Gamer’s Review: Devil May Cry

During early development of “Resident Evil 4,” video game designer, Hideki Kamiya conceived an idea to make a fun action-adventure game as a spiritual antithesis of Capcom’s “Resident Evil” series.” Loosely based on Dante Alighieri’s “Divine Comedy,” the game titled, “Devil May Cry” centers on a demon hunter named, Dante. He’s hired by Trish to […]

Jaws

In 1974, novelist, Peter Benchley published a book titled, “Jaws.” Set in small town located in the middle of Long Island, a young woman gets killed by a great white shark. Police chief, Martin Brody investigates her death. Suddenly, the shark eats another one, a young boy. Not willing to let other people die, Brody […]

Spaceballs: The Review

During the ’80s, Mel Brooks directed “History of the World Part I.” Produced (his name uncredited) serious movies outside his comfort zone including “The Elephant Man” & “The Fly.” One parody film in particular pokes fun at “Star Wars.” Before “Spaceballs” was green-lit, Mel made a deal with George Lucas not a single piece of […]

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning

Picking up where “Dead Reckoning – Part One” left off, the second half, “The Final Reckoning” continues Ethan Hunt’s quest to prevent a malevolent A.I. called, “The Entity” from launching nuclear weapons across the globe. He’ll need the help he can get from his allies, Luther Stickell, Benji Dunn and new recruit, Grace to save […]

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 […]

Superbad

In the late ’90s, high school friends, Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg co-wrote a script titled, “Superbad.” Loosely based on their teenage years, the pair took a whopping seven years of brainstorming a cohesive story. After all copious amount of writing material, Judd Apatow helped produced the film. Jonah Hill, Michael Cera & Christopher Mintz-Plasse […]