Ghost in the Shell (1995)

In 1989, manga artist/writer, Masamune Shirow published a manga series for Kodansha titled, “Ghost in the Shell.” Set in a futuristic version of Tokyo, Japan in 2029, the manga follows a female cyborg named, Motoko Kusanagi. She works for a law enforcement agency filled with former military veterans and police officers assigned to do whatever […]

Flashback Review: Star Trek: First Contact

Picking up the right after “Star Trek Generations” came out in 1994 around the same time “Star Trek: The Next Generation” or TNG for short ended, Paramount Pictures commenced development of a second film focusing on TNG crew with the time travel playing a pivotal role for the Enterprise trying to stop the Borg from […]

Lethal Weapon 4

After “Lethal Weapon 3” became a box office hit in 1992, Joel Silver tried to buy a script called,” Simon Says.” The plot involves a detective and a shop owner who team up to prevent a bomber from blowing up an entire city. The bad guy seeks revenge towards the detective. In 1993, Brandon Lee […]

Swingers

During his early years, Jon Favreau got a gift from his father. Screenwriting software as some sort of exercise to test his creative mind. He wrote a script called, “Swingers.” Loosely based on a break-up and his real life bestie, Vince Vaughn, the film follows aspiring comedian, Mike Peters dealing with a break-up from his […]

Broken Arrow

Following the critical and commercial success of “Speed,” screenwriter, Graham Yost worked on his next script titled, “Broken Arrow.” Story involves two Air Force Pilots who are tasked to fly two nuclear weapons on a stealth bomber as part of a training simulation. Suddenly, one of the pilots, Deakens betrays his best friend, Hale and […]

Lethal Weapon 2

Ju- Ju- Ju- Just like the bad guy from “Lethal Weapon 2.” “I got diplomatic immunity so Hammer you can’t sue.” – Peter Griffin Following the critical and commercial success of “Lethal Weapon,” WB wanted to produce a sequel asking Shane Black to write it. He agreed. Due to creative differences over a darker tone […]