A few short months ago, few, if any, were aware that a quasi-extension of the Cloverfield universe was in the…
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In the first of this two-part feature, independent filmmaker Brian Ackley breaks down the experience of writing his latest feature, Alienated.…
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Layered in the expertly constructed script for Disney’s Zootopia is a painful, sometimes un-subtle message that will ring true for kids and…
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The Witch is writer/director Robert Eggers’ account of a Puritanical family that disintegrates as it turns against one another in…
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“Location, location, location”. This is a common response to the question, “What is important in real estate?”, but what about…
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“There is no room for story here," says Silent Wolf (Donnie Yen) says to Snow Vase, the young vengeful student…
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Almost everything about Leigh Brackett was uncertain, ambiguous and even androgynous, beginning with her name, which many people (including the…
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Screenplay Genre: Thriller/Action Movie Time: 2:16 1. Inciting Incident Two Terminators, the T-1000, made of liquid metal, and the T-800, an…
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Screenplay Genre: Fantasy Movie Time: 115 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Kevin, a meekly British boy with gadget-obsessed parents, sleeps soundly in his…
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A letter arrived recently from Screenwriting Newsletter subscriber Ronald M. Sandgrund, a prominent Colorado attorney, law professor, and writer. (Full…
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