Writings

Kickstart your creative writing — Use the proven structure of mainstream Hollywood screenwriters

How do you go about writing a screenplay for a feature length movie? Or any longer story for that matter?

2017.09.13 / 9min read. Read More

“Crash to black” — We need to talk about the ending of ‘The Mist’ from 2007

Frank Darabont changed the ending of Stephen King’s novella. King loved it. Then, why did it rub so many people the wrong way? It might…

2017.06.21 / 8min read. Read More

‘Hell or High Water’ — Always Two There Are

Looking into the dualistic structure of the narrative

2017.05.16 / 8min read. Read More

Al Pacino: The Eyes Have It

A side note from the main article about Carlito’s Way and Brian De Palma’s work

2017.04.15 / 1min read. Read More

“Carlito’s Way” — The One That Got Away

Looking into how one cleverly constructed long take perfectly illustrates Brian De Palma’s extraordinary craftsmanship and his mastery of…

2017.04.10 / 9min read. Read More

Die Hard: First Impressions Last

How the simple and to-the-point character introduction in “Die Hard” elevated it from a mere standard action flick to an all-time classic.

2016.12.19 / 7min read. Read More

Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe are perfect as the unlikely duo in Shane Black’s “The Nice Guys”

In Shane Black’s “The Nice Guys” (2016) we follow private eye Holland March (played by Ryan Gosling). He tries to juggle the life of…

2016.08.23 / 6min read. Read More

How The Duffer Brothers Got Us To Binge-Watch “Stranger Things” By Keeping A Super Tight Focus On…

It’s Refreshing To See a Mainstream TV Show Having Such a Ultra-Focused Storyline As Netflix’s “Stranger Things”

2016.07.27 / 4min read. Read More

Show! Don’t Tell

— On Why The First Few Minutes of J. J. Abrams’ “Super 8” Is By Far The Best Part of The Movie.

2016.07.26 / 5min read. Read More

Within These Four Walls

— How Alfred Hitchcock Made Us All Into Peeping Toms​ by Locking Us In The Room With James Stewart In “Rear Window”

2016.06.16 / 5min read. Read More