I went into my opening night screening of The Avengers convinced that I was going to love it. And it wasn’t just because I let the hype and positive reviews raise my expectations. My mind was made a long time ago, when it was announced that geek demigod Joss Whedon had been hired as writer/director. (Though, … Continue reading »
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope
Hey! They released the trailer for Morgan Spurlock’s Comic-Con documentary, which I saw at TIFF a while back, so here’s the trailer plus my very offhand review below. (And then let’s all go see it again when it comes out, m’kay?) I saw Morgun Spurlock’s Comic-Con documentary at TIFF this week [actually this past September], … Continue reading »
Ira Glass Says It All
I know Ira Glass’s (This American Life) interview on storytelling and the creative process has been circulated plenty already, but this little bit of kinetic typography from filmmaker David Shiyang Liu–detailing the part about the gap between your taste and your creative output–is kind of amazing, and worth sharing. (Link to the actual interview here.) … Continue reading »
An Oscar-worthy Menu: 2012
Oscar parties without thematic food are lame. But thinking up a whole menu can be difficult (especially if you haven’t seen the movies), so here are a few suggestions for inspiration. [If you actually make any of these, please send me photos. Thank you.] I also did this last year, for the sake of reference. Hors … Continue reading »
From the Minds and Hearts of TV Writer Guys
At the risk of turning this blog into little more than the place where I post stuff so I can reference them later, here is an interesting blog post from Leverage co-showrunner John Rogers on writing for TV shows and the spectrum series fall along between “shows about emotions” and “shows about systems.” On the subject … Continue reading »
The Non-Movie Movie
Some movies don’t have to be movies, in the ole “character development-story arc-solid acting/directing-having any kind of artistic merit” kind of way. And here’s why. Maybe some movies are like amusement park rides, and that’s okay. After all, would it be so bad to enjoy a multi-million-dollar, hour-and-a-half piece of entertainment without judging it on … Continue reading »
Props to the Dialogue
I love this bit of dialogue from Boardwalk Empire (episode: “Broadway Limited“) for its brevity and how Nucky controls the scene. (This post is more for me than you. You’re welcome.) NUCKY How is he still alive after three days out in the cold? ELI He’s fat. NUCKY What the fuck’s that supposed to mean? … Continue reading »
Irrationalities
Maybe I only have a finite resource of words, and here I am scraping the bottom, pressing the pad of my thumb against whatever will stick.
Some things DON’T need to be said aloud (but I’m doing it anyway)
So, I wrote a really terrible YA horror novel when I was around 12 or 13. [Okay, confession: I was 12 AND 13, 'cause it took me a year to write it.] The whole thing was the result of consuming too many R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike novels, though I have no regrets. Ten years … Continue reading »
Edward vs. Edward
In honour (?) of today’s release of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1, here is an old post I did about how eerily similar Twilight and Pretty Woman are. Enjoy! 8 reasons why the Twilight series is like Pretty Woman: Edward (in Pretty Woman) never eats or sleeps (almost never sleeps). Neither does Edward (in Twilight). … Continue reading »
