Tulsa King: Season 1

Fresh off of “Yellowstone,” Taylor Sheridan and fellow writer, Terrence Winter collaborate on a project as a non-Yellowstone spin-off titled, “Kansas City.” Set in the titular city located in Missouri, an Italian gangster is ordered by his crime family to relocate and expand an empire. Slyvester “Sly” Stallone signed on to headline the series. Taylor […]

The Shield: Season 1

Inspired by a real life police corruption scandal in the late ’90s known as “The Rampart Scandal,” Shawn Ryan developed a police crime drama under, “Rampart.” A spiritual antitheses of a lighthearted police comedy, “Nash Bridges.” Unlike the titular good cop, Rampart involves a bad cop named, Vic Mackey.” He leads a team tasked to […]

Daredevil: Season 2

Daredevil’s second season officially streamed in 2016 (same year Deadpool came out) on Netflix and moved to Disney Plus in 2022. Charlie Cox reprised his role as the titular character in “The Defenders” mini-series, a third season in The Man Without Fear’s solo series and guest starred in “She-Hulk.” Anyway, Mr. Cox recently portrayed Matt […]

Flashback Review: Catch Me If You Can

In 1980, former con man, Frank Abagnale Jr. published a semi-autobiographical book titled, “Catch Me If You Can.” Loosely based on Frank’s life, his parents split resulting in him running away from home. Motivated to get his parents back together, Frank seeks to obtain money forging checks, pretending to be a pilot, doctor and prosecutor. […]

Edward Scissorhands

Fresh from the critical and commercial success of Michael Keaton’s “Batman,” Tim Burton worked on his next film. An original idea based on one of his drawings titled, “Edward Scissorhands.” The drawing is a lonely pale man with scissors for hands. He represents Tim’s loneliness lacking friends growing up. Tim hired novelist, Caroline Thompson to […]

L.A. Confidential

In 1990, crime novelist, James Ellroy published a novel titled, “L.A. Confidential.” The third installment of a book series, “L.A. Quartet” takes place in the early 1950s following three detectives with distinctive personalities. Ed Exley, Bud White & Jack Vincennes investigate a string of murders in the underbelly of Los Angeles filled with sin and […]