Gamer’s Review: Alien: Isolation

Set 15 years after “Alien,” Ellen Ripley’s daughter, Amanda learns a recording from her mother has been found by a space station called, Sevastopol. Just as Amanda and her crew are about to enter the area via spacewalk, all heck breaks loose causing Amanda and her crew to separate. Amanda discovers the space station’s crew […]

Aliens (Director’s Cut)

Following the critical and commercial success of “Alien,” Walter Hill’s company tried to persuade 20th Century Fox (pre-Disney purchase) to produce a sequel. Due to legal and financial problems, Fox out the sequel on hold. It’s a long story. If you wanna learn more about behind-the-scenes history on “Aliens,” grab a copy of “The Making […]

Ghostbusters II

In 1984, “Ghostbusters” became a critical and commercial success. It’s high concept about four guys capturing ghosts launched a called, “The Real Ghostbusters.” Not canon to the first movie, its sole intention was for Kenner to sell toys in order to replicate Star Wars a bunch of action figures. It was the ’80s. “Transformers,” “Teenage […]

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

After Paul Feig’s controversial “Ghostbusters” reboot failed to recoup its expenses at the box office, Sony announced they scrapped plans for a sequel in favor of a direct follow-up to the original first two movies and 2009 video game. This time focusing on Egon Spengler’s grandkids, Trevor & Phoebe. Set in Oklahoma, the pair take […]

Alien: Director’s Cut

In 1974, John Carpenter’s sci-fi comedy “Dark Star” opened in theaters. John’s pal Dan O’Bannon penned a 29-page script called, “Memory.” About a crew of astronauts wake up in their ship, receive a distress signal coming from a mysterious planet. As he brainstorms some ideas, Alejandro Jodorowksy offers Dan a job to adapt “Dune.” However, […]

Avatar: The Way of Water

In 2009, James “Jim” Cameron’s “Avatar” opened worldwide becoming the highest grossing film of all time accumulating a total of $2.9 billion from its theatrical release and re-releases. Jim mapped out sequels starting with the second installment, “Avatar: The Way of Water” continuing Jake Sully & Neytiri’s adventures. Once the script is completed, Jim and […]