Archive | November, 2008
Hollywood Animal by Joe Eszterhas
5 stars***** You recognize it’s a gigantic creature when you pick up the book, all 728 pages. I wouldn’t normally pick up a book so large for fear of wearing my hands out holding this object, but in this case, it was worth turning every page. Some people live ordinary lives and others people live [...]
Continue reading...Basic Instinct 2 :Risk addiction
28. November 2008
(DVD 2006) 3 stars*** Basic Instinct was a spine-chilling movie, with a masterful screenplay by Joe Eszterhas. It also had one of those strange endings: it kept the audience talking and thinking – just who did commit the murders and if it was Catherine Tramell, then why didn’t she get to spend her due time [...]
Continue reading...Mamma Mia! Best first day sales ever
27. November 2008
Mamma Mia: The Musical! has become the UK’s fastest selling DVD ever, ever. Universal Pictures sold 1.67 million units on Monday this week. That beats the 1.1 million for Titanic, a record held for ten years. In the UK alone, the box office sales have been a few pounds under $67million. Asda (Walmart’s UK joint [...]
Continue reading...Burn after reading (2008)
24. November 2008
3 stars*** We already know that the writers and producers, Joel and Ethan Coen are quite astounding in their field. They appear to pick up awards like confetti. This time, in ‘Burn After Reading’ they’ve maintained their high standards until the end of this movie, which they appear to have forgotten. Frances McDormand and Tilda [...]
Continue reading...Mamma Mia! DVD day is here
24. November 2008
Out Monday 24th November 2008 – but only in the UK! Finally, the DVD we’ve all (well most of us) have been waiting for; the release of the Mamma Mia! movie on DVD. Release dates vary around the world; in Australia it’s been available since 6th November, which may explain why there are so many [...]
Continue reading...Screenplay adversary
18. November 2008
Your main antagonist is quite similar to your hero, except that they both have very different goals. It’s your adversary that causes your hero the main conflict in your screenplay. Your antagonist is usually a person, because it’s easier for your hero to be struggling against someone they can physically fight with, talk with and [...]
Continue reading...Taken (2008)
17. November 2008
4 stars**** One man army, Liam Neeson, shows us how he takes on ruthless gangland murderers, drug and people traffickers, to make his daughter safe. He should have taken some friends along for help, but he chose to go it alone, after all, he was CIA trained, probably as a one man terminator. Screenplay writer [...]
Continue reading...Character’s motivation and desire
15. November 2008
You often hear the public say ‘it’s the money’ when an actor asks the director what their motivation is for the scene they’re about to perform. That motivation has already been provided by the writer of the screenplay. If the writer has constructed correctly, the actor will know the character arc of their performance and [...]
Continue reading...Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
14. November 2008
1 star* kids rating 3 stars*** It’s a Disney movie so you should know what to expect, accept it didn’t do it for me; it didn’t feel like a family movie, just a kid’s movie. In truth, this should be a 6 year old’s review of how they saw it. Luckily, having a six year [...]
Continue reading...Eagle Eye (2008)
13. November 2008
4 stars**** On the blurb it says produced by Steven Speilberg, so you know it’s going to be a big budget movie. This is later proved with the number of explosions, car chases and general use of a small county’s GDP with elaborate stunt work. Dan McDermott wrote the original screenplay, but John Glenn, Travis [...]
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29. November 2008
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