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Review: Number 10 |
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 Was Hugh Grant's young, single Prime Minister your favorite character in Love Actually? If you've ever been curious about a British Prime Minister's sex life, the late BBC writer Terence Feely has seven different answers for you. From 1983, Number 10 is not so much a television series as an anthology of seven distinct one-hour films, each starring a different cast in a different time period yet with the action transpiring in the same location: 10 Downing Street in London. For hundreds of years, this same building has served as home to the British Prime Minister. Continue reading ...
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Putting Art to Good Use: The International |
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 Film: The International
Writer: Eric Singer
Logline: They control your money. They control your government. They control your life. And everybody pays.
There’s just something about arms-dealing, terrorism-funding, money-laundering, conspiracy-covering banks that tends to bring out the worst in people. Good thing there’re guys like Clive Owen to keep everyone on the level. The International, an action-thriller out today on DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, pits Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Owen) against a bank so corrupt, even the U.S. government wouldn’t bail it out. With the help of the stunning Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts), Salinger intends to expose the International Bank of Business and Credit for what it is. SOME SPOILERS FOLLOW |
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Getting Your Shots: Departures and the Art of Inoculation |
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 When presenting material that can be disturbing or shocking to an audience, a screenwriter has two basic choices. The first is to bring the material in a way that will maximize its disturbing or shock potential, usually by withholding it for as long as possible and then introducing it in at apivotal moment in the story so that it can hit the audience between the eyes like a two-by-four. As an example, think of the “monster jumping out” moment in any effective horror film,the “here’s what really happened” scene of a mystery or thriller, or the “you-know-what” scene in The Crying Game. Continue reading ... |
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Giveaway: Hollywood Script Shop |
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 Enter to win a copy of the best screenplay of 2008, courtesy of Hollywood Script Shop. Click HERE to complete the poll and entry form. Entries will close at midnight EST, Monday, May 25. Three winners will be chosen at random. |
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Exposition: Taken |
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 Film: Taken
Writers: Robert Mark Kamen & Luc Besson
Logline: A U. S. Special Forces retiree is forced back into action when his daughter is abducted.
Tuesday, May 12, Fox Home Entertainment will release Taken, one of the biggest action flicks of 2009, on DVD and Blu-Ray. If you're in the mood for an against-the-clock shoot-‘em-up, the movie delivers. In addition, the film does an effective job of seeding -- in less than 20 minutes -- nearly 75 minutes of nonstop action. SOME SPOILERS FOLLOW |
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Scriptwriters' Service: WordHustler |
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 Raise your hand if you hate waiting at the post office. If you loathe copy shops. If you can’t stand the thought of putting your poor home printer through yet another round of script printing. Good news -- there’s a new website that will do ALL of that for you. They’ll also give you free membership and access to a database of over 4,000 screenplay contests, agents, publishers and publications. Who are these wunderkinds? The good folks at WordHustler.com. Continue reading ...
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