Let me start off by saying I have no problem with Spotlight winning the Best Picture Oscar. I believe the movie works and the true best movie of the nominees (Room) was too small to give the big award to. Where I get upset is that Spotlight won best original screenplay for a screenplay that […]

Good news, chaperoos. I’ve got another batch of scripts for you. What can I say, I’m in a rhyming mood. So before we get into the goods, I’m changing my position on Adapted Screenplay today because I just watched The Big Short and it’s amaaaaaazing. What a daring screenplay and a daring movie. They really […]

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It’s tiiiiiiime. This Sunday. The Oscars. Me. You guys. Bears. Dresses. Snarky opinions. It’s going to be AHHH-MAAAAAA-ZING. One of the coolest things about this Oscars? There are no frontrunners. Outside of Brie Larson and maybe Leo, anyone can win anything. But of course, the only categories anyone cares about when they watch these things […]

Today we talk about the danger of a weak premise as well as a little-known structural pitfall that can spell doom for your screenplay long before you’ve written it. Genre: Comedy Logline: On the last day of school, a mild-mannered English teacher manages to upset his co-worker, who then challenges him to a fight at […]