Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain
If this campaign season was a movie, which one would it be?  Three Amigos?  Definitely not.  I think the campaign has actually become a reality show, and this one never ends, well it has to soon.  It's a combination of Survivor, Dancing With The Stars and The Dating Game. Survivor without the wit, instead of dancing it's really using and juggling the stars, and every now and then they have to sit down and answer some questions that all of their potential dates propose to them.  Unfortunately... Read Full Story
Script Analysis
A lot of people ask, what's the difference between script analysis, script coverage and script notes. I say: good question. Script notes are pretty cut and dry. They usually consist of somebody telling you what they liked, what they didn't like along with any formatting errors and misspelled words they could find. Script coverage is usually performed by a studio and is how they figure out if your project is something they're interested in. Most of the scripts are read by a studio... Read Full Story
The Truth About Script Analysis On The Web
Everywhere I look somebody is promising that if you join their site you will have a good chance of selling a screenplay. Whether getting script coverage, a synopsis, industry contacts or for no reason at all, they sell you an unrealistic dream that a script sale is imminent. And what really scares me are the prices some of these sites are charging. I have seen script coverage for as much as $700! That is seriously highway robbery. The only way people will have a chance to sell their... Read Full Story
Basketball Jones
With the basketball playoffs in full swing, it got me thinking about the best basketball movies of all time. Here's my top five: #5 The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh-Julius Erving, Stockard Channing, Jonathan Winters, Flip Wilson, Meadowlark Lemon, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Not the best, but Dr. J's in it! #4 White Men Can't Jump-With Wesley "What Taxes" Snipes, Woody "How's the air up there?" Harrelson and Rosie "Hey, how you doin?" Perez. Gets to the comedy of street ball that often gets... Read Full Story
Moonstruck -
Ronny Loretta, I love you. Not like they told you love is and I didn't know this either. But love don't make things nice, it ruins everything, it breaks your heart, it makes things a mess. We're not here to make things perfect. Snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. We are here to ruin ourselves and break our hearts and love the wrong people and die! - Moonstruck Read Full Story