Here’s the way I see it. 2020 and 2021 don’t count. They were weird years. A lot of weird stuff happened. How can one focus on his screenwriting career when he can’t even sit down at a coffee shop for six hours and complete one page of his script, for goodness sakes! Or can’t go […]
It’s a cur-raaaaaazay newsletter. I take on the Benchedel Test. I ask if Spider Man No Way Home just screwed all superhero movies from this point on. I announce a brand new Scriptshadow Screenplay Contest (WHAT???) and it’s unlike any screenplay contest in history. I share an overlooked 2021 movie that I loved. I give […]
Does the ballsiest franchise sequel since Fury Road deliver on the wild chances it takes? Genre: Sci-Fi Premise: 50-something game developer Thomas Anderson starts to believe that the game he’s developed, “The Matrix,” may be rooted in reality. About: Pretty much every major creative in town has come to WB with a Matrix pitch over […]
Tonight I will be watching The Matrix Resurrections. Tomorrow, I will have the review for you. In the interim, I’ll be praying for a Christmas miracle. As much as I want this movie to be great, I can’t help but look at the Wachowskis’ body of work and see them as screenwriting warmongers. They place […]
Note: These next 10 days are going to be weird so grab a notepad and write this down. I’m doing the weekly article tomorrow instead of Thursday because Matrix is coming out on Wednesday and I want to review it Thursday. So I’m switching those two days around. I will be sending out a newsletter […]