Circa 2005, I had a meeting with Kevin Spacey to discuss adapting a book to which his company owned the rights. He had recently taken over as artistic director of the Old Vic theater and I had been there to see a play in 2003. As you do in meetings like this, it started with some small talk...
Publicity still from DEEP IMPACT (1998) featuring the crew of the Messiah: L to R: Robert Duvall, Jon Favreau, Ron Eldard, Mary McCormick, Alexander Baluev, Blair Underwood.
In the summer of 1998 I was absolutely convinced that these people could save the planet.
I drew a little stick figure of myself in a notebook to advertise my upcoming comedy and wrestling shows
I paid like $800 for this new graphic, come see me live!
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“Uncanny Valley Forge”
Tell y'all what, sometimes the best teacher for how good movies work is a movie that should be good but somehow isn't.
Honestly might be my favorite kind of review to write because I just figure so much out along the way.
30 years ago I saw this opening night with a film school classmate I barely knew. I absolutely loathed it. As the credits rolled my classmate remarked, “That was really great.” I thought, god what an idiot.
Anyway, @chadfiveash.bsky.social and I have been writing partners ever since.
Most 80's movie tie-in games were terrible, but The Goonies for the Commodore 64 was an absolute masterpiece.
I struggle with this premise because if you love a movie it CAN’T be hot garbage. A movie’s objective is to entertain. If it succeeds, it’s not garbage.
And this is coming from someone who owns TIME CHASERS, ALIEN FROM L.A., MANOS THE HANDS OF FATE and STARCRASH… on bluray!
Want to stay at home with a #NewYearsEve movie this year? Here's my picks for some of the best.
The green knight, a tree guy, at the end of The Green Knight, with text saying "Gawain? Bubbe? I'm your green knight." in reference to Ellis saying "Hans? Bubbe? I'm your white knight." in Die Hard and both are Christmas movies
Next Christmas, double feature
Unhappy dog about to go out in their new raincoat
Same
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 71616:
If you're struggling to stay creative during the dark part of the year, go back to what you love. Re-read, re-watch, rediscover old favourites. Remind yourself why you're doing this. Find your joy.
Holy Shit! You deserve a Lifetime Achievement in Tag Line writing!
I've famously told this story on podcasts a number of times, but I met Gil Gerard as a kid at a celebrity tennis tournament and he tried to pick up my mom right in front of me. Was I mad? No. Buck Rogers tried to fuck my mom, which is the most Buck Rogers thing he could do. Lived up to the legend.
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit knowing AI can kiss his traded for Al Michaels ass
You know who’s not gonna be on AI?
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
Because he knows the score. He’s known it for 80-fuckin-years. Stay invisible. Make your own rules.
Booze. Cards. Dice. Women. Oswald knows the number.
And he ain’t got time to care about this shit.
THAT’s luck.
Brad Luff gave so many new writers their first big break, myself included. Creative, passionate, and a willingness to take big swings. He will be dearly missed. deadline.com/2025/12/brad...
Same!
YES! And absolutely wild that they allowed for such a beautifully mournful ending.
Liked it as a kid, and honestly was surprised how much more I loved it as an adult. In a decade filled with cinematic wonder, the Stained Glass Knight and the Rame Tep chant remain top tier.
I think it's been scientifically proven that watching the "Much Ado About Nothing" trailer will improve your mood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbSN...
I did!
During the table read for my first episode of The Vampire Diaries, one of the lead actors stopped the table read halfway through to lambast me for writing a line of dialog containing a word that they didn't want to say. That word was "vampire."
I lost the TNA Turkey Bowl, now I gotta wear this stupid thing. Thanks @tnawrestling.bsky.social 😡🦃
I find “Testament” more haunting than “The Day After” thanks to how it quietly shows normal life and the family slowly, inexorably disintegrating—especially the consequences for the children and how they understand what’s happening even if they can’t fully articulate it. It’s horrifyingly relatable.
Truly one of the most quietly devastating movies I’ve ever seen. It’s intimate and brutal in its realistic depiction of day to day life following a nuclear war.
You *know* I'm giving John McTiernan $400 million to do a modern take on Crime and Punishment, set in Orban's Hungary
No one should get death threats over something they “did” to a comic book character.
Young man in a red tunic bearing a sword surrounded by armed glassy-eyed monsters
A red robed horseman with a skull face and stag's antlers rides through the forest, the horse rearing back, a shaft of light falling onto the scene
A red haired woman in a red dress and a boy in a blue doublet stand in front of a huge black cauldron. In the foreground, three cackling hags.
A boy in a blue tunic with a dagger tries to get a sword away from a giant orange cat
I have said before and will say again that it is such a loss that we no longer get covers of this caliber for fantasy books.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
”Is that a REAL lock up?”
