The Dark Tower (Sony’s Flops Vol. 1 #2)

Before going through the ups and downs with this review, here’s a history lesson on the troubled 10 year gap production on Stephen King’s film adaptation of The Dark Tower. It all started in 2007, J.J. Abrams was hired to produce and direct the picture after bidding the films rights to King for just $19 […]

Flashback Review: Osmosis Jones (WB’s Flops Vol. 1 #3)

Time for another Flashback Review. This is a film with both live action and animated elements. It’s one of my guilty pleasures. In the year 2001, a few animated films came out including “Shrek,” “Jimmy Neutron” and “Monsters Inc.” The three animated hits went on to become eligible nominees for an Academy Award for “Best […]

Maximum Overdrive

To direct your first full length feature film, you must immerse yourself into the cinematic world of storytelling by going to film school or educate yourself by watching lots of movies or take a bunch of notes. You know what Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, and Paul Thomas Anderson have in common? They didn’t go to […]

Flashback Review: Hulk

Due to popular success of “X-Men,” several Hollywood Studios attempted to capitalize on the success of Fox’s first installment of the X-Men franchise and M. Night Shyamalan’s cult classic “Unbreakable,” Sony was the first to successfully earn critical and commercial success with Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man.” While some including “Daredevil,” “Catwoman,” “Fantastic Four” (2005) & “Elektra” […]

The Green Mile

Its time for another review on one of Stephen King’s film adaptations to prepare for the upcoming future adaptations such as The Dark Tower and It. The two films will be released in August and September. If you’ve seen a trailer for The Dark Tower, it has been confirmed that all of King’s works are […]

John Wick

“John Wick” was officially released in 2014. (same year Interstellar came out) It received praise from critics and movie goers alike. In addition to positive reception, the film made enough revenue at the box office. John Wick spawned a franchise with sequels and merchandise. Keanu Reeves did an excellent job for his performance as the […]