There was a time, many years ago, where I thought the extensive analysis by a lot of the screenwriting teachers out there was overkill. I remember when Terry Rossio, on his site, Wordplayer, said he sometimes took weeks just to figure out the NAMES of his characters. “Weeks?” I thought. They’re character names! Name them […]

Genre: Drama/Sort of Supernatural Premise: When the sequel to a fringe graphic novel masterpiece unexpectedly emerges, the lone copy draws a group of superfans from different walks of life to buy it in a one-day only auction. About: We have some weird connections to yesterday’s World War Z 2 review. This show is based on […]

Genre: Zombie/Action Premise: Humans have found a temporary vaccine that makes them invisible to the zombie enemy. Now they just need to eradicate them with a new biological weapon, a weapon the humans are finding out might make their enemy even more dangerous. About: For a good year there, David Fincher really wanted to direct […]

Genre: Sci-Fi/Spy Thriller Premise: (from IMDB) Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time. About: Tenet has had a complicated release journey. There was all this behind-the-scenes […]

I’m not in the mood to bash movies these days. As I scroll through all my streaming services desperately looking for ANY movie to watch, I’ve realized more than ever the power of Hollywood entertainment. All it takes is one minute of I’m Thinking of Ending Things to appreciate big-budget high production value cinema. Which […]