LAST REVIEW OF THE YEAR! Genre: Coming-of-Age Premise: A recently fired salesman comes home to find out he’s been kicked out of his house by his wife. So he takes his things, which she’s left outside, sets them up in the front lawn, and starts living there. About: As many of you know, this is [...]
I’m not a huge fan of end-of-the-year lists but I know others are. And they’re always great conversational pieces. So I’ll go ahead and list my Top 10 favorite films of the year, and follow it up with my Top 8 biggest disappointments. Have fun tearing it apart. :) 10) Nothing – How pathetic is [...]
note: no review today. :( As you may remember, I made a plea a couple of weeks ago to send in your favorite scripts that didn’t make The Black List. For the last couple of years, The Black List has been hit by a wave of negativity, with many claiming it had “gone the way [...]
Genre: Dark Comedy/Action Premise: A directionless pizza delivery guy is forced into robbing a bank under an odd set of circumstances. About: One of the bottom feeders on this year’s Black List, 30 Minutes or Less received only 5 votes. But the writing team of Sullivan and Diliberti have double dipped their laptops into the [...]
And…you know…Happy Holidays and stuff! If you’re offended by anything I’ve just said well, um…..sorry? Anyway, I’ve decided to include a clip of my favorite Christmas song and my favorite Christmas movie (the awkwardly structured “It’s A Wonderful Life”). Enjoy.
Roger’s back! And better late than never. Just when I was worried that Christmas would go by without a review from the man, he surprises me with a magical e-mail attachment. I guess this is his gift…to all of us. It’s a Christmas Eve miracle. This will also be the last review of the week [...]
Genre: Sci-fi Premise: A man who possesses a time travel device uses it to go back in time to prevent an alien invasion. About: Oh how quickly fortunes change. Chad St. John is a writer nobody had even heard of last year. Now he’s on fire. And I’m not talking about that wussy orange fire [...]
If anyone knows Jack Selby, Tiller Russell or Duncan Montgomery and can get me in touch with them, please e-mail me ASAP. These guys are doing exactly the kind of thing I want Scripshadow to pioneer, which is to allow the public to interact with the development process, so that the people who will be [...]
Genre: PeriodPremise: In the dead of winter in the middle of the U.S. Civil War, a young man tries to hide the gold he stole from rogue soldiers who have taken over his remote house.About: With 13 votes, The Isolate Thief was one of the top 2009 Black List scripts. Lefler has no previous credits [...]
This is the official announcement for the Logline Contest Top 25, a free contest I held that started with nearly 1000 logline entries, and is now down to the Top 25 scripts. To catch up on the contest, go here to read the original post, and here to read the Top 100 loglines. Well, here [...]
So how’s the future of cinema shaping up? Ummm… Don’t have a concrete answer for you. But I will say this. It’s a lot more shapely today than it was yesterday. Watching Avatar felt like the first time you had ice cream. Or the first time you tasted cherry coke. There were times where I [...]
Genre: True Story/BiopicPremise: The true life story of a man with multiple personality disorder who pleaded insanity in three rape cases back in the 1970s.About: Titanic director James’ Cameron’s treatment of the true life story of Billy Milligan. Supposedly, when this looked like it was going to be a go movie, Milligan claims to have [...]
Genre: BiopicPremise: The life story of chess legend Bobby Fischer leading up to his historic world championship match against Boris Spassky.About: With 17 votes, this ended up number 13 on the 2009 Black List. Steve Knight, the writer, wrote 2007′s gritty “Eastern Promises.”Update: David Fincher is now said to be directing this.Writer: Steve KnightStatus: Unknown.Details: [...]
note: scroll down for today’s review Ugh, just what we need. Another freaking list right? Well, in light of trying to figure out my own “Green List”, as well as after bouncing around the internet the last few days, reading through Nikki Finke’s comment section, along with my own and others, there seems to be [...]
Genre: ComedyPremise: After a woman sends an indignant email to her new beau, who’s gone radio silent post sex, she discovers he’s comatose in a Mexican hospital and races south of the border with her friends in tow to intercept the email before he recovers.About: This is the number 8 script on 2009′s Black List. [...]
Genre: Drama/IndependentPremise: A disturbed man with a good heart is tormented by his talking pets, who convince him to do things he’d rather not do.About: This is the number 3 script on the 2009 Black List. For those of you scratching your heads and saying the name “Michael R. Perry,” sounds familiar, that’s because it [...]
For those of you consumed with all the Avatar chatter coming in after the big London premiere, you may have missed out on some way bigger news. Yeah, I’m talking about the release of this year’s Black List. I gave my thoughts on the list’s entries on Friday, and Saturday I did a quick breakdown [...]
First, I’d like to congratulate everyone who made the Black List. Despite all the bickering that accompanies the selection process as well as the lobbying that goes on with the list, it’s still a prestigious compilation. Somewhere between 30-40% (a ridiculously high number) of these scripts will be turned into movies, and a produced credit [...]
Here are the 2009 Black List scripts with my thoughts. Here is also a link to the list. It’s going to take me a good 4-5 hours to put up my thoughts on everything. I may put them up in increments or just one big chunk, so keep checking back in. I know a lot [...]
Here it is. Since I can’t just cut and paste, will have to be doing some major typing. I’ll have it here soon. Black List on Finke’s site.
