Reviewing “Seven” in my newsletter brought me back to a time when screenwriters could change their lives overnight. All they had to do was a write a good screenplay and – BOOM – they were millionaires. Those sales then did double-duty for them, as their names would be splashed all over the trades. This would […]

Genre: Superhero Premise: Both the X-Men and the evil “Brotherhood” fight one another in an attempt to lure Wolverine onto their side, while the Brotherhood’s leader, Magneto, plans a secret takeover of a major U.S. city, all amongst the country’s growing resistance towards mutants. About: There’s been a lot of chatter over the last week […]

Genre: Sci-Fi Premise: A rag-tag group of space pirates come together to travel to a mysterious planet to retrieve a technology that will help them defeat the alien presence that has annihilated earth. About: Tab Murphy was rolling in 1996. He had just come out with the huge Disney hit, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. […]

Don’t you go sleeping on this movie. Don’t you dare! Genre: Drama Premise: A single mom eeking out a living in Dublin starts taking online guitar lessons on a whim, unexpectedly falling in love with music in the process. About: An immediate hit at Sundance, Flora and Son is “Once” director, John Carney’s, newest musical […]

Plus RIGHT HERE I announce the new Logline Showdown I’ve got a car-raaaaaaaaa-zay newsletter for you guys. Check this out. I GO BACK IN TIME! This is what I do for you guys. I secured myself a time machine and went back in time to do a script review. I was told there was a […]