X-Men: First Class

After “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” became a critical flop, 20th Century Fox (pre-Disney purchase) cancelled plans to develop “X-Men Origins: Magneto” in favor of a prequel titled, “X-Men: First Class” focusing on the X-Men’s early years, the friendship between Charles Xavier/Professor X & Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto and their partnership while squaring off against Sebastian Shaw. A mutant […]

The Watchers

Prior to a film adaptation, author, A.M. Shine published a book titled, “The Watchers.” It’s about an American immigrant living in Ireland named, Mina. She’s sent by her manager to deliver a parrot to a zoo. As she travels to her destination, her car breaks down. Trapped in the middle of a forest, something sinister […]

Shrek the Third

Thanks to the critical and commercial success of the first two “Shrek” movies, DreamWorks worked on a third installment of the series known as, “Shrek the Third.” Following the announcements of big threequels “Spider-Man 3,” “The Bourne Ultimatum” & “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” Jeffrey Katzenberg ordered the Cast and Crew to work […]

Flashback Review: Daredevil: Director’s Cut

In the mid ’90s, superhero movies started to fade in terms of quality. DC Comics based movies such as “Steel” & “Batman and Robin” almost made movie goers walk away from the genre. Thanks to Wesley Snipes’ “Blade,” encourging movie goers to see superhero movies again, movie studios like 20th Century Fox (pre-Disney purchase) bought […]

Madame Web

It’s webbin’ time! Scratch that. It’s money grubbin’ time! What do you get when a movie studio like Sony owns the film rights to Spider-Man? Capitalize a cinematic universe in an attempt to replicate the financial success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU for short) but with Spidey’s rouges gallery and allies? Results? Mixed to […]

Blade Runner: The Final Cut

In 1968, science fiction novelist, Philip “Phil” K. Dick (A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report) published a book titled, “Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep?” Set in a neo-noir dystopian world where animals are nearly extinct, a bounty hunter named, Rick Decker is assigned to track down six androids (Andy for short) who escaped from Mars. […]