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...

Saltburn is not quite what I expected. Part of this is deliberate. It looks like a film where the poor shy kid at boarding school is...

Maestro is excellent. Great lead performances, amazing makeup, great sense of period. And the music speaks for itself. I wonder how much...

Congratulations to the makers of The Crown on concluding a truly high quality and high-class show. I’m a typical American, so the British...

It’s the one time of the year where there are big, expensive films for grown-ups—yay! I was excited to see Leave the World Behind because...

With our CD sale done, I can catch up on some movies and TV I’ve watched. The Killer was a must-watch for me because of David Fincher. Is...

I watched Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, Francis Ford Coppola’s recut version of The Godfather, Part...

Bravo to SAG on getting their deal. I’m eager to see the specifics. Hopefully this has solved Hollywood labor problems ONCE AND FOR ALL....

I stumbled upon the above “How to Plot Backwards” tutorial on one of the Facebook screenwriting groups. I feel like Charlie Brown: The...

I was wondering what to write today when I saw a trending thread at the hive of scum and villainy (and idiocy) known as...

I just posted this to reddit/screenwriting (i.e. a hive of scum and villainy) where we’ll see if it is discussed or downvoted: I wish I...

Congratulations to Billions (a show I’ve written about before) for “sticking the landing” in an entertaining series finale. It felt a...

CD Sale Update: Here’s the remaining inventory. Everything must go! Today’s big entertainment news is that the SAG negotiations broke...

Some of you may barely remember earlier this year I wrote, for fun, a modern TV pilot based on Logan’s Run (the 1976 movie, more than the...