Flashback Review: Jack Frost (1998) (WB’s Flops Vol. 2 #34)

Comedic actor, Michael Keaton became a household name in “Mr. Mom.” Then, he played the titular character in Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice.” Eventually, he won the role of a lifetime, playing against type as “Batman.” Michael reprised his role as The Caped Crusader in “Batman Returns.” Due to parents complaining about the dark tone, Warner Bros. […]

Frozen

In 1937 after completing the groundbreaking animated movie, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” Walt Disney wanted to adapt Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen.” Due to a lack of resources at the time, Walt scrapped plans in favor of producing “Pinocchio.” Personally, I hated it. Despite cancelling a potential adaptation, Walt produced a live-action […]

Flashback Review: Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

After “Garfield: The Movie” was critically panned and made money at the box office, Bill Murray reprised his role as the titular fat cat in “Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.” As I’ve mentioned on my previous review on the first movie, Bill regrets his involvement in Garfield. He thought Joel Coen wrote the script. […]

Flashback Review: Garfield: The Movie (2004)

In 1978 cartoonist, Jim Davis published a comic strip called, “Garfield.” Not your typical three-dimensional comic book series like “X-Men,” the comics centers around the titular character. An orange sarcastic fat cat who lives with his nerdy owner, Jon Arbuckle. Garfield’s lazy, loves to eat, favorite food is lasagna watches TV, torments Jon’s dog, Odie […]

Flashback Review: Casper

In 1945, “Casper the Friendly Ghost” made his cartoon debut. The titular character isn’t your typical ghost who haunts people, he’s just a nice guy who wants to hang out with humans. His three uncles often pull pranks on him and the people he tries to befriend. He appeared in 55 theatrical cartoons back when […]

The Black Cauldron (Disney’s Flops Vol. 1 #17)

After “The Fox and the Hound came out in 1981, Disney was in turmoil back in the ’80s. They bought the film rights to adapt a fantasy book series called, “The Chronicles of Prydain” combining the first two books “The Book of Three” & “The Black Cauldron” in animated format. Released in 1985, (same year […]