Oliver and Company

After “The Great Mouse Detective” came out in 1986, former Disney CEO, Michael Eisner and future DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg recruited producers to work on the company’s next project. An animated musical “Oliver and Company” inspired by “Oliver Twist,” but with animals. Mr. Katzenberg approved the idea along with “The Little Mermaid.” The latter sucks […]

Flashback Review: The Shaggy Dog (2006)

In 1959, Disney released a fantasy comedy movie, “The Shaggy Dog.” It centers on a boy who turns into a dog via mystical ring. The movie was a commercial success. Followed by a sequel released in 1976 known as, “The Shaggy D.A.” Three Decades Later, Tim Allen starred in a very loose remake. Released in […]

Pluribus: Season 1

After fully completing “Better Call Saul,” Vince Gilligan came up with a High Concept. “What if a single person’s adored by everybody in a post-apocalyptic world?” Vince brainstormed ideas on the main character as a female romance novelist named, Carol Sturka who has a drinking problem. A virus causes almost the entire world population to […]

Caught Stealing (Sony’s Flops Vol. 1 #15)

“I’ve been caught stealin’ once when I was five.” “I enjoy stealin’, it’s simple as that.” “Oh well, it’s just a simple fact.” ”When I want something, man, I don’t wanna pay for it.” – Jane’s Addiction. In 2005, novelist/comic book writer, Charlie Huston (Moon Knight, Joe Pitt Casebook series) published a novel titled, “Caught […]

One Battle After Another (WB’s Flops Vol. 2 (#36)

In 1990, Thomas Pynchon (Inherent Vice) published a novel titled, “Vineland.” Set in the 1980s during the War on Drugs, it follows the lives of a former hippie and his daughter encountering government agents, the disappearance of the girl’s missing mother, flashbacks of the hippie father’s past and the girl who learns her father was […]

Bugonia (Universal’s Flop Vol. 1 #14)

After Emma Stone (one of my all-time favorite actresses) ultimately won her second Oscar for her performance in “Poor Things,” she and Yorgos Lanthimos collaborated in an epic anthology film, “Kinds of Kindness.” Unlike the former, it was a disappointment. They later worked on another film. This time, a sci-fi comedy, titled, “Bugonia.” An American […]