Love Actually

After “Bridget Jones’s Diary” earned praise and became a commercial hit, Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Mr. Bean, About Time) worked on his next project. An ensemble romantic Christmas comedy influenced by Robert Altman’s work on ensemble casts as the main focus of story. Nearly every single character interconnected. This time, it’s a […]

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 […]

The Penguin

After “The Batman” became a critical and commercial success, Matt Reeves & Warner Bros (WB for short) announced they’re working on two sequels with Robert Pattinson reprising his role as the Caped Crusader. Thanks to Colin Farrell’s performance as “The Penguin,” he signed to reprise his role in a spin-off mini-series. Set a week after […]

Flashback Review: YuYu Hakusho: Chapter Black Saga

Picking up where the “Dark Tournament Saga” left off, Yusuke Urameshi and his allies, Kuwabara, Hiei & Kurama return home. Suddenly, Team Urameshi meets three teens with spirit energy. After playing mind games, the team join forces with the teen trio to prevent demons from emerging from an underground gateway into the real world or […]

Kill Bill

After Quentin “QT” Tarantino (one of my all-time favorite filmmakers) directed his third film, “Jackie Brown,” he resumed development of a script title he and Uma Thurman were working on since their first collaboration in “Pulp Fiction.” Without nothing on their plate, they brainstormed ideas for “Kill Bill” fleshing out Uma’s character known as “The […]