Ghost in the Shell (1995)

In 1989, manga artist/writer, Masamune Shirow published a manga series for Kodansha titled, “Ghost in the Shell.” Set in a futuristic version of Tokyo, Japan in 2029, the manga follows a female cyborg named, Motoko Kusanagi. She works for a law enforcement agency filled with former military veterans and police officers assigned to do whatever […]

Daredevil: Born Again: Season 2/The Punisher: One Last Kill

Picking up right after Daredevil: Born Again’s first season, Matt Murdock continues his quest to stop Mayor Wilson Fisk’s criminal activities. However, he’s hunted down by the Anti-Vigilante Task Force or ATVF under Fisk’s orders. This makes it difficult for Matt as his public identity labels him as a missing person. Matt must face obstacles […]

Flashback Review: Star Trek: First Contact

Picking up the right after “Star Trek Generations” came out in 1994 around the same time “Star Trek: The Next Generation” or TNG for short ended, Paramount Pictures commenced development of a second film focusing on TNG crew with the time travel playing a pivotal role for the Enterprise trying to stop the Borg from […]

Lethal Weapon 4

After “Lethal Weapon 3” became a box office hit in 1992, Joel Silver tried to buy a script called,” Simon Says.” The plot involves a detective and a shop owner who team up to prevent a bomber from blowing up an entire city. The bad guy seeks revenge towards the detective. In 1993, Brandon Lee […]

Swingers

During his early years, Jon Favreau got a gift from his father. Screenwriting software as some sort of exercise to test his creative mind. He wrote a script called, “Swingers.” Loosely based on a break-up and his real life bestie, Vince Vaughn, the film follows aspiring comedian, Mike Peters dealing with a break-up from his […]

Flashback Review: Deep Impact

When plans for a remake of “When Worlds Collide” were scrapped, film producers, Richard D. Zanuck & David Brown discuss with Steven Spielberg on a potential film adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s “The Hammer of God” about an asteroid heading towards Earth astronauts must race against time to use thermal fusion rockets to blow it […]