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4 short 1 paragraph movie reviews Vol.1 The Professional, Forrest Gump, Seven Years in Tibet, King’s Speech

05/19/202006/12/2020 Luigi Kawasaki

Some movies just need a quick 1 paragraph review or recommendation or just comments as to why you should watch it or not. This is what 4 movie reviews in 4 paragraphs is for, it doesn’t mean they are bad movies, many will be great but there isn’t much to say that hasn’t been said … Read More “4 short 1 paragraph movie reviews Vol.1 The Professional, Forrest Gump, Seven Years in Tibet, King’s Speech” »

Bringing Saint Seiya & Knights of the Zodiac to America fails

01/16/201911/30/2021 Luigi Kawasaki

Remembering

Saint Seiya is a franchise that was big in Japan but when it aired in Europe, Asia and Latin America it became a huge hit bigger than it ever was back in the land of the rising sun. Mexico, France, Spain among others all had a huge fad where it was renamed Knights of the … Read More “Bringing Saint Seiya & Knights of the Zodiac to America fails” »

Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac History, Timeline & Continuity – Netflix 101

01/12/201901/14/2019 Luigi Kawasaki

Continuity on Infinite Earths

Saint Seiya or Knights of the Zodiac has a long story but it can be a bit daunting for those who are not familiar with the history of the franchise so here we are going to take a look at all the different anime, OVA, specials and whatnot that the series has had, as well … Read More “Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac History, Timeline & Continuity – Netflix 101” »

Slug Street Scrappers is a beat-em-up game live action martial arts fest

01/09/201901/06/2019 Luigi Kawasaki

Looking Back On..

A live action web series inspired by beat-em-up and fighting games from the 90s like Streets of Rage, Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat got made and it pretty much shows potential of everything I would want in an actual show since it has real martial arts and it seems to draw enough inspiration from them … Read More “Slug Street Scrappers is a beat-em-up game live action martial arts fest” »

Secret Cutting Painful Secrets USA original movie a look back

10/18/201802/04/2021 Luigi Kawasaki

Looking back on..

Being a big fan of the WWF in 1999 so I would watch a lot of commercials from the USA Network, especially when they started promoting their crappy TV movies which were from pretty much any genre like horror to what would be more appropriate as a Lifetime original movie drama and this is exactly what Secret Cutting is. The marketing in Raw is War worked as I watched many of them before giving up but this one stuck with me and I decided to check it out if it was worth any.

The movie uses all the High School stereotypes mixing the drama you’d expect in Degrassi with caricature bullies you’d see in a Disney film. The movie drops you right into her cutting ways and the problems in her life and as usual they’re normal teenage angst. The movie didn’t shy away from cutting or sex, nothing too graphic but enough to get the point.

Todd McFarlane’s Spawn HBO is all you’d want from an Animated movie

10/14/201802/04/2021 Luigi Kawasaki

Miscellaneous

Spawn was huge and counting how big he was, his movie and how well the figures were selling in the 90s it’s odd that it didn’t get a cartoon like other lesser known indie comics like Ultraforce did. But we did get an animated show on HBO simply called Todd McFarlane’s Spawn aimed at an adults and taking those two factors into play it’s no wonder a lot of us didn’t even know this show existed so let’s take a look back at the show that is as good as Batman: The Animated Series.

The show only lasted 18 episodes spread across three 6 episode seasons and yet it did more in its first season than most shows do in their entire run. The show is dark, and not only in tone but also in colors and that helps the bleak mood the show is aiming for really well. The origin of the hero is told perfectly and the supporting characters are all usually great. I mean who doesn’t love Sam and Twitch, two awesome fictional detectives in an already crowded space.

The New Addams Family Reunion Revivals Continuity

10/03/201802/04/2021 Luigi Kawasaki

Looking back on..

After two live action movies and cartoon in the 90s the Addams Family became a household name, sadly because the second movie didn’t do well at the Box Office and the death of Raul Julia we did not see a third film even if the property was still popular. However Saban (Yes, Power Rangers’ Saban) was able to get the rights and we got a new movie that was straight to video as well as a new live action tv series, so let’s take a look back at these two attempts and how well they did.

The Addams Family Reunion

Making a third movie after the amazing first films was going to be a difficult task especially without any of the cast and a much lower budget since it was a direct to video film. For this movie they decided to go for a younger audience but it obviously maintained the main ideas that the 90s reboot had established as the Addams Family. The name of The Addams Family Reunion uses a similar pun like the second film and since all 3 are movies it’d be easy to think this was just another sequel with a different cast but I’ll go into continuity a little bit later.