Screenplay Analysis
Think of me as a professional script doctor. Do you have a script/screenplay/theatre play that you want to improve, but don’t know how to do it? You have your finished script. You think you’re ready to send it out to the industry. Then you realize you’ll only get one shot at it – your script must be [...]
Continue reading...10. March 2010
The Lovely Bones (2010 movie)
The Lovely Bones centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family – and her killer – from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.
Continue reading...8. March 2010
Oscars™ 2010 winners
If you agree with their choices you say they got it right, but if you disagree of course they’re wrong because the whole point about choosing winners and losers is about individual choice. The Academy makes their decision based on the overall views on a small number of industry people. Apart from a select few, nobody [...]
Continue reading...26. February 2010
Extraordinary Measures (2010 movie)
4 stars***** Forget the critics, the audience’s reaction tells everything. They gasped at the moments the movie’s director planned for; they cried when prompted. This movie pulled all the strings expected while remaining a quality motion picture. The fact that it’s based on a real life story makes it even stronger (yet altered where considered necessary [...]
Continue reading...22. February 2010
BAFTA winners for 2009
The British Academy film awards website http://www.bafta.org/ is a great collection of information and videos. It features a database providing information on all the previous nominees and winners as well as a number of videos available from yesterdays awards ceremony. It has been announced that HRH Prince William is to succeed Lord Attenborough as the British [...]
Continue reading...11. February 2010
How do you write a logline?
If you need to know what a logline is, you’re right at the start of screenplay writing. If you look in television schedules and see what’s written about a movie, a drama or even sport, the few words describing the viewing will be its logline; telling you all you need to know before you decide [...]
Continue reading...9. February 2010
Edge of Darkness (2010 Movie)
3 stars*** The film adaptation from the 1985 BBC series is a sure winner, especially if you haven’t seen the original series and you don’t mind a few plot holes. What’s it about: As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the death of his activist daughter, he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government [...]
Continue reading...6. February 2010
Cherie Currie’s NEON ANGEL
Cherie Currie’s NEON ANGEL: A Memoir of a Runaway Hits Bookstores March 16, 2010! Press release: The RUNAWAYS Movie (starring Kristen Stewart & Dakota Fanning, produced by River Road Entertainment, and distributed by Apparition and Summit), In Theaters March 19, Was Based On This Book LOS ANGELES, January, 2010: When Cherie Currie, the lead singer of 1970s [...]
Continue reading...5. February 2010
How much do top actors really earn?
To be fair, this isn’t about the actors that work in restaurants part time while trying to secure a bit part in a ‘B’ movie. This concerns the millions of dollars that some actors earn and trying not to compare that to several small country’s GDP. Vanity Fair have just published their figures for last year’s [...]
Continue reading...3. February 2010
Academy Awards® 2010 nominations
The nominees (from movies in 2009) are… Best Picture Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourous Basterds Precious A Serious Man Up Up In The Air Best Actor In A Leading Role Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart George Clooney - Up In The Air Colin Firth - Single Man Morgan Freeman - Invictus Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker Best Actress In A Leading Role Sandra Bullock - The [...]
Continue reading...26. January 2010
Looking For Eric (2009 Movie)
4 stars**** Nick Horby’s ‘Fever Pitch’ had set the previous high mark for a serious football film; now Looking For Eric has beaten it hands down and we’re looking at the new number one. Paul Laverty was written an excellent screenplay (I’ve just ordered my copy to study it more closely) that conveys a diverse selection: • The life [...]
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