January 2019 in Review
Here we are off and running and I’ve already rewatched Rio Bravo on January 1st to welcome in the new year. I even caught up with an Oscar winner from […]
Looking Back at 2018 …. Where Does The Time Go?
Here I am a full 5 years into Mike’s Take On the Movies and hopefully still displaying a passion for classic movies from 1999 back to the silent era. I […]
November 2018 In Review
November sometimes represents a month of horror movie withdrawal for me after binging on them for the Halloween season. With Christmas right around the corner and holiday movies lined up, […]
October 2018 In Review
Every year I eagerly anticipate the month of Halloween in hopes that some rare horror titles of the past are released to blu ray or maybe turn up on TCM. […]
September 2018 In Review
As most of you who drop in regularly already know, I’m way behind in keeping up with modern movie fare and shows that run on Netflix that I hear are […]
August 2018 In Review
No major road trip this month kept me closer to the TV set and the chance to knock off some of these blu rays and DVDs I’ve got piling up. […]
July 2018 In Review
If there’s one thing I have a nose for it’s finding movies and movie memorabilia. Would you believe in my hunt for DVD storage cases, I came across two at […]
June 2018 In Review
Having made the trip to a classic monsters film festival in Mars PA is easily the highlight of the month where movies are concerned. A month that saw the Stanley […]
May 2018 In Review
Highs and lows of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Balls and strikes, mostly strikes for the Blue Jays. Classics and Guilty pleasures. Toss in a road trip to end off the […]
Roll Call For April 2018 … In Review
So just how much is one’s movie watching affected when Mom comes for a ten day visit? Well Mom loves movies as much as I do so we did our […]
March 2018 in Review
There’s really five seasons in Canada, the fifth one being the Hockey Season to go along with Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. Playoffs will be upon us soon enough but […]
February 2018 In Review
The short month. The Olympics, hockey, spring training camps opening and trying to cram as many episodes of Impractical Jokers as is possible every time number 2 son Kirk comes home […]
January 2018 In Review
Kicked off the year with a John Wayne rewatch on New Year’s day morning so I figure I’ve started 2018 off on a good footing. Not only that but I […]
My Journey in Movies thru 2017
O.K. so most of my annual journey’s are via the motion picture but this year I did mix it up a bit. While I didn’t actually get to any film […]
November 2017 In Review
This might be the one month since I’ve started Mike’s Take that I seemed to really slow down in movies watched and the reasons are simple. A week’s holidays and […]
October 2017 in Review
Like many film fans, the Halloween month brings forth some fun and scares of the horror genre and this year being no different than any other, I always do my […]
