It’s a cur-raaaaaazay newsletter. I take on the Benchedel Test. I ask if Spider Man No Way Home just screwed all superhero movies from this point on. I announce a brand new Scriptshadow Screenplay Contest (WHAT???) and it’s unlike any screenplay contest in history. I share an overlooked 2021 movie that I loved. I give […]
Does the ballsiest franchise sequel since Fury Road deliver on the wild chances it takes? Genre: Sci-Fi Premise: 50-something game developer Thomas Anderson starts to believe that the game he’s developed, “The Matrix,” may be rooted in reality. About: Pretty much every major creative in town has come to WB with a Matrix pitch over […]
Tonight I will be watching The Matrix Resurrections. Tomorrow, I will have the review for you. In the interim, I’ll be praying for a Christmas miracle. As much as I want this movie to be great, I can’t help but look at the Wachowskis’ body of work and see them as screenwriting warmongers. They place […]
Note: These next 10 days are going to be weird so grab a notepad and write this down. I’m doing the weekly article tomorrow instead of Thursday because Matrix is coming out on Wednesday and I want to review it Thursday. So I’m switching those two days around. I will be sending out a newsletter […]
Spider-Man saves more than the multiverse. He saves the movie business! Genre: Superhero Premise: When Spider-Man accidentally opens up a rift in the multiverse, villains from other universes arrive in our world, determined to eradicate him. About: Spider-Man No Way Home defied… well… pretty much every expectation in the book, tallying 253 million dollars over […]
