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Poll: Stephen King Movie Remakes
Stephen King’s imagination has brought countless hours of entertainment to movie-going audiences with such classics as The Shawshank Redemption, The Shining, Stand By Me, and The Green Mile (to name a few); however, his work has inspired some pretty awful productions as well, like Graveyard Shift, The Mangler, and The Langoliers. We have lived in […]
Screenwritersdaily.com
I have been asked to contribute articles about screenwriting to the blog Screenwritersdaily.com. This is a great site for aspiring screenwriters and includes news about the entertainment industry. My first publications is Structure: The Framework of a Screenplay. I’ll announce when new articles of mine are posted there. Enjoy!
Poll: Sequels to Modern Classics
Everyone knows it, Hollywood is franchise-happy. Any movie that could possibly have a follow-up has one, even if it is illogical (Jaws 2, Jaws 3, Jaws: the Revenge), if the stars refuse to return (The Sting II where Paul Newman and Robert Redford were replaced with Jackie Gleason and Mac Davis), if the heroes are […]
Steven Spielberg Quiz
Steven Spielberg has arguably had more effect on the motion picture industry than any other filmmaker in modern times. IMDb lists 50 titles for him as director and 130 as producer. He has mentored up-and-coming filmmakers, shattered box office records, and created some of the most iconic cinematic images over the last 5 decades. He […]
RIP Ralph McQuarrie
I was nine years old when I first saw Star Wars, along with a good portion of the world’s population. Is it too melodramatic to say that it changed my life, when practically any event changes the life of a nine-year-old? Regardless, nothing else effected the direction my life took as much as George Lucas‘s […]
Forrest Button Fish – Variations of the Same Parable
Hollywood likes to tell the same story repeatedly. Usually it’s obvious (gee, two blockbusters coming out the same year about asteroids threatening all life on Earth—what a coincidence!), but other times it’s more subtle. For instance, consider the movies that have the following plots: a man with a low IQ changes the lives of everyone […]
Bum Rush
Recently there has been a lot of flak over comments radio and TV personality (is he still on TV?) Rush Limbaugh made regarding law student Sandra Fluke’s testimony in front of Congress regarding contraception being part of President Obama’s health care program. Typical to form, Limbaugh made outrageous and inflammatory comments, only this time an […]
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