I love pie. I think it belongs in it’s own food group. I could eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner! I used to have a dream. I’d open a pie shop. I’d serve nothing but pie. All of the favorites and then some of my own creation. I’d give them fun names and play with all kinds of ingredients. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be. Doesn’t mean I can’t still enjoy eating them!
All this pie got me thinking about movies. Movies that share a love for yummy pies and desserts. Here are a few I’ve watched over and over. Some have these cute songs about pie too.
Welcome to my Saturday Screams where I share books and movies that, well, make you scream!
Shark Week will be here in a couple of months and I’m getting tuned up for it. Got something chompin good to share with all of you shark lovers.
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I’ve been reading Steve Alten’s books from the beginning. His Meg and his Loch Ness series were eventually merged and it became insane.
I’m so excited. Been waiting years for the movie to come out and following Steve’s newsletter to keep up to date. August 10th is the release day for the movie and I’ll be there!
My Review
I don’t even know how many times I’ve read this book and the rest of the series. It’s one of my go to books when I want to just relax and enjoy the story. Plus, I love anything sharks. Who doesn’t.
Jonas Taylor is one the best in deep sea submersible dives. When he’s sent down on a secret dive into the Marianna Trench, he barely makes it back alive. His claims that a Megalodon almost ended his life are met with derision by his peers and he sinks into depression. After years trying to prove he’s right and waking up screaming from freakish nightmares, Joans is compelled to once again brave the deep, and what happens next is worse than any nightmare he’s ever had.
Oh yeah, I loved this book. From the character’s, to the shark, and everything in-between, it was awesome. Steve is a wonderful storyteller and has you believing Megs do still exist. There’s much argument about that, which I won’t go into, but I choose to say, who knows? The ocean is the least explored place on our planet and new species are discovered all the time.
I myself, hope they do but, then I don’t. After reading books and seeing movies about Great White Sharks, I think they’re bad enough. For something that could use a 20 footer as a toothpick to arrive in our waters is truly terrifying.
Dive into MEG. Meet her up close and personal. Once the action starts, it’s a whole lot of gnashing and blood. If your a fan of sharks and horror, you’ll eat this up.
This one is from my bookshelf. My review is voluntarily given.
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Synopsis
On a top-secret dive into the Pacific Ocean’s deepest canyon, Jonas Taylor found himself face-to-face with the largest and most ferocious predator in the history of the animal kingdom. The sole survivor of the mission, Taylor is haunted by what he’s sure he saw but still can’t prove exists – Carcharodon megalodon, the massive mother of the great white shark. The average prehistoric Meg weighs in at twenty tons and could tear apart a Tyrannosaurus rex in seconds. Taylor spends years theorizing, lecturing, and writing about the possibility that Meg still feeds at the deepest levels of the sea. But it takes an old friend in need to get him to return to the water, and a hotshot female submarine pilot to dare him back into a high-tech miniature sub. Diving deeper than he ever has before, Taylor will face terror like he’s never imagined. MEG is about to surface. When she does, nothing and no one is going to be safe, and Jonas must face his greatest fear once again.
I love these movies and enjoy watching them again whenever I get the itch for a good scare. Sigourney Weaver was such a badass. I’m sure you remember this line – “Get away from her you bitch!” LOL
I miss movies like these. It’s hard to find a good alien movie these days. I also enjoyed watching Ghosts Of Mars and Dreamcatcher again. And caught the newer release, Life.
Have you seen all of the Alien movies? How about the Alien VS. Predator ones? I liked those too and plan to watch them again.
And I’m always looking for more movies. Got any you recommend?
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Do you spend hours in front of the TV, maybe days? Did you ever want to chat with other Binge Watchers or ask people for suggestions or maybe just review the season you watched. Books, Movies, Reviews, Oh My! and Because Reading had the perfect idea, why not get all of us binge watchers together? BUT, we want this to be unique so there is no template, no set way to do it. You can do the post however you want. Here are a few examples of what you can post about.
Did you just Binge Watch a series and now have book recommendations?
Make a poll to have others pick what you should watch.
Write a review of the season you watched or an entire series. You can even do one episode at a time.
Make a post that tells people what you plan to watch, what you already watched and what you are currently watching.
The choice is yours be unique, different and do it however you want THEN come back to either Because Reading or Books, Movies, Reviews, Oh My! and link up your post EVERY OTHER WEEK. This will be a once every other week post. That gives you time to binge watch and not have to come up with a post every week, especially if real life got in the way and you weren’t able to binge watch anything. Don’t forget to visit other peoples posts, you never know if something they watched will be your next favorite show.
Also make sure to use the Hashtag #Bingewatchersclub so we can chat on twitter too.
I’ll be there when this comes out, you can count on it!
Are you going to go see it?
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The Last Stand
Sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) moved out of Los Angeles and settled into a life fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction. But that peaceful existence is shattered when Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the western hemisphere, makes a deadly yet spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy. With the help of a fierce band of lawless mercenaries led by the icy Burrell (Peter Stormare), Cortez begins racing towards the US-Mexico border at 250 mph in a specially-outfitted Corvette ZR1 with a hostage in tow. Cortez’ path: straight through Summerton Junction, where the whole of the U.S. law enforcement, including Agent John Bannister (Forest Whitaker) will have their final opportunity to intercept him before the violent fugitive slips across the border forever. At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his small town force, Owens ultimately rallies his team and takes the matter into his own hands, setting the stage for a classic showdown.
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Arnold always said, “I’ll be back!” And he sure is for me.
I found this sleeper on Netflix. I’d never even heard about it.
The Last Stand
Great casting and the villain is sexy and cold as ice.
Lots of laughs, cliches, and action that will blow you away.
As long as Arnold keeps doing films, I’ll keep watching them.
I just love a movie that’s got campy fun, lots of one-liners, and some really grotesque and creepy parts.
One of my favorites is
Here are some of my favorite scenes!
This poor guy doesn’t have a clue. He goes from couch potato to spider slurpie in seconds!
Attention all shoppers!
The shoppers after the announcement!
Can you see me?
Can you see me now?
Do I look fat?
The trick is to not fall off guys!
Almost got it. Just a little more.
Got any doughnuts?
I really can’t stand spiders, believe it or not. But this movie was so fun and had so many great actors in it. This is only a small part of my list of favorite scenes. The trapdoor spiders gave me nightmares and the ones sliding down the phone lines made me crack up. You could here the spiders sometimes. Almost like they were talking. It was just a great big funfest.
