There are spoilers here. “Boomerang” was like the first black romantic-comedy I think I’ve ever seen. Of course there was “Coming to America” before it, also by Eddie Murphy, but that movie felt more like a comedy with some romance…
Here’s a Look at What’s Coming Up This Week…
So this weeks’ posts are supposed to be all about creating life outside of your work and a career. I think so often we define ourselves by what we do, be it a writer, a doctor a teacher, server, especially…
Movie Scenes I Love: ‘Working Girl’ the Final Scene
This next movie for Movie Scenes That I Love is truly one of my all-time favorites. It has all the tenets of the type of movie I’m usually partial too: set in New York, made in the 80s and has…
My “Killing It” FYC Experience & Thoughts on the First Episode of This Peacock Show
So last week I was fortunate enough to attend the FYC event (FYC standing for For Your Consideration, which is the moniker they give the Emmy campaigning season) for the Peacock show “Killing It.” I’d never seen or heard of…
Movie Scenes I Love: This Random Scene from ‘El Cantante’ starring Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony
My TV does this picture-in-picture thing where I can see a what’s on other channels in a small box while I watching another. That’s how I came across this movie. I’m a fan of Jennifer Lopez movies from the early…
How I Write: An Excerpt from a Movie Script I’m Working On
Before I get into how I write, I think it’s first important that I tell you about my creative-writing philosophy: I’m self-taught, and I don’t follow rules. I have never taken any creative writing classes, what’s more, I am totally…
Movie Scenes I Love: Saturday Night Fever Bridge Scene (It’s not the one you think)
***Please be warned, spoilers straight ahead*** Ah, what can I say about “Saturday Night Fever?” “Saturday Night Fever” is one of the major reasons why I want to make movies. This movie just spoke to me, and I was such…
Movie Scenes I Love: ‘Crossing Delancey’ the New Hat Scene
I’m a writer – surprise! And one of my writing goals is to write movie scripts and direct said movies. I watch movies a lot. I watch movies and TV more than I read, which, if you’ve been here a…
My Friday Night had ‘127 Hours’
Just got finished watching the movie 127 Hours. My mother DVR’d it yesterday because she was falling asleep on it. So I replayed it for her today and decided to join her watching it. She, again, fell asleep on it,…