Lazy Sunday
I think I understand now why I so rarely feel comfortable taking a day off – it’s so rare that I feel like I’ve genuinely earned it. Yesterday, I earned one. Today, I am taking one. That is all.
Long Good Saturday
Tomorrow morning I’ll be spending all of a long day in LA, directing another 10-minute play for Sacred Fools‘ produced-whenever-we’ve-got-nothing-the-hell-else-going-on-this-weekend Fast & Loose showcases for 24-Hour Theatre. At this very moment, my script is in the early stages of writing by some caffeine junkie with whom I’ll be randomly matched in the morning. I’d really [...]
During my breaks from writing, I write
I have made small-but-tangible progress on one screenplay for four consecutive days – this has produced eight new pages of material and boosted me over the transition from the beginning into the body of the story. I even had one of those mini-breakthroughs I enjoy so much, where an annoying logical question for which I [...]
Norton!
So it is confirmed that Edward Norton will not be playing Bruce Banner or The Hulk in 2012’s planned Avengers movie. Judging by the article’s comments, the denizens of the Internet are reacting with their usual decorum and sense of proportion. If Marvel had announced they were re-casting Thor before his first movie was even [...]
MOVIE REVIEW – Knight and Day
Knight and Day Director: James Mangold Writer: Patrick O’Neill Producers: Todd Garner, Cathy Konrad, Steve Pink, Joe Roth Stars: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard, Jordi Mollà, Viola Davis, Paul Dano Alfred Hitchcock made some classic movies that were essentially expensive foreplay. They were movies that floated over their plots, and used the tools of [...]