100 Movies in 2020: #13, Booksmart A good female buddy movie is hard to come by. There’s this list, but half of these aren’t true buddy movies (the other half I haven’t heard of, much less seen). Bombshell? Steel Magnolias? No. Two women who happen to be friends in a film does not a buddy […]
Becoming a better storyteller by studying 100 movies, 50 screenplays, and 25 books in 2020. The next time I embark on a major project like this, I won’t start a key segment of it with the most complicated example of the form. Lady Bird‘s script is so complex and dense with wonderful examples of what to […]
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 […]
