When I first saw Donnie Darko in the theaters, I left confused. What was it I had just seen? It didn’t make sense. Nothing coherent appeared to have happened. It honestly felt like some clueless writer just threw a bunch of weird scenes together and called it a movie. I thought it was terrible. Then […]

Sing it with me now.  “Mish Mash Monday…. Mish Maasssh Muuunnnnday!” There were no major releases this weekend that contained see-ocity and therefore no big movies to write about. Unless you’re Team Smurf (hey, Hank Azaria was genius as Gargamel in Smurfs 1 – not that I’ve, um, seen it). As for the other major […]

This is your chance to discuss the week’s amateur scripts, offered originally in the Scriptshadow newsletter. The primary goal for this discussion is to find out which script(s) is the best candidate for a future Amateur Friday review. The secondary goal is to keep things positive in the comments with constructive criticism. Below are the […]

Many of you feel rejected and enraged about not getting your pilots reviewed this week.  If I told you how many e-mails I’ve received that started with, “Why are you reviewing all these shitty pilots instead of mine,” you’d think I was the victim of some mass practical joke.  Ahhh, but here’s your opportunity!  If […]

Genre: Sci-fi Premise: (from writers) A young woman who dies and resurrects every 72 hours strives to untangle the mysteries behind her uncanny ability, her missing father, and her shadowy “benefactor;” all while evading a company bent on capturing her and trying to fake a normal life enough to blend in. About: The last of […]