I know most people here follow me for film scores—which is great! I’ve started a separate site and blog about screenwriting, which I sort...

Terry Rossio is a big-time screenwriter with a good blog, Wordplay. Here’s his latest about “Money People.” It’s funny because it’s true.

Thumbs way up for the new version of Shōgun, which I finished watching last night. I have never read the book, or seen the 1980...

I used to watch MacGyver in the 1980s, as did a lot of us. The star was likable and it was fun watching him make all those gadgets out of...

Congrats to Tokyo Vice on Max for an outstanding season two. I wrote about season one some time ago. Season two was even better! Having...

I finally watched Gareth Edwards’ new film and it’s really breathtaking—the designs and visuals and texture. It’s like right out of a...

I wrote a free guide, “How to Sell Your Screenplay,” but it’s gotten a mixed reaction online because it’s actually honest. The first step...

We’re after the Oscars now, so I guess this is last year’s news? There was a big article in Variety where the screenwriter of an...

Like a lot of people I watched the Oscars last night and I enjoyed them, relatively speaking. It’s been a long time since I had a lot of...

Many thanks to YouTube user Ryan Hartley for creating a score reduction of Danny Elfman’s “Shootout” cue from the first act of Batman...

No, I’m not actually asking. I gather that Madame Web is a Spider-Man-universe character who is now the star of a movie from Sony. This...

I finally watched Oppenheimer—on my phone. No, I am kidding. On a decent-sized TV, at least. It’s magnificent, of course. Masterful...

I saw the above tweet on a Facebook group about screenwriting. It led to a pile-on of comments about how dumb executives are, horror...

I have finished watching For All Mankind, the four available seasons—I started a month and a half ago—and really enjoyed it. It sounds...

The only time I watch network television is for sports. I see ads for the latest “dramas”—which play over and over to promote upcoming...

This is sort of cool: a die-hard fan of David Lynch’s Dune uncovered a half-completed script to a possible Dune II that Lynch would have...

I was sorry to wake up to the sad news that Tracy Tormé has died. We Trekkies knew him a one of the best writers of the initial seasons...

Screenwriter Cole Haddon has posted a lengthy essay on his blog about Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, and the contradictions of his...

After I wrote about AppleTV+, many thanks to those who suggested I check out For All Mankind. It’s great! I think I had been reluctant to...

There have lately been, in the aspiring/amateur/emerging screenwriting world, a growing number of script “showcases” designed to help...