Posts Tagged ‘film’
And by “review,” I mean, “hastily scrawled impressions.” Let’s just get out of the way: fuck it, I loved it. Is it great? Mmm, nehhhh, ehhhh, no. That’s perhaps the film’s greatest shame — it falls short of being truly great. Still, considering that my entry-level expectations were, “This is going to be a big [...]
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SUNDANCE INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES TWELVE FEATURE FILM PROJECTS FOR JANUARY SCREENWRITERS LAB 12.14.2009 Los Angeles, CA-Sundance Institute has selected twelve projects for the annual January Screenwriters Lab, to be held January 15-20, 2010 at the Sundance Resort in Utah. This year’s group includes filmmakers from regions throughout the world, including the United States, China, Southeast Asia, [...]
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The misspelling irks me, can I say that? I know. I’m picky. It’s okay. I won’t spoil the movie, here — not a big fan of movies that do that. So, let me encapsulate some thoughts, real quick-like. Overall, it has a ton of compelling elements. But those elements fail to come together, and the [...]
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Let’s make this a fast one. John Hughes is dead. We all know that. We all know it sucks. Was he great? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. In that way, in the way that he spoke to our experiences and couched real life in his own special brand of comedy, he was kind of our generation’s [...]
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Test post of Scrippets (thanks to Will Hindmarch for pointing this out — Will is becoming my Technical Sherpa walking me up the mountain of Bloglightenment). [scrippet] EXT. OLD VICTORIAN HOUSE (DRIVEWAY) – MORNING FRANKIE’s a tall drink of water: Droopy Dog face with a Sam the Eagle nose. He wears a dark suit, white [...]
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