In retrospect, I suppose that audiences just weren’t ready for ‘Futurama’ initially. At the time, it was perceived as a close cousin to ‘The Simpsons’, but the humor was a mile-a-minute and much more cerebral. It was before ‘Family Guy’ (which was killed and later resuscitated by FOX) and before the late night mega-success Adult [...]

For any Batman fans out there, yours truly has written a three part review on Tim Burton’s first treatment for Batman, co-written in 1985 with Julie Hickson.  The treatment was much different than Burton’s final film and spanned all the way from Bruce’s childhood with his parents to the origin of Robin.  Several of the [...]

Hollywood needs more films like this right now, plain and simple.  In an age of sequels, prequels, remakes, and reboots, it’s refreshing to see a filmmaker bring out his own personal vision onscreen in a creative premise and exhilarating thrill ride of a story.
Writer-director Chris Nolan has admitted that he works with plot first and [...]