The Faculty

Aliens were a trend back in the 1990s. “The X-Files” was the highest rated TV show on Fox. Roland Emmerich’s best work, “Independence Day” (one of my all-time favorite films) became the highest grossing film of 1996 that made Will Smith an A-List action hero. “Alien 3″ and Alien Resurrection” ruined the Alien franchise leaving […]

Fight Club

In 1996, novelist, Chuck Palahniuk published a book titled, “Fight Club.” Story is about an unnamed man (credited as Narrator) from chronic insomnia and hates his job working on product recall. He spends his spare time going to various group therapy sessions. Ironically, addicted to support groups. Suddenly, he meets a mysterious man named, Tyler […]

Natural Born Killers

In 1992, Quentin Tarantino released his film debut, “Reservoir Dogs” earing praise from critics. Thanks to film, he wrote a script titled, “True Romance.” A romantic crime-comedy about two people who fall in love steals a briefcase full of drugs. Their scheme is to sell the stash in Hollywood. Quentin sold the script to Warner […]

Flashback Review: Forrest Gump

In 1986, Winston Groom published a novel titled, Forrest Gump.” Set in the ’50s to early ’80s, it’s about a guy named, Forrest. He has a low IQ who goes on adventures, meets historical figures, becomes rich, enlists in the Vietnam War, inadvertently inspires others to come up with innovative ideas and tries to win […]

X-Men: The Animated Series: Season 1

Ah, the good old days when ’90s babies had a blast watching cartoons on Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network & Disney Channel. Renting a VHS at Blockbuster. Playing video games on Sony’s first console, PlayStation. Super Mario 64 became a game changer in the video game industry. I was born in 1993, the year Jurassic Park came […]

South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut

Before they created “South Park,” college students, Trey Parker & Matt Stone became friends bonding over Monty Python and their sense of dark humor. While studying, they made a very animated short film developed in 1992 titled, “The Spirit of Christmas.” It’s about a group of kids who build a snowman and he’s brought to […]