Flashback Review: Independence Day

After “Stargate” came out in 1994 earning mixed reviews and made enough money at the box office, Roland Emmerich developed his next project about a massive alien invasion seeking to destroy human life. It’s up to a fighter pilot, a scientist and the President of The United States to fight back against the invaders who […]

Flashback Review: Space Jam

In The 90’s sneaker company Nike came up with a marketing campaign to promote a brand called “Air Jordan” as a sponsorship for Chicago Bulls basketball player Michael Jordan. In order to get the consumers their attention to buy the sneakers. Nike met Warner Bros. (WB for short) to allow the company to use the […]

RoboCop (1987)

Are you a fan of HBO’s Westworld or a Nolanite? (fan name for both Christopher & Jonathan Nolan) Allow me to introduce you newcomers about a slain police officer, who is miraculously resurrected as an unstoppable cybernetic one-man army known as “RoboCop.” It is directed by Paul Verhoeven. (Total Recall, Starship Troopers, Basic Instinct) RoboCop […]

Flashback Review: The Iron Giant (WB’s Flops Vol. 1 #7)

In 1968, English author, Ted Hughes, published a book called, “The Iron Man.” (has nothing to do with Marvel’s Iron Man) The Premise is about a boy who encounters a massive robot from space, as he teaches him humanity & and helps him adapt to his surroundings on Earth. Two Decades Later, The Who guitarist, […]

Classics Review: Splendor In The Grass

Time for another Classics Review starring the late Natalie Wood (West Side Story, The Great Race) & Warren Beatty (in his film debut) as two high school sweethearts, until their romance spirals out of control. Elia Kazan (A Streetcar Named Desire, On The Waterfront, East Of Eden) directed one of my mom’s favorite films called […]

Flashback Review: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Disney’s Flops Vol. 1 #5)

In 1996, one day at a Mexican restaurant, producers at Disney Animation celebrated after completing The Hunchback of Norte Dame. While pigging out and drinking margaritas, one of the producers brought up an idea about another animated entry, this time, it’s not a musical, but an action-adventure film similar to Indiana Jones. The producers packed […]