Heat

In 1989, film director, Michael Mann directed a TV movie titled, “LA Takedown.” Intended as a pilot episode for an NBC series, the movie follows police detective, Vincent Hanna tracking down bank robber, Patrick McLean and his posse. After the TV movie aired, NVC cancelled plans to produce a series after Michael refuses to replace […]

Gamer’s Review: Super Mario 64

“It’s a me, Mario!” – Mario Back in the early 1990s, Japanese video game developer, Shigeru Miyamoto pitched an idea to make a three-dimensional Mario game comparing the concept as miniature trains coming to life. In 1993, the year I was born, Nintendo showed a demonstration of a talking 3D polygon of Mario’s head at […]

Gamer’s Review: Goldeneye

“Ever wonder what it’s like to be 007?” – Video game trailer announcer. Thanks to the critical and commercial success of Pierce Brosnan first entry as James Bond in “Goldeneye,” Rare co-founder, Tim Stamper became interested in developing a video game based on the film. Originally planned as a 2D platform like Mario, Mr. Stamper […]

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 […]

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 […]