Leon: The Professional

1994 was a great year for cinema. “Pulp Fiction” (one of my Top 5 favorite films) & “Natural Born Killers” brought the public’s attention to Quentin Tarantino. Tom Hanks won his second Oscar for “Best Actor” in the award-winning film, “Forrest Gump.” Disney’s “The Lion King” became the highest-grossing animated film of the year. Jim […]

Flashback Review: Kangaroo Jack

Jerry Bruckheimer green-lit a dark mob comedy film titled, “Down and Under.” Originally given an R rating, Jerry saw a preview of “Snow Dogs” with a scene featuring talking dogs. This time, Warner Bros. heavily relied on a talking kangaroo who can rap as the center of the marketing campaign to appeal to kids. Elizabeth […]

Classics Review: The Public Enemy

Greetings fellow movie goers from around the globe. Today’s classic-themed movie review is a gangster film that paved the wave of crime films during “The Golden Age of Hollywood”/”The Great Depression” and introduced the world to James “Jimmy” Cagney” in “The Public Enemy.” (has zero connection to Flavor Flav’s rap group) Released in 1931, (same […]

Gamer’s Review: Batman: Arkham City

After “Batman: Arkham Asylum” became a critical and commercial success, Rocksteady recruited Paul Dini to write a sequel as a cross between Batman and John Carpenter’s “Escape from New York” involving The Caped Crusader in a bigger installment known as “Batman: Arkham City.” Batman: Arkham City was released in 2011 (same year Skyrim came out) […]

Gamer’s Review: Scarface: The World Is Yours

“Scarface: The World Is Yours” was released in 2006 (same year The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess came out) on PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It received positive reviews from critics and gamers alike. In addition to praise, the game sold enough copies. The game later came out on the Nintendo Wii in 2007. There are […]

Goodfellas

In 1985, crime reporter turned writer Nicolas Pileggi published a non-fiction crime book called, “Wiseguy.” It follows the life and career of Henry Hill juggling his double life as a family man and gangster. Meanwhile, on the set of Tom Cruise & Paul Newman’s film “The Color of Money,” Martin “Marty” Scorsese read the book […]