The Prestige

In 1995, British author Christopher Priest published a novel titled, “The Prestige.” It follows the story of two rival magicians competing against each other to see who makes the best magic trick. After seeing Christopher “Chris” Nolan’s groundbreaking mystery thriller “Memento,” Priest offered him a copy of The Prestige. Now-defunct production company Newmarket Films bought […]

Raging Bull

In 1978, a year after “New York, New York” bombed at the box office, falling into deep depression, Martin “Marty” Scorsese nearly died from a fatal drug overdose. His pal, Robert “Bobby” De Niro convinced him to get himself into rehab so they can team-up to adapt Jake La Motta’s autobiographical book titled, “Raging Bull: […]

Elvis (2022)

In The 1950s, Elvis Presley became a household name with a distinctive voice, karate moves on stage and jerky dance moves drawing elements of gospel, blues and country mixing them all together giving the birth of Rock and Roll. During his prime, Elvis also earned success as an actor. He garnered controversy over his provocative […]

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 […]

Top Gun: Maverick

In 2010, Paramount Pictures announced a sequel to “Top Gun” was in the works. Ridley Scott’s younger brother Tony signed on to direct with Tom Cruise reprising his role as Maverick and Jerry Bruckheimer as producer. Sadly, in 2012, Tony tragically took his own life putting the project on halt. Four Years Later, Joesph Kosinski […]

Top Gun

Fresh from producing “Flashdance,” Jerry Bruckheimer (Pirates of the Caribbean series) read an article from an issue of California about fighter pilots training at The US Navy’s Fighter Weapons School in San Diego. Afterwards, Jerry became fascinated over the subject. He hired writers Jim Cash & Jack Epps Jr. to craft a screenplay. The pair […]