Real Life Pandora “Plant”

This is cool Apparently fiction is sometimes as strange as truth. Check out this undersea “plant” (soft coral?) that has the same defense mechanism as the disappearing plant on Pandora, from James Cameron’s little indie film, Avatar. Via...
Top Four!

Top Four!

Writing feature screenplays is hard work. Every now and again I find a great excus — er… exercise, that allows me to focus on something else for a while.1 So when Julie Gray, of the popular web site JustEffing.com, held a one page scene competition, it...
Cracked Movie Articles

Cracked Movie Articles

The good folks at Cracked.com have some hilarious and surprisingly insightful articles about movies. Here are some of my faves: 6 Insane Fan Theories That Actually Make Great Movies Better 5 Gaping Plot Holes Hollywood Knows You Won’t Notice 5 Things Hollywood...
Donut Bagel and Other Title Lessons

Donut Bagel and Other Title Lessons

Donut Bagel So I was driving along the road the other night and noticed a brightly lit fluorescent awning for a new food establishment called: Donut Bagel. As I zipped passed it, many conflicting thoughts sprung to mind: – It has the word “donut” in...