And the power of containing your set pieces! This weekend, I’ll be seeing the latest Mission Impossible movie. These movies have become known for their set-pieces, specifically the ones that Tom Cruise does himself. Tom Cruise scales a real skyscraper. Tom cruise HALO jumps out of a plane. Tom Cruise takes off on the side […]

Genre: TV Pilot – 1 Hour Drama Premise: During the Black Plague, a group of rich Italians head off into the countryside to party out the plague in a beautiful villa. About: Word on the street is that Bridgerton was so big for Netflix that they wanted more period stuff. Enter Jenji Kohan, creator of […]

Genre: Drama Premise: (from Black List) After a young, newly widowed janitor in a small mining village is unexpectedly elected Mayor, she navigates a new relationship with a mysterious man from the city and tries to determine how to use her new position of power to confront the corruption that has plagued the town for […]

Upon first glance, the weekend box office looks insignificant. The only movie that opened wide was a smaller studio horror movie, Insidious 4. But I would argue that this weekend’s box office is one of the most important box offices of the year. The box office is its own form of AI, an accumulation of […]

I love The Bear. It’s an extremely well-written show. So I thought, let’s bring “10 Screenwriting Tips” out of retirement so we can learn what screenwriting tricks The Bear is using to be so goooooood! 1) Obstacle Mania – Whatever your characters’ giant goal is, your job, especially in a TV show, is to place […]