A Simple Wish (Universal’s Flops Vol. 1 #12)

Greetings fellow movie goers from around the globe. Let’s rewind the clock back to the mid-late ’90s. At an early age, I watched Danny DeVito’s best work, “Matilda” all the time. I used to own a VHS copy watching it every day. Now that I’m older, I cherish it. For sentimental reasons, Matilda’s one of […]

Air Force One

In 1988, “Die Hard” changed action movies forever. Its high concept described in one question. What if the hero squares off against deadly foes set in a single location? As a result of Die Hard earning critical and commercial success, movie studios attempt to capitalize on the film’s unique premise, but with its own take […]

Flashback Review: Superman: The Animated Series: Season 1

Thanks to “Batman: The Animated Series” earning unanimous praise, Steven Spielberg was impressed by the cartoon. He talked to Bruce Timm into making an animated superhero worked on an animated superhero comedy, “Freakazoid.” While working on Freakazoid, he developed another superhero cartoon. This time, it’s The Dark Knight’s polar opposite, “Superman: The Animated Series” with […]

Mixed Nuts (Sony’s Flops Vol. 1 #13)

“Mixed Nuts” was released in 1994. (same year The Santa Clause came out) it was a critical and commercial failure only making $6.8 million. Not enough to recoup its $20 million budget. I admit, I never heard of Mixed Nuts. I just happened to look it up on Peacock. I thought about watching it for […]

Edward Scissorhands

Fresh from the critical and commercial success of Michael Keaton’s “Batman,” Tim Burton worked on his next film. An original idea based on one of his drawings titled, “Edward Scissorhands.” The drawing is a lonely pale man with scissors for hands. He represents Tim’s loneliness lacking friends growing up. Tim hired novelist, Caroline Thompson to […]

L.A. Confidential

In 1990, crime novelist, James Ellroy published a novel titled, “L.A. Confidential.” The third installment of a book series, “L.A. Quartet” takes place in the early 1950s following three detectives with distinctive personalities. Ed Exley, Bud White & Jack Vincennes investigate a string of murders in the underbelly of Los Angeles filled with sin and […]