BY Zachary Hollwedel Pretty much everybody I know has seen The Hunger Games. For the most part, they have also read the books. There is a small handful of people, though, who’ve seen the movies without the background experience of the books first. I saw The Hunger Games with one such dude last weekend. He had [...]
There’s More Than One Right Answer
Last television season, Terra Nova was one of the shows I was most stoked to see. Dinosaurs! With people from the future! Produced by Spielberg! On every week! What could be greater? Sadly, almost any incarnation of the idea would have been greater than the end result we were presented with. For one, there were [...]
The Happy Family Curse
BY Zachary Hollwedel We’ve seen it in just about every revenge movie. Every tale of loss, retribution, or blood lust seems inclined to start the same way. Whether the survivor is a father, mother, husband, wife, or sibling, son, or daughter, he or she is spurred on by a need to seek retaliation for a [...]
Interview From the Past: The Play’s the Thing! Anita Loos
The following is a 1918 interview with one of the first celebrity scenario (screenwriters) in Hollywood. Anita Loos and her director husband wrote one of the first popular (and frankly very good even today) “screenwriting books” in 1923 How to Write Photo Plays [buy an original copy on ebay.] April 1918 Lillian Montanye MOTION PICTURE [...]
The Name Game
BY Zachary Hollwedel I watched the family-friendly Real Steel last night. Say what you will about a movie with fighting robots, but it’s hard to be too judgmental when you’re going to see a movie about… fighting robots. You know what you’re in for, so buckle up and try to enjoy the ride. (If you’re [...]
127 Hours 3 Act Structure
[Guest post comes from: Mark Dark's Thoughts] 127 Hours runs at 90 minutes and adheres to perfect 3 Act Structure: Act 1: 15 minutes. Act 2a : 30 minutes. Midpoint Act 2b: 30 minutes. Act 3: 15 minutes NB: The Midpoint or Point of No Return happens at 45 minutes – exactly half way through [...]
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