I’m very grateful for the unorthodox movie education I got as a result of publishing Film Score Monthly, and producing our CDs. From Star...

Forty years ago, a group of people moved heaven and earth to make their own James Bond movie, starring Sean Connery (!). The only problem...

I appreciate the thoughts and nice words about my notes on Indy 5 earlier this week. We all have such affection and history with Indy...

Ten years ago I cowrote and executive produced a very strange indie thriller called Lucky Bastard. It’s a found footage thriller (to us,...

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny opened to disappointing numbers worldwide. Sure seems like it made money to me, but apparently it...

Last week’s episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was a time-travel story (mild spoilers) featuring La’An Noonien-Singh and James T....

This is a weird one. I’ve enjoyed all of Damien Chazelle’s movies. He’s the real deal! But this one had all the makings of a “passion...

I guess The Flash is a bomb? I don’t really keep up with these things. Here’s an analysis from Variety. I have no interest in seeing this...

Black Mirror is back on Netflix with a sixth season of five episodes. I watched the third (and longest) episode, “Beyond the Sea,” which...

I watched Avatar: The Way of Water now that it has landed on Disney+. I am not up to the task of an Avatar deep dive (excuse the pun),...

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was released 41 years ago, yesterday (June 4th). This seems insane. Okay, Trekkies, here’s a way to spend...

I’ve written before about my late friend Jeff Cava, who was a mensch and left us far too soon. Jeff’s biggest triumph, and also biggest...

I watched She Said, given that I always loved good newspaper movies, and hated Harvey Weinstein. Even back in the day, when Harvey was...

I rewatched The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) last night. I was searching the Showtime movie menu for something to watch, and it seemed...

What is Kinolime? The latest startup promising to promote or produce your screenplay. I saw their promotion and thought, hey, that might...

I joined my first WGA picket line yesterday afternoon, outside Paramount. I am not a full member, but was an Associate Member for a few...

I wrote recently how there are few movies of the past 25 years that I really love. I still think of Lost in Translation as my favorite...

The striking writers have a new hero and she is Lindsay Dougherty, the secretary-treasurer and chief negotiator of the local Teamsters....

I watched The Consultant on Amazon Prime. The reviews were lukewarm, and now I know why. Years ago there was a Beavis and Butt-Head...

Well, the WGA strike is on. That was predictable. Thinking of unions and how important they are: Listen to one of the all-time great...