
Excerpts from a recent script report
'Consider the TOO FURIOUS films, or a good Bond film - CASINO ROYALE (2006), and the MISSION IMPOSSIBLE films. More screen time is given...
1st 12
Here are the 1st 12 scenes of a screenplay I was commissioned to write some years ago. It remains work I take pride in and enjoy reading....
Captain's log
Loglines matter. A bad logline will get you nowhere. A good logline can help. A top logline can set you apart. I've had to write hundreds...
Film financing
If your film project is partially shot or shot and needs more money for marketing etc, I have access to a London film finance company...
Quote unquote
'Stories don’t have a middle or an end anymore. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.' - Steven Spielberg


1917
Once in a blue moon, a film comes along that redefines the form. I suggest that 1917 (2020 – Sam Mendes) is such a film. I say this not...


Pitch black
A shout out for the brilliant Screen Rant pitch meetings series on YouTube. This one is most of what's wrong with The Dark Knight Rises....


REPLICAS
I covered (assessed/wrote a script report) a sci-fi screenplay for a film financier a few years ago. The screenplay was produced and...


Shhh!
You may have noticed. Blind predators are rare, and for good reason. Sight is the dominant sense, and for good reason: it’s the most...


Endgame for cinema (to be avoided)
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/spotlight/martin-scorsese-is-right-about-marvel-films-–-they-are-formulaic-fairground-rides-not-c...