If you follow entertainment news at all, you know a writers strike is quite possible (and even likely) after the WGA contract expires at...

I wrote about Titanic a week or two ago, because I watched it with our twin girls (they’re almost nine). They have friends who are...

My twin girls wanted to watch Titanic. They are almost nine and they have friends (girls) at school who are crazy for it. So we started...

SPOILERS for last night’s episode of Succession. Although if you’ve been anywhere online this morning, hard to believe it hasn’t been...

Wow—I just saw this and am still digesting it. From Filmmaker Magazine, a deep-dive analysis into indie film profitability (or lack...

Just a heads up that Charlie Vignola and I posted another one of our videos about screenwriting. I felt like venting about a few things!...

It seems way more likely than not that the WGA will go on strike May 1st. I’m not the best person to explain why, but there are a ton of...

I read an article in New York magazine that’s way more interesting than it sounds: an exploration of the new LED light bulbs and why they...

I’ve been writing about movie music for a bit. I know a lot about it, and that’s where most of my audience comes from. Back to...

More rain! I don’t remember a winter this wet in L.A. A reminder that Creature Features’ CD sale is ongoing, hope you can find something...

I put off writing about Andor’s first season because it seemed like a lot of work to do it justice. I rewatched the 12 episodes and I...

Is the consensus that The Mandalorian season 3 is a letdown? I saw a few reviews to that effect. I watched the season premiere with the...

I caught up with the 2009 blaxploitation spoof, Black Dynamite. Actually I saw this several months ago and I put a note in my “blog ideas...

I am enjoying the new season of Picard. The first episode opens with the above card, which is an homage, of course, to Star Trek II: The...

Here is something I’ve had cooking that is super exciting! Normally I would not say anything, but Jonathan Frakes briefly mentioned it on...

Greetings, friends! So I did something that you’re probably not supposed to do, and has no point other than I was interested in doing it....

I caught up with The Menu and really enjoyed it. It’s a wicked send-up of fine dining and snooty rich people (something that’s definitely...

I’ve been lucky—well, not lucky, but it’s happened—to be on both sides of “pitching”: the guy sending emails out to get attention and...

Above: Mytoi Gardens in Chappaquiddick—a location I would love to use! I’ve been talking for some months about an indie comedy–drama I...

Charlie Vignola and I are back with one of our conversation (rants) about screenwriting. Now that Top Gun: Maverick is out—and I’ve seen...