Kingsman: The Secret Service

In 2012, Mark Millar & Dave Gibbons published a comic book series titled, “Kingsman.” Story follows a guy named, Eggsy. He’s recruited by a spy veteran working for the British agency. Eggsy joins the titular organization. He embarks on dangerous missions to protect the world from bad guys attempting to fulfil a grandmaster plan blah […]

Beau Is Afraid (A24’s Flop Vol. 1 #1)

2022 was an epic year for independent film studio, A24. Brendan Fraser ultimately won an Oscar for “Best Actor” in Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale.” “X” & “Pearl” became modern classics. “Everything Everywhere All at Once” won “Best Picture.” One Year Later, Ari Aster (Midsommar) worked on his latest film called, “Beau Is Afraid.” Based on […]

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

In 1981, Nintendo created an arcade game called, “Donkey Kong.” You know the story, A plumber named, Mario overcomes obstacles climbing his way to the top to rescue Princess Peach from the titular gorilla. The game became an instant hit worldwide. Over the years, Mario starred in his own series since 1985. The first game, […]

Poor Things

In 1992, author, Alasdair Gray published a book titled, “Poor Things.” A sci-fi dark dramedy set in a steampunk world about a woman named, Bella Baxter who’s brought back to life by a scientist. Her old brain is removed and replaced with an infant’s brain. Resulting in no memories of her previous life and has […]

Lethal Weapon (1987)

After graduating at the University of California, Los Angeles or UCLA for short, Shane Black wrote a script titled, “Lethal Weapon.” Inspired by “Dirty Harry,” the story focuses on two cops named, Martin Riggs & Roger Murtaugh. They must put aside their differences and work together if they want to apprehend perps smuggling drugs. Shane’s […]

Frozen

In 1937 after completing the groundbreaking animated movie, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” Walt Disney wanted to adapt Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen.” Due to a lack of resources at the time, Walt scrapped plans in favor of producing “Pinocchio.” Personally, I hated it. Despite cancelling a potential adaptation, Walt produced a live-action […]