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Shudder's 'Fried Barry' is a wild ride of sex, drugs, violence and aliens

October 7, 2021

Part alien abduction, part hero’s journey, and sprinkled with lots of drugs, Fried Barry is quite possibly the best wild ride you’ll take in horror this year. From its controversial storyline to its guerilla-style production, nothing about this film ...

‘Survive the Game’: How James Cullen Bressack creates a standout Bruce Willis action film

October 6, 2021

Bruce Willis has about seven movies being released in 2021. Survive the Game is just one of them. With so many films entering the marketplace with the same actor and in action and/or thriller genres, it’s critical to make yours stand out.

Writer-director Elle Callahan on her coming-of-age horror 'Witch Hunt'

October 6, 2021

The Crucible meets Fast Color is the best way to describe Elle Callahan’s latest coming-of-age horror, Witch Hunt. Set in a world where witchcraft is illegal, the story follows two practicing teens seeking asylum in Mexico. Writer and director Callah...

Write On with ‘The Manor’ Writer-Director Axelle Carolyn

October 5, 2021

After suffering a stroke, Judith Albright moves into a historic nursing home, where she begins to suspect something supernatural is preying on the residents in this Amazon Original Movie. Writer-Director Axelle Carolyn talks about how her personal fa...

Co-writer and director Vince Marcello on completing the coming-of-age 'Kissing Booth' trilogy

October 5, 2021

Elle and Noah have just one more summer together before they go off to college, and all the plans Elle had in mind for her future are slowly slipping away, one missed phone call from admissions at a time. As her deadline to commit to a university app...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: Netflix's arresting and captivating 'Maid'

October 4, 2021

Maid is the long-awaited adaptation of Stephanie Land’s novel: "Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive". The show was brought to Netflix by a team of heavy hitters; TV veteran John Wells (ER and Southland) steered a production team ...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ and the infamous rise and fall of a televangelist

October 1, 2021

When Tammy Faye was a young girl, she felt like an outcast. In a deeply religious family, she was the sole daughter of a divorced woman; her mother and stepfamily believed she would soil their name if she even stepped foot into church on Sundays. But...

History of TV: ‘Glee’ never stopped believin’

September 30, 2021

Tackling Glee definitely gave me pre-writing jitters. But what struck me most is there’s nothing quite like a good ensemble show. They have a special kind of energy that sucks you in. Gossip Girl. Friends. The Wire. Wildly different genres with one t...

Write On with ‘Vida’ and ‘Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts’ Writer Taylor Orci

September 29, 2021

Taylor Orci is a TV and screenwriter known for their work on Vida and the Emmy-nominated series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts on Netflix. Taylor is also known for creating the web video ‘Bitchy Resting Face’ that went so viral it got the term in t...