The Irishman

In 2004, a non-fiction book titled, “I Heard You Paint Houses” published nationwide. The book is about the life of a man named, Frank Sheeran. A gangster who has connections to the late Jimmy Hoffa. A labor union leader of “The Teamsters” who mysteriously disappeared. Both men are linked to “The Bufalino Crime Family.” I […]

Taxi Driver

Fresh from winning his first Academy Award for “Best Supporting Actor” in “The Godfather Part II,” Robert De Niro reunited with Martin Scorsese (one of my favorite filmmakers) since they first collaborated in “Mean Streets.” There second project is to translate a screenplay written by Paul Schrader on the big screen. The script is about […]

Classics Review: Godzilla (1954)

In the aftermath of World War II. Tensions arise when The Cold War began escalated with many countries including America, Russia, Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea, Cuba among many other countries becoming paranoid fearing that another World War might happen immediately. The Cold War lasted from 1947-1991. Back when The Cold War was around […]

Halloween (1978)

Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho as arguably the quintessential slasher movie that paved the way of deranged homicidal villains in cinema history, filmmaker John Carpenter (Escape From New York, The Thing, (1982) Big Trouble In Little China) directed a film as a spiritual successor to Hitchcock’s signature picture about a deranged psychopath who escapes from […]

RoboCop (1987)

Are you a fan of HBO’s Westworld or a Nolanite? (fan name for both Christopher & Jonathan Nolan) Allow me to introduce you newcomers about a slain police officer, who is miraculously resurrected as an unstoppable cybernetic one-man army known as “RoboCop.” It is directed by Paul Verhoeven. (Total Recall, Starship Troopers, Basic Instinct) RoboCop […]

Classics Review: King Kong (1933)

Let’s go back to The 1930’s, in a time when The Great Depression affected The Stock Market, The Dust Bowl destroyed various crops, people were laid off due to many businesses not making enough cash to pay off bills, and worst of all, they lost their homes due to not paying off a mortgage. Despite […]