While a movie becoming a TV series is often an effort to stretch a character or plot to its boundaries, something very different motivates the jump from TV to movie theatre. Most often a film based on a television program …
When do you know a movie is successful? When it transcends a single two hour event and gets a weekly invitation into our living rooms. Dozens of movies step from the big screen to the TV Guide, for many different …
I love fairy tales! Always have, probably always will. In 1987, Rob Reiner directed a movie of a real fairy tale—not “like a fairy tale” or “modern version of a fairy tale.” The Princess Bride is a story with a …
Words affect us. They influence our hearts and minds. They rally us and challenge us. Behind every story, speech, article, and film stands a writer. Good writers select their words as an artist selects his colors. A screenwriter is actually …
Once upon a time, the hero of any action movie was a tough, muscular man with a big gun. He often spoke in one-syllable sentences. He usually wore one outfit that somehow deteriorated until he was shirtless by the story’s …