Fargo (1996)

After their films, “Barton Frink,” “Miller’s Crossing” & “The Hudsucker Proxy” flopped and eventually became cult classics, the Coen Brothers worked on their next project titled, “Fargo.” Set in Minnesota around 1987, a salesman hires two incompetent low lives to kidnap his wife and extort ransom money from his wealthy father-in-law. The local police chief […]

Comics Review: Batman: The Killing Joke

When Watchmen’s final issue published in 1987, Alan Moore (my favorite comic book writer) collaborated with artist, Brian Bolland on a one-shot DC Comics storyline, “Batman: The Killing Joke.” The pair do their own take of Joker’s origin story in the Post-Crisis era of the DC Universe. Meanwhile, in Present Day Gotham City, Joker attempts […]

Cure

Set in Japan, a detective investigates a string of deaths committed by murderers who have no memory of their actions. The Premise I’m referring to is none other than “Cure.” Released in 1997 (same year Perfect Blue came out) at the Tokyo International Film Festival. It received huge praise from critics and movie goers alike. […]

Comics Review: Batman: The Long Halloween

You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. – Harvey Dent In his second year as a superhero, Batman and his ally, Jim Gordon form an alliance with Harvey Dent. Together, they uncover a serial killer who goes by the name, Holiday. His M.O. is killing people […]

Starship Troopers (Sony’s Flops Vol. 1 #16)

In 1959, novelist, Robert A. Heinlein published a sci-novel titled, “Starship Troopers.” Set in the future, Johnny Rico enlists in the military as a space marine enduring intense training to partaking in a war between humans and bug aliens. The novel earned huge praise for its themes on militarism and reflection of the Cold War. […]

Face/Off

After completing separate projects, “Broken Arrow” & “The Rock,” John Travolta & Nicolas “Nic” Cage signed on to play hero and villain in a John Woo action-adventure movie originally considered as a dream movie with Sylvester Stallone & Arnold Schwarzenegger duking it out. Due to scheduling conflicts of the pair’s solo projects, “Cop Land” and […]