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With ‘Vanquish’, George Gallo finds a unique take in the action genre

April 21, 2021

When a retired police officer kidnaps the daughter of his caretaker, who used to be a drug courier, he forces her to spend one long night taking out a series of gangsters and collecting cash.

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: 'Genera+ion' Gives Fun Spin To Teen Angst

April 19, 2021

Genera+ion has an inherent unique angle on teen angst in that it’s written by an actual teen: Zelda Barnz, along with her father Daniel Barnes (Cake). The show has a frenetic social media-fueled intensity to it, following a group of teens with mainly...

History of TV: A Dialogue on ‘Gilmore Girls’

April 15, 2021

The family-friendly WB comedy/drama first aired back in 2000 as a lead-in for that other female-focused family drama, the fantasy Charmed. But Gilmore Girls stood apart from all of its melodramatic, family-centric cohorts for its cozy tone, fast-talk...

Writer-Director Ryan Spindell on His Short Film Anthology 'The Mortuary Collection'

April 14, 2021

A masterpiece of short stories told through a creepily charismatic mortician in a chilling funeral home. This is The Mortuary Collection, a horror anthology feature about a young woman seeking employment at a hilltop funeral home and becomes captivat...

Honeydew' Filmmaker Devereux Milburn On Balancing Writing and Directing

April 14, 2021

This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Devereux Milburn, writer and director of the upcoming insanely brilliant horror film, Honeydew, starring Sawyer Spielberg (yes, that Spielberg), and Malin Barr (Top Dog). Honeydew is a one-hour and forty-...

Jakob's Wife' Is one Wild, Feminist, Vampiric Ride of a Horror Flick

April 14, 2021

Jakob’s Wife has the camp quality of a well-worn 1980s' horror you’d rent on VHS so you could either comfort your date or scare the crap out of your friends, and that’s quite intentional. The film stars horror icons Barbara Crampton (known for 1980s'...

Afro Horror: Internal and External Wants in Horror

April 9, 2021

If you’re reading this, it’s either because you know me and you're supportive (hi, Mom!) or you want to learn about internal and external wants in your screenplay. Either one is perfectly fine with me! Today I am going to try to break down complicate...

‘Voyagers’ Explores the Core of Humanity Whilst Hurtling Through Space

April 9, 2021

Voyagers is set in the not-so-distant future when Earth is rapidly becoming uninhabitable and humankind needs to seek life on other planets. The story follows a space crew solely made up of young people who were bred and trained for this mission sinc...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘Nobody’ Turns Odenkirk Into An Action Star

April 9, 2021

He’s a nobody, in many respects. He comes across as a quiet pushover who lives his suburban life. He can’t seem to get the trash to the end of the driveway in time, sleeps with a large pillow between him and his wife, and works at his father-in-law’s...