Fast Five

Released in 2011, (same year Coldplay’s fifth album Mylo Xyloto came out) “Fast Five” earned positive reviews from critics and movie goers alike. In addition to praise, the movie made over half a billion at the box office. As a fan of The Fast Saga, I wanna share my thoughts on the fifth entry before […]

Flashback Review: 2 Fast 2 Furious

After “The Furious and the Furious” earned money at the box office, Universal immediately green-lit a sequel titled, “2 Fast 2 Furious” with the late Paul Walker reprising his role as Brian O’Conner. Vin Diesel turned down a $25 million offer to come back as Dominic “Dom” Toretto. He hated the script claiming it was […]

Flashback Review: The Fast and the Furious

In 1998, Rob Cohen (Dragonheart, xXx) read an article on Vibe magazine titled, “Racer X.” A story about illegal street racing in New York City. This inspired him to make an action film. At first, the project’s title under “Redline” upon learning Roger Corman already took the title “The Fast and the Furious.” Which is […]

The Honeymoon Killers

“The Hooneymoon Killers” was officially released in 1970. (same year Christopher Nolan was born) It received positive reviews from critics and made money at the box office. The Criterion Collection digitally restored the film on DVD/Blu-Ray as spine number 200. First time I ever heard of The Honeymoon Killers, was a video YouTube video of […]

Blow Out

“Blow Out” was officially released in 1981. (same year Mad Max: The Road Warrior came out) It received praise from critics including Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert. However, the film flopped at the box office. Overtime, Blow Out earned a cult following. Quentin Tarantino mentioned Blow Out as one of his all-time favorite films. Hence, […]

Jackie Brown

Fresh from winning an Oscar for “Best Original Screenplay” courtesy of “Pulp Fiction,” Quentin Tarantino bought the film rights to Elmore Leonard’s “Rum Punch.” Meanwhile, he took his time to work on “From Dusk till Dawn” with his buddy Robert Rodriguez. Due to working on two projects at the same time, Quentin offers Robert the […]