Eyes Wide Shut

Merry Christmas fellow movie goers from around the world. Tonight’s Christmas themed review is an unconventional erotic mystery drama titled, Eyes Wide Shut.” Directed by the late Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shinning) starring Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman. After “Full Metal Jacket” came out in 1987, Stanley searched for […]

Top Gun: Maverick

In 2010, Paramount Pictures announced a sequel to “Top Gun” was in the works. Ridley Scott’s younger brother Tony signed on to direct with Tom Cruise reprising his role as Maverick and Jerry Bruckheimer as producer. Sadly, in 2012, Tony tragically took his own life putting the project on halt. Four Years Later, Joesph Kosinski […]

Top Gun

Fresh from producing “Flashdance,” Jerry Bruckheimer (Pirates of the Caribbean series) read an article from an issue of California about fighter pilots training at The US Navy’s Fighter Weapons School in San Diego. Afterwards, Jerry became fascinated over the subject. He hired writers Jim Cash & Jack Epps Jr. to craft a screenplay. The pair […]

Magnolia (WB’s Flops Vol. 2 #27)

After “Boogie Nights” came out in 1997, Paul Thomas Anderson (one of my all-time favorite filmmakers) or PTA for short, commenced development of his next project titled, “Magnolia.” A drama focusing on a wide variety of troubled three-dimensional characters struggling with social problems like a bad childhood, drug addiction, greed, in debt, dying of cancer […]

The Outsiders: The Complete Novel

In 1967, author S.E. Hinton published a book titled, “The Outsiders.” Set in The 60s, a dispute between The Greasers and The Socs goes haywire when a greaser named, Ponyboy Curtis gets beat up, his friend Johnny Cade kills a Soc in self-defense. With no other choice, the pair seek somewhere safe. The novel earned […]

Tropic Thunder

During his early career, Ben Stiller worked on Steven Spielberg’s war drama “Empire Of The Sun” playing a soldier. He thought of an idea about actors filming a war movie, but unaware they’re caught in the middle of an actual war. Two Decades Later, Ben expanded his idea with the help of fellow actor/writer Justin […]