Napoleon

After “The Last Duel” flopped at the box office, Ridley Scott announced he’s working on a historical epic based on Napoleon Bonaparte’s life and military career collaborating with Joaquin Phoenix for the first time since “Gladiator.” Ridley and his crew filmed additional footage but was left in the cutting room floor due to time constraints […]

Nyad

In 2011, the year I graduated high school, long-distance swimmer, Diane Nyad make a risky attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida. Injuries caused her to put a halt. After a few failed attempts since 1979, Nyad finally achieved her goal in 2013. Her life story caught the public’s attention. Oscar winning documentary husband and […]

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: Eureka Seven

We’re all familiar with the mecha. Most notably, the “Gundam” series. Humans piloting a giant robot participating in a battle between space colonies. First time I saw an anime series about mecha was “Gundam Wing” on Toonami, during Cartoon Network’s golden years. “Neon Genesis Evangelion” takes the mecha genre to a different level. The lead […]

CODA

“CODA” officially premiered in 2021 (same year My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission came out) at the Sundance Film Festival and eventually streamed on Apple TV Plus. It received good reviews from critics and streamers alike. The film went on to win three Oscars for “Best Supporting Actor, (Troy Kotsur) “Best Adapted Screenplay” (Sian Heder) […]

Killers of the Flower Moon

In 2017, journalist and author, David Grann published a non-fiction book titled, “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Back in the early 1920s, around the Prohibition Era when alcohol was illegal, oil tycoons gain wealth and the early days of law enforcement. Members of the Osage Nation, a Native American tribe, are murdered upon discovering oil […]