#MondayMusings – Scandi Noir and Casting : No “Hollywood Teeth
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#ThinkpieceThursday – CBS’ Salvation: It’s Never About The Asteroid
#ThinkpieceThursday – We care most about the characters, not the predicament
Continue readingCoincidence Tanks Top of the Lake: China Girl
#ThinkpieceThursday – Contrived coincidences make Top of the Lake: China Girl lose credibility
Continue readingLadies in Lavender – Day Twenty Two – #40movie40day
Ladies in Lavender is a slight wistful film filled with yearning, jealousy and regret. Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith give tender nuanced performances filled with love and longing.
Continue readingCougar Town – When a Character Doesn’t Ring True
Cortney Cox’s character is is poorly defined, cartoonish and utterly inauthentic. She acts like a thirty-year old Judd Apatow guy trapped in a one-note joke about being desperate but clumsy in the attempt to get laid.
Continue readingVulnerability Scenes
Everyone who has heard me speak or teach knows how fundamental vulnerability is to making a movie or television show memorable. The way an audience BONDS with a character is through scenes where the character is vulnerable. Here are some of my favorites– what are yours?
Continue readingRevolutionary Road – Power of Idealism
The film Revolutionary Road tells the story of Frank and April Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet), two Power of Idealism characters who feel trapped in the bonds of a mundane suburban lifestyle.
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