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...19. March 2010
Shutter Island (2010 movie)
You know you're in Hollywood territory when you're guessing the twist to this movie from the very first minute. Unfortunately, I guessed correctly, as did the majority of the audience. What's important is that in speculating the twist, it didn't destroy the enjoyment of the movie. The second twist wasn’t so obvious, but when you know the first twist, they do match.
Continue reading...17. March 2010
Whip It (2009 Movie)
It's difficult to get excited about a movie expected to provide fast high class-action, but fails miserably in delivering soft, feeble action sequences. The saving grace is provided by the extremely talented actress; Ellen Page.
Continue reading...16. March 2010
The Hurt Locker (2009 movie)
It plays out like a documentary, but it’s a fictionalized account of some real events in Iraq. The attention to detail is incredible showing that quality research is essential in movie making. It keeps your interest rate high throughout, never allowing you to dismiss the high element of fear in the daily lives of these army bomb disposal experts; not a role we’d all take on with relish.
Continue reading...15. March 2010
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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 [...]
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