Mixed Nuts (Sony’s Flops Vol. 1 #13)

“Mixed Nuts” was released in 1994. (same year The Santa Clause came out) it was a critical and commercial failure only making $6.8 million. Not enough to recoup its $20 million budget. I admit, I never heard of Mixed Nuts. I just happened to look it up on Peacock. I thought about watching it for […]

SpyxFamily Code: White

Picking up where SpyxFamily’s second season left off, Anya Forger is assigned to cook a delicious treat for the principal in a cooking competition. If she wins, she’ll earn a Stella star. If she earns ’em all, her adopted father, Loid (a spy posing as a psychiatrist) will get a chance to get close to […]

Love Actually

After “Bridget Jones’s Diary” earned praise and became a commercial hit, Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Mr. Bean, About Time) worked on his next project. An ensemble romantic Christmas comedy influenced by Robert Altman’s work on ensemble casts as the main focus of story. Nearly every single character interconnected. This time, it’s a […]

SpyxFamily: Season 2

Picking up where Season 1 left off seasoned spy, Loid Forger continues his mission posing as a psychologist. He enrolls Anya at a high-class school in order to get close to his designated target. Yor keeps a low-profile as Loid’s wife. Thanks to her telepathy, Anya’s the only one who knows about their double lives. […]

Slither (Universal’s Flops Vol. 1 #11)

After writing scripts for “Tromeo and Juliet, “The Specials,” the live-action “Scooby-Doo” movie, its sequel and Zack Snyder’s “Dawn of the Dead” remake, James “JG” Gunn worked on his directorial debut known as, “Slither.” A throwback to ’80s body horror films starring Nathan Fillion as a small-town sheriff who must find a way to put […]

Tremors

Fresh from the robot comedy “Short Circuit” and its sequel, screenwriter, S.S. Wilson penned a script titled, “Tremors.” It’s about two Maintenace workers, Val and Earl who live in Nevada doing odd jobs for a small town. Tired of doing the same old routine, the pair wish to leave for a big job opportunity. Suddenly, […]