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More Breaking Bad Love
Breaking Bad Commentary After watching Episodes 4-6 of Season 1 of Breaking Bad I continue to be blown away by the level of quality of the show. The Lead is Not A Simple Hero To me the most interesting part of it is the continuing dimensions Vince Gilligan and Co. are able to find of…
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Screenwriting Tools
I’ve recently come across some pretty awesome links, which I thought I’d share. http://tvwriting.googlepages.com/pilotschool Screenwriter John August (Big Fish) put this link up at his site, I clicked around a little, if it’s really what it is advertising that’s an absolute goldmine. It has a gajillion TV pilot scripts, some very recent like Kings and others…
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No Honestly, It’s Not Even Guilty Pleasure Fun
Fighting Review Listen, when you go see this movie you’re probably not expecting much. Which is actually kind of sad, because this underground fighting movie has the magnificent Oscar nominated Terrance Howard and director Dito Montiel’s A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints was decent, energetic, personal and had the best performance I’ve seen Channing Tatum…
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What Should I See Tonight, Dan? (4/25/09)
My guess is you’ll be fine going with drama The Soloist if you’re not too picky. My colleague at The Diamondback gave it a positive review, and it’s at 61% on Rottentomatoes.com right now. If you’re into nature, you probably will enjoy the documentary Earth, which is actually pretty high up at 85% on Rottentomatoes. I…
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Breaking Bad-New Best Show on Television
Breaking Bad Commentary I have watched a lot of TV pilots recently in a bid to familiarize myself more with the current tv landscape. Here’s a little rundown. Kings Southland Dollhouse Mad Men None of the above shows have grabbed me like my all-time favorite, FX’s The Shield, did. None of those shows inspired in me…
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What Should I See Tonight, Dan (4/18/09)
Well, there’s actually a number of options this week. Probably the safest bet according to Rottentomatoes is State of Play, starring Maximus himself, Russell Crowe. The film is currently at 81% on Rottentomatoes, a pretty high mark. My colleague Thomas Floyd felt like it had a huge plot hole (which it sounded to me like…
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American Violet: No Really, It’s Super Good
Since this movie, American Violet, is an indie and I’m not sure how widely it’s being distributed I’m going to just copy/paste my review from The Diamondback. This review ran on www.diamondbackonline.com under the Diversions section this past week. “Take note: American Violet is no well-intentioned political indie lacking in artistic value, but a major…
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Netflix this in April
In a new continuing series I’ll be relating some cool under-the-radar titles I’ve discovered on Netflix. Tell No One Available to watch instantly on line this French thriller is packed with enough twists and turns for about three standard American thrillers. If you don’t believe me Rottentomatoes has it at 93%. Son of Rambow A…
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What Should I See Tonight, Dan? (4/12/09)
Alright here’s what you got Hannah Montana Are you a screaming 12 year old? Alright then. Dragonball Poor reviews, trailer looks bad. Those combined usually means a bad movie. I loved the Dragonball Z show, but I think this is the type of thing destined to be watched one lazy afternoon at home. Observe and…
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It’s Tough To Be A Cop
Southland Review (Pilot) Thanks to the wonders of Hulu I just watched the pilot for the new series Southland before its airdate on television. In case anyone thought being a cop was easy, Southland makes sure you know it’s not. And that’s a worthy thing to do. Cops deserve an unlimited amount of praise for…