It was kind of refreshing this weekend to not have to worry or think about the Hollywood machine, or 2012. My big movie plan over the weekend was pulling out my Star Wars blurays and watching them on a projector, and helping some friends make a short film. Of course, the week saw much...
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I didn’t quite binge watch House of Cards like some people did, watching all 13 episodes over the first weekend. It took me the whole week, mostly because I couldn’t get as into the hard, centralized plot that drove the story. To me, the Underwood’s machinations weren’t nearly interesting enough to carry roughly 13...
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Instead of a preamble this week, I offer a plea: SUPPORT THIS GUY! Former Creative Screenwriting editor Jeff Goldsmith has a new project out, the bi-monthly iPad screenwriting magazine, Backstory. The first issue, containing full screenplays by Richard Kelly and Rex Pickett, is free. Single issues are $4.99 and yearly subs are $24.99. I...
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Movie news seemed to take a bit of a deep breath to catch up after the madness that is Cannes finally finished. To kill the time, I finally caught Men in Black III. Oh boy. Chalk up another victory for infamous Hollywood Braincloud. The most interesting thing to come out of that will have...
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Of all of the films I’ve been impatiently waiting to see this year, the one I might be the most excited about is a little black and white short film that I can’t even pay to see. I’ll have to pay to see another film (Wreck-It-Ralph), and I’m okay with that. I love that...
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