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 […]

Flashback Review: Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

After “Garfield: The Movie” was critically panned and made money at the box office, Bill Murray reprised his role as the titular fat cat in “Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.” As I’ve mentioned on my previous review on the first movie, Bill regrets his involvement in Garfield. He thought Joel Coen wrote the script. […]

Flashback Review: Garfield: The Movie (2004)

In 1978 cartoonist, Jim Davis published a comic strip called, “Garfield.” Not your typical three-dimensional comic book series like “X-Men,” the comics centers around the titular character. An orange sarcastic fat cat who lives with his nerdy owner, Jon Arbuckle. Garfield’s lazy, loves to eat, favorite food is lasagna watches TV, torments Jon’s dog, Odie […]

CODA

“CODA” officially premiered in 2021 (same year My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission came out) at the Sundance Film Festival and eventually streamed on Apple TV Plus. It received good reviews from critics and streamers alike. The film went on to win three Oscars for “Best Supporting Actor, (Troy Kotsur) “Best Adapted Screenplay” (Sian Heder) […]