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 […]

Broken Arrow

Following the critical and commercial success of “Speed,” screenwriter, Graham Yost worked on his next script titled, “Broken Arrow.” Story involves two Air Force Pilots who are tasked to fly two nuclear weapons on a stealth bomber as part of a training simulation. Suddenly, one of the pilots, Deakens betrays his best friend, Hale and […]

Lethal Weapon 3

Set after the second film, Martin Riggs & Roger Murtaugh are demoted to patrolmen after they accidentally blew up a building in an attempt to disarm a bomb. They eventually get promoted back to their positions accompanied by Lorna Cole. An Internal Affairs sergeant tracking down a former cup affiliated with thieves weapons and using […]

Comics Review: Lobo: The Last Czarnian

After making his comic book debut as an antagonist in Omega Men issue #3 published in 1983, Lobo got his own four-issue mini-series, “Lobo: The Last Czarnian” in 1990-1991. This time, his characterization recontextualizes him as a satirical take on anti-heroes. Most notably, Wolverine. Lobo’s mini-series earned praise. He eventually starred in a solo series […]

Bound

After writing the script for “Assassin’s,” Lana & Lily Wachowski (formerly known as Larry & Andy) worked on their directorial debut titled, “Bound.” A neo-noir crime thriller about a gangster’s girlfriend named, Violet who has an affair with a female ex-con, Corky. Wanting to flee the mob world, Violet & Corky hatch a plan to […]