Happiness (1998)
Happiness (1998) is a film like no other. It’s a movie that I need time away from after each viewing, it’s effortlessly hilarious, and meticulously disturbing. It makes me laugh, and it makes me… Continue reading
The Shawshank Redemption
Frank Darabont is a director, screenwriter and producer who has been nominated for several Oscars and a Golden Globe. While he has done work on some horror films and TV shows like The… Continue reading
It Follows delivers horror with depth
It Follows is a tight script that deftly weaves character, plot, and theme with supernatural elements without sacrificing realism. This is rare for a horror screenplay that often trade on effects, jump scares,… Continue reading
Bridesmaids
When Bridesmaids was released in 2011, a lot was riding on its shoulders. Some said the very future of female-driven comedies depended on whether the film landed at the box office. Luckily, it… Continue reading
Shameless as the Template for My Potential Series
I first started watching Shameless when I was halfway through the final semester of my undergraduate degree in Screenwriting and struggling to write the pilot episode of my… Continue reading
ALIEN
Introduction: The Art of the Title When Dan O’Bannon finished the first draft of what would become one of the best science-fiction works of the twentieth century, the typewritten title on page one was Starbeast. O’Bannon… Continue reading
IN BRUGES
Martin McDonagh’s feature-length film debut, In Bruges, does many, many things right. More impressively, it does them without losing the distinctive voice of his previous work. Just as in his 2005 short film… Continue reading
How The Wire Changed Crime Drama
How The Wire Changed Crime Drama 16 Apr 2012 Police procedurals have became a tired cliché on television so when a series like The Wire comes along that changes the game we stand up… Continue reading
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
By Ethan and Joel Coen – John Demmery Green O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a fascinating work of screenwriting in its tapestry-like detail and wealth of incident. It establishes a historicized, episodic… Continue reading
Magnolia
After countless viewings, I still get as much pleasure out of watching Magnolia as I have each time prior. It is a rare example of a film that takes risks, that uses familiar… Continue reading