One of my favorite directors hops on a thought-provoking concept with shades of Charlie Kaufman! Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama Premise: After dying, a man is re-born into his life, reliving it from the start, unable to do anything but observe. Except for one difference – he saves a woman’s life who changes everything. About: Did someone say […]

Today is going to be fun. We’re going to do something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, which is to talk about the screenplays that most influenced screenwriters over the last 50 years. Every five years or so, a script – usually from a new screenwriter – hits the scene and, all of […]

Genre: Supernatural/Thriller/Horror Premise: When a retired war journalist returns to the outpost where her son was stationed to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, she uncovers unspeakable horrors. About: This finished in the middle of last year’s Black List. Peter Haig is a writer-director who, up until this point, has focused mainly on short […]

The writer of Pig gives us an intensely dramatic sci-fi tale Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi Premise: The year is 1955. The small town of Boon Falls has provided a local forest as refuge to aliens fleeing their war-torn planet. When Mia–young woman dealing with the trauma of her mother’s death–stumbles upon an Alien woman who needs her […]

HAPPY EASTER EVERYBODY! Just as Jesus was resurrected on this day, so is my Star Wars frustration! One of the more toxic trends I’ve seen lately is this act of making money off of complaining about franchises, Star Wars being one of the biggest examples. These complaining videos started out genuine. They were people who […]