Becoming a better storyteller by studying 100 movies, 50 screenplays, and 25 books in 2020. Everyone in my house wanted to see The Rise of Skywalker, out in theaters now. Having forgotten everything that happened in the previous story apart from Mark Hamill sitting on a rock somewhere off the coast of Scotland, it seemed a […]
I found out about this movie because I hadn’t yet learned how to work our DVD player well enough to skip the trailers. As I patiently sat through the trailers, waiting to watch Wild (Reese Witherspoon), I saw this one and thought it looked worthy of a library loan. It’s worth a lot more than […]
I am not a comic book person, nor do I particularly care for action movies. This movie, however, kicked ass. Release: 2017 Director: Patty Jenkins Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, David Thewlis Spoilers below? Yes, lots. If you want a basic plot summary, read Wikipedia’s entry. I watched this movie twice (and no, I only […]
