I posted a couple of weeks ago about a scene from the film Wait Until Dark that effectively moved the story forward and revealed a big story moment without using dialogue. I posted portions of it on some of my group message boards on LinkedIn, and received some interesting comments as feedback. Some people mentioned scenes …
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An Awesome Example of Storytelling Sans Dialogue
I love this time of year because TCM does 31 days of Oscar leading up to the Academy Awards. That means there’s almost always a good movie on. On Saturday night they played three great movies in a row. The evening ended with Three Days of the Condor. The middle film was The Apartment, and the whole …
The Adventures of Tin Tin: Almost Great
And please don’t misunderstand me. By saying that it’s almost great, I am not saying that it’s very good. On the contrary, it was actually very mediocre. What I mean by almost great is that if they had done a couple of things slightly differently, this would have been a great movie. Unfortunately some poor …
Puss In Boots: This Bad Kitty Made a Good Movie
In a world where animated have become a dime a dozen, DreamWorks Animation has released a fresh film taken from a stale franchise. The “Shrek” films had taken a down turn since the third installment, although the 4th film started to get some of the magic back. But with this delightful spinoff, DreamWorks has breathed …
Sensitive Hillbillies: A Quick Review of “Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil”
I saw this indie film last night at the Sunset Five in West Hollywood, and I was very pleasantly surprised. Forget about all of the horror spoofs you’ve seen. This film was everything that most of those are not. That is to say that it was clever, original and well made. The first thing you …