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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: HBO Max's saucy and sweet 'Minx'

April 4, 2022

Minx offers a simple premise: Will a side of dick excite ladies enough to also read about politics, women’s rights, and the fact that single women can get their hands on birth control? The answer seems to be yes, but that isn’t to say there aren’t a ...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘The Lost City’ creates a new action comedy

April 1, 2022

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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: Amy Schumer gets personal in ‘Life and Beth’

March 28, 2022

Just as the whole world did, it feels as if Amy Schumer went through some serious self-reflection during the pandemic. Schumer has mentioned much of Life & Beth is autobiographical (at least 50%), revealing “secret” self-struggles in the series, ...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘The Outfit’ is a thrilling one location crime drama

March 25, 2022

PHOTO COURTESY OF NICK WALL / FOCUS FEATURES Leonard is not a tailor. He’s a cutter. There’s a difference and he corrects people when they call him a tailor. In The Outfit, Leonard, who also goes by the nickname English by the mobsters who come into ...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: Adam McKay's Lakers deep dive 'Winning Time'

March 21, 2022

Photo courtesy of Warrick Page/HBO For a show called Winning Time, its thesis seems simply to pose the question: “Isn’t it fun to take such a big risk that it will either tank your whole life, or make you a winner?” Beyond that, Winning Time does not...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘The Adam Project,' a time travel adventure

March 18, 2022

(CNS photo/Doane Gregory, Netflix) In The Adam Project, a time-traveler from 2050 ends up in the wrong year:2022. In this year, Adam must team up with an unlikely partner to help save the future, and his 12-year-old self. While the audience doesn’t s...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘Fresh’ is a satire with a vicious bite

March 14, 2022

Fresh will likely be one of this spring's buzziest releases. The horror-comedy stars Sebastian Stan as charming Steve who can dance the pants off any internet date, along with Daisy Edgar-Jones as Noa who can’t seem to catch a break on the dating sce...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘The Worst Person in the World’

March 11, 2022

Julie is turning thirty and she doesn’t quite have her life together. What makes this type of character compelling is that she is relatable to anyone near the same age going through similar circumstances — and if you’re over thirty, The Worst Person ...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: How ‘Cyrano’ finds its musical voice from a beloved play

March 4, 2022

It’s human to love someone but be too afraid to share your feelings, especially when you feel something about your physical appearance would make you less desirable. That’s what makes Cyrano such a human story. The original play, Cyrano de Bergerac b...