Park, CO and went to the hotel where Stephen King got the idea - The Stanley Hotel!




The Watcher in the Woods. Okay, this one's out of left field, but seriously, it's the first movie that I remember scaring me... It's an old Disney movie. It probably doesn't hold up, but when I was nine...scary!



But wait...there's more:

For more blogs on scary movies, check out this one on Fright Night!

Life's Like Comic Book Movies

Comic book movies seem set to explode this summer - from Thor, to the Green Lantern to the Green Hornett to X-Men First Class.

I'll admit it, I'm not an avid comic reader...but I love the movies! They're fun, with great characters, fantastic villans, and all in all great adventures. And, then there are also the ones I forget about - that are really dark or about regular people - but those are great too!!!! Comics rock!

So, in honor of comic book movie summer (can't wait for Green Lantern and X-Men!), here are my top five favorite comic book movies:

X-Men. the original from 2000. Watch the trailer below. FYI - The comic X-Men first appeared in 1963 and were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. 






The Dark Knight. Watch the trailer below. Although, I do admit to enjoying some of the earlier Batman movies...just not Batman and Robin, which I consider one of the worst movies EVER. FYI - The comic Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in 1939 and was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger.





The Crow. Watch the trailer below. FYI - The comic was first published in 1989 and was created by James O'Barr, who wrote it as a way to deal with the death of his girlfriend.




Ghost World. Watch the trailer below. FYI - The comic was written and illustrated by Daniel Clowes and first published in book form in 1997.




Superman (1978 version). Watch the trailer below. And, I've also liked the TV versions from Lois and Clark to Smallville. FYI - Comic Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1932 and sold to Detective Comics Inc in 1938.



P.S. I've also enjoyed The Iron Man movies, The Hulk, Hellboy, Sin City...see, I can go on and on and on about comic book movies!

For more - check out wikipedia's list of comic book movies!

Life's Like Movies Gone TV

I was getting in Karate Kid marathon mode and posted that as my status on Facebook, when I was  informed that I needed to add the Karate Kid cartoon series to my list of things to watch. I didn't even remember a cartoon series!!!!

So, on that note, this blog is dedicated to a few blasts from the past of 1984/1985 movies turned TV series:

The Karate Kid - originally a 1984 movie staring Ralph Macchio.....




Turned Karate Kid CARTOON!!!!



Ghostbusters - a 1984 movie about a group of ghost hunters....




Turned Ghostbusters CARTOON!!!!



Starman - a 1984 John Carpenter movie staring Jeff Bridges of an alien who takes the form of a woman's dead husband...



Turned Starman Drama Series!!!!



Back to the Future - a 1985 movie staring Michael J. Fox as a teen who goes back in time.




Turned Back to the Future CARTOON!!!!



Teen Wolf - a 1985 movie staring Michael J. Fox as a teen who turns into a werewolf.



Turned Teen Wolf CARTOON!!!!!



And, I may just be hitting the tip of the iceberg here....