Category Archives: Favorites
My Favorite Halloween Movie
So, I promised four things to you, my audience: a Countdown, a Favorite, a Cineverse post, and a Challenge. I’ve done two of those, and here’s the third: I am picking my favorite Halloween-themed movie! 😉 (and starting next week, … Continue reading
My Second-Favorite Christmas Movie
My most favorite Christmas movie of all time is A Christmas Carol. My second favorite: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Unsurprisingly, the two movies have a great deal in common, including central characters who both misunderstand what the … Continue reading
Favorite Movie for the Whole Family: Secondhand Lions
Ok. I admit. I just made up which category to put this one in, because it’s just so good that it must be among my most favorite movies of all time. Secondhand Lions is a simple movie, with a simple … Continue reading
Top Pick: My Favorite Western
Ya know, there’s just something to be said for the Old West. Outside World War II, it’s probably the single most romanticized era of America’s culture. And why not? On the one hand, it was an age of discovery and … Continue reading
Favorite Adventure Movie: The Princess Bride
I feel I should mention how “adventure” and “action” are different from each other. They’re like siblings, and a pair who get along very well together, but not quite identical. If had to summarize in a single sentence: violence in … Continue reading
Favorite Action Movie: Dark Knight vs X2
For a good, long time, my favorite “action movie” was, hands down, X2, aka “X-Men United.” I mean, it has plenty of melee action, bullets, and explosions, in addition to superpowers, a thrilling story driven by the characters, etc. It’s … Continue reading
Favorite Drama: The Bucket List
I am not well known for liking “Drama” nearly so much as I like “Action!” This holds particularly true in the case of chickflicks, but it’s true for most other dramas as well. However, there are still some dramas that … Continue reading
My Favorite Christmas Movie
In keeping with the spirit of the season, my Top Pick this week is my favorite Christmas movie! This is actually a fairly close competition, but I notice something about all of the candidates. Of the dozen or so Christmas … Continue reading
Favorite Fantasy Franchise: Lord of the Awesome!
The Lord of the Rings trilogy! Complete with its prequel, the soon-to-be-complete trilogy of The Hobbit! Hands down! No contest! Heh, it probably says something: I had to think for awhile before picking my sci-fi Top Pick, but only a … Continue reading
Favorite Sci-Fi Franchise: MCWhoo!
For this week’s Top Pick, I decided to name my favorite science fiction movie. As it happens, I can explore a number of my criteria in determining such. People sometimes ask, “Star Wars or Star Trek?” And I have to … Continue reading
Merlin's Musings 