Ready Player One

In 2011, author/screenwriter, Ernest Cline, published his first novel called, “Ready Player One.” The Story is set in The 2040’s about a teenager named, Wade Watts, who embarks on a quest, organized by late co-creator/game designer, Haliday, to retrieve an egg in a virtual world called, The OASIS. It’s a Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO for […]

Flashback Review: War Of The Worlds (2005)

In 1938, during The Great Depression, future filmmaker, Orson Welles, (Citizen Kane) was working for a radio program based on H.G. Wells’ novel “The War Of The Worlds.” Many families tuned in their radios (this was before Television was introduced) to know what was going on in the world or listen to some jazzy tunes. […]

Innerspace (WB’s Flops Vol. 1 #2)

In the year 1966, a sci-fi adventure film called, “Fantastic Voyage” (no relation to Coolio’s song) was released in theaters. It was a box office success. The film went on to inspire another film about an adventure in the human body. Like this one known as, “Innerspace.” Released in 1987, (same year Lethal Weapon came […]

Scarface

1983 had a lot of notable films including “Return Of The Jedi,” “National Lampoon’s Vacation,” “The Outsiders,” “Sudden Impact,” Risky Business,” “The Dead Zone” etc. One film that came out in December, is none other than “Scarface.” The movie made enough revenue at the box office, however at the time of its release, it received […]

Transformers (2007)

Before Michael Bay directed the 2007 live action film, an animated film with the same name was released in 1986 as the first ever “Transformers” related film. Now that the fifth entry is out, I’ve decided to review all of the films that were released before I go see “The Last Knight.” Check out my […]

Flashback Review: Small Soldiers

Today is another Flashback Review, this time it has something to do with action figures coming to life. I have decided to look back at this, because the following review has a similar premise to the 2007 version of Transformers. Like the 1980’s, toy companies in the 1990’s continue to make millions of dollars by […]