Acting - Fact and Fiction
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“Turn to your left, then right, face center and slate.”
I obey and state, “Hello. I’m hopefully a name that sounds famous. AFTRA/SAG. Represented by Blah Blah Talent.”This is how it works: …
Plot Points — Thieve’s Highway (1949)
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Plot points are linear links that make up the chain of traditional Aristotelian 3-act dramatic structure. This classic structure worked well in Hollywood for almost a century now. Although young movie…
Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow Part I: Mel Gibson and Other Celebrities Falling Down
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Can we believe media reports of the scandal swirling around actor-director Mel Gibson? That he was arrested for drunken driving, spewed angry racist remarks and received preferential treatment? Shou…
Movie Review - Confidence (2003)
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CONFIDENCE (2003) is a slick greased-lightning of a con story that some reviewers I believe mistook for a classic “caper” movie like Ocean’s 11 or 12.The writing by Doug Jung is fresh, witty and with …
Masters Of Disguise
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Gene Hackman once lamented that the worst thing about becoming a famous actor is that you lose the ability to observe people without being noticed yourself. But some performers are so good at disguis…
I Wonder
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I wonder what would happen if we shut out the noise,and reflected on the humanity of all us girls and boys.As tsunamis come out of nowhere with force,and remind us once again of human anguish and remo…
Plot Points — Dead of Winter (1987)
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Plot points are linear links that make up the chain of traditional Aristotelian 3-act dramatic structure. This classic structure worked well in Hollywood for almost a century now. Although young movie…
Movie Review - The Grass Is Greener (1960)
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As aristocratic a romantic comedy as it gets in which Cary Grant, raised dirt poor as “Archie Leach” in Bristol, England, plays Earl Victor Rhyall, a British nobleman living in a salmon pink castl…
