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How ’12 Mighty Orphans’ tackles the sports genre with heart and inspiration
When Rusty Russell took a position as a teacher and head football coach at a Texas orphanage, he likely didn’t think he would give hope to a nation in the midst of a Great Depression. Yet that’s what he accomplished as he took twelve scrawny high sch...
‘The Gateway’ brings redemption to the crime thriller
Parker (Shea Whigham) is a down-on-his-luck social worker who doesn’t seem to love what he does, but rather loves what he tries to do for others. And while he can’t seem to catch a break, he refuses to give up on those he tries to help. Therefore whe...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘The Defeated’ looks at the chaos of a surrendered nation
The year is 1946. The most destructive war in history has concluded and Berlin, the epicenter of the Third Reich, lays in ruin. There are countless stories of men and women sacrificing their time, freedoms and lives to help save the world from tyrann...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘Beckett’ runs in political thriller
Beckett and April are American tourists enjoying a romantic vacation in Greece when a tragic car accident turns this relatively tame trip into a Hitchcockian nightmare. Alone, Beckett must navigate the unfamiliar territory as he tries to make it to t...
Director Andreas Koefoed hunts for the story behind 'The Lost Leonardo'
Was the painting bought at a shady New Orleans auction house for a little over a thousand dollars really a Leonardo da Vinci? Known as the Salvator Mundi, this 2005 auction house purchase became the most expensive painting ever sold when, in 2018, it...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: 'The Vault' sets its sights on the Bank of Spain for the next heist
How do you break into the most secure vault in the world? (A vault that hasn’t had a single break-in since it was built more than 80 years ago). That happens to be the hook for The Vault, an action-thriller/heist movie starring Freddie Highmore, Astr...
Michael Hoffman’s lost classic ‘Game 6’ pits career concerns against Red Sox obsession
The year is 1986 and it's game six of the World Series where the Boston Red Sox are eager to beat the New York Mets and break the decades-long curse. It’s also opening night of Nicky Rogan’s latest play — one that many believe is the best work of his...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: How 'Stillwater' contends with being a ripped-from-the-headlines drama
Imagine being the parent of a child found guilty of murdering her roommate while attending college in another country. That’s the premise behind Stillwater, which many believe takes its inspiration from Amanda Knox — an American convicted of murderin...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘Fear & Loathing in Aspen’ about Hunter Thompson's sheriff run
In 1970, Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado. The same Thompson who wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and was known for his drug use, new style of journalism and libertarian points of view put himself into an election tha...