Dec 23 Love0 Foxcatcher: Conservative Screenwriting Meets Skillful Acting By Nguyen Le Movie Reviews As said by Alison Krauss (or Ronan Keating or Keith Whitley, depends on which version you prefer), you say it…Read More
Dec 23 Love0 Top Five: A Comedic Script that Succeeds with Honesty By Michelle Donnelly Movie Reviews I like being surprised. I find that I’m not often surprised, but Top Five is exactly that…a pleasant surprise. Chris…Read More
Dec 23 Love1 Pi: Character Driven Screenwriting By Carrie Stemke Classic Reviews Pi is certainly an interesting way to start a career. Darren Aronofsky’s directorial debut focuses on Max Cohen, a numbers…Read More
Dec 22 Love0 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: One Last Time, Finally By Jim Rohner Movie Reviews There was a young gentleman sitting in front of me during The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies who was apparently…Read More
Dec 20 Love1 2 Days in the Valley: Screenwriting that Imitates but Ultimately Succeeds By Matthew Pizana Classic Reviews Sometimes funny and often sadistic, 2 Days in the Valley is a film that rode in on the wave of…Read More
Dec 20 Love0 Exodus: A Screenplay that Turns Red By Nguyen Le Movie Reviews Twice by Cecil B. Demille, once by Dreamworks Pictures and now by the director of Gladiator, Moses will cross the…Read More
Dec 16 Love1 Charley Varrick: A Screenplay that Still Reverberates in Modern Cinema By Matthew Pizana Classic Reviews After the success of Dirty Harry, director Don Siegel moved to the other side of the law for his next…Read More
Dec 14 Love1 Something Wild: A Script with Multiple Genres By Matthew Pizana Classic Reviews Love sometimes is only good when it comes in the form of a chance encounter that turns the universe inside…Read More
Dec 11 Love1 Mission Impossible: Acute Action Filmmaking By Matthew Pizana Classic Reviews Based on a hit television series from the 1960’s, Mission Impossible was revived for the big screen in the summer…Read More
Dec 08 Love0 Wild: A Screenplay that Struggles with Internalization through Action By Jim Rohner Movie Reviews There has long been a struggle in cinema in how to properly and effectively depict internalizations. The challenge of adapting…Read More