There will be no Thursday article but MAKE SURE TO SUBMIT FOR LOGLINE SHOWDOWN! Entries are due Thursday by 10pm Pacific Time! I’ll post the five winning contestants at 12:01am Friday. Genre: ThrillerPremise: A high-end courier has three hours to transport a liver from LAX to a Santa Barbara hospital to a dying seven-year-old girl […]

I’m going to try and get a review up today but I’m short on time. I HAVE read the script. It’s called Runner and it was pretty darned good. In the meantime, though, I want you to get your entry in for April Logline Showdown (“Tagline” Edition). I need your title, genre, logline, and also […]

Who says Civil War gets to be the only film about a modern day civil war? Genre: Black ComedyPremise: A recently heartbroken resident of LA hipster neighborhood, Los Feliz, is called into battle when the civil war that has been ravaging America finally reaches his doorstep.About: Today’s writer, Sam Zvibelman, is best known for creating […]

Civil War has to have one of the strangest reactions to movies I’ve seen in a long time. Every day that goes by, its RT review score drops another percentage point. And yet, with this weekend’s box office win, it has become A24 and Alex Garland’s best first-2-weekends release ever. The film (11 mil this […]

Also, you’ve got ONE WEEK left to enter The Tagline Showdown! Details Below. The Greatest Dialogue Book Ever Written is a quick read and will revolutionize your dialogue. If you’ve EVER received notes on your screenplay like, “Your dialogue is too on-the-nose,” “There’s way too much exposition in this script,” or “Your dialogue is too […]