Back to the Future by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale In Act 1, we meet Marty McFly – spunky, rebellious, energetic, and decidedly troublemaking. We see the contrast between what he aspires to be (a big-time Rockstar), and what he’s afraid he’s cursed to become (the “zero” he believes his dad, George, to be). Jennifer, his girlfriend, offers him her therapist’s insight that one’s anxieties are often a direct result of parental influence in childhood; he replies “in that case you

The Art of Self-Defense by Riley Stearns SPOILERS AHEAD. Act accordingly. The draft of screenplay that I read – though not the film – opens with a list of “Dojo Rules” which includes “tap or hear it snap,” and “tap or take a nap,” as well as a number of other less gruesome rules about dojo etiquette such as “no shoes on the mat,” and “stay hydrated.” The film itself opens with it’s hero – Casey – meek, cringing from the world – a man who may very well have never stepped foot

I spent a while hung up on, and unsure about what photo to use as the cover-shot for this post. I worry, already, that the film itself is too easily written off by people - assumed to be nothing more than a stunt premise, an attempt to mine sex-doll shenanigans for laughs, or a more heartless and shallow Peter Farrelly style flick, but without the double-flipped and reversed dark irony he imbues his scripts with. I was worried, similarly, that the wrong photo would give peopl

A Fanatic A quarter of the way into The Dark Knight Rises, Bruce has begun experimenting with some new gadgets and Alfred warns against throwing himself back onto the battlefield as Gotham’s dark knight. It’s been eight years since he took down the Joker, eight years of “peacetime;” eight years since he’d accomplished what he’d set out to, and now a new threat has emerged. Alfred watches Bruce brace his arthritic knee before kicking the wall, warily sensing Bruce’s gathering