It took Tarantino ten years to finish Inglourious Basterds, mainly because he couldn’t figure out the ending or how to spell his title. The story grew in scope so much during that time that at one point he considered scrapping the movie and turning it into a TV show. After many “almosts,” he finally shot […]

Disclaimer: I did NOT see all of A Good Day To Die Hard. I found it to be so terrible that I walked out 45 minutes through. I have no idea (but will gladly assume) what the final 50 minutes were like. Genre: Action Premise: Errr… a former NYPD cop goes looking for his estranged […]

It turns out that Charlie Kaufman writing Killing Charlie Kaufman (which I reviewed here) was just a big rumor and NOT TRUE!  I was contacted by Charlie’s people themselves who confirmed that Kaufman had nothing to do with the screenplay.  That rumor has been going around Hollywood for a decade now so I guess we […]

I tend to get hung up on character and structure and story a lot. You know, those things that “supposedly” make your script better. I don’t often get into the nitty-gritty, the smaller details that, when added up, really make an impact on your script. Which is what inspired today’s article. Here are 10 small […]

Genre: Comedy Premise: When a failing TV writer sees his friend, Charlie Kaufman, become a screenwriting mega-star after his indie hit, “Being John Malkovich,” he decides to kill him. About: While there have been rumors that Charlie Kaufman wrote Killing Charlie Kaufman under the pseudonym “Wrick Cunningham,” those rumors have been confirmed to be false, […]