Universal Orlando Resort is set for a public grand opening of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter on June 18. Last week, they revealed details of one of three Harry Potter themed attractions, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. This attraction is the heart of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, inside Hogwarts castle, which […]
In May a couple of sequels, as well as a movie based on a video game will be released. From what the trailers show, the look like they’ll be a lot of fun to watch. And … hold onto your seats … George Romero is bringing us yet another film about the undead. Iron Man […]
Yesterday, I listed the genre films that were in theaters as of March 2010. Now I’m moving into the future! Here are the genre films coming out next month. Clash of the Titans “Release the Kraken!” I just love that line … and in this remake of the 1981 film starring Harry Hamlin, Liam Neeson […]
Nothing transports you to another world quite like a movie. I just saw Avatar last week and was blown away by how real Pandora felt. And, because I saw the film in a movie theater (imagine that!), I also got to see a bunch of trailers for upcoming films. I must say that this summer […]
Karen Healey’s debut novel Guardian of the Dead works as a Travel Read on two levels: Not only is it an entertaining read, but it also transports you to two worlds … a campus town in New Zealand and the fairy world of Maori. When I first started to read Guardian of the Dead, I […]
I just created a Facebook fan page for The Genre Traveler. I invite you to join me there, too! http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Genre-Traveler/104649239566668#!/pages/The-Genre-Traveler/104649239566668?ref=ts Soon, I’ll be creating videos for The Genre Traveler and will be posting them both to TGT’s YouTube Channel and this fan page. I’ll also be using several other features of Facebook to create a […]
In my meanderings around the web this past week, I came upon a page on IMDB called “Most Popular People Born in 1960.” What I found interesting was how many of these actors, turning 50 this year, have been in genre films. So I thought I’d share the top 13 genre-connected ones with you here: […]
Will I. Am (John Wraith/Kestrel), Lynn Collins (Kayla Silverfox), Hugh Jackman (Logan/Wolverine), Ryan Reynolds (Wade Wilson/Weapon XI) and Liev Schreiber (Victor Creed/Sabertooth) at the Tempe, Ariz., premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. My husband and I were watching the extras on the Blu-Ray edition of X-Men Origins: Wolverine the other night and I learned something that […]
Proceeds from book sales go to benefit Frank McKinney’s Caring Home Project Foundation. An amphibious shark, strangler fig trees and blood red remora … oh my! That’s what Ppeekk (pronounced “Peekie”) has to contend with after she moves to Florida and meets Dead Fred. Dead Fred, a small and crispy fish, isn’t really dead … […]
It is a dream of mine that The Genre Traveler be a TV show … maybe something like Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations … only focused on genre locations. I’ve been dreaming a lot about it lately and I thought, what if someone came to me and said, “O.K. We want to make this happen and […]