Month: February 2020

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7eKHfEXEHQc%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent Newton In China is about an underprivileged teenage village girl Newton in China, tutored by the hallucination of her namesake British scientist Sir Isaac Newton, decides to construct a giant balloon to defy gravity and leave her abusive father. CAST LIST: Jay: Gene Abella Narrator: Laura Kyswaty Newton: Caroline Concordia Newting: Karen Friesen —… Continue reading ACTION 1st Scene Screenplay Reading: Newton In China, by Vanessa Leqi Kong — Action/Adventure Film & Screenplay Festival

https://youtube.com/watch?v=iD3TY32ligQ%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent After the ambassador of Israel and a DEA undercover agent are killed in terror attacks, a maverick DEA agent and Mossad agent race to track down the killers, pitting the two on a collision course of vengeance and deception. CAST LIST: Narration – KATELYN VARADI Jenkins (30s) – 11 – LOGAN FORSYTH Ricardo –… Continue reading ACTION Best Scene Screenplay Reading: CEDARS OF GOD, by Scott Cahill — Action/Adventure Film & Screenplay Festival

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-hNUXTbkm90%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent Logline: Upon his release from prison after serving a six year sentence for a crime he didn’t commit, a former soldier teams up with a military buddy to hunt down the men that framed him. CAST LIST: NARRATION – SARAH DESOUZA-COELHO Matt – 7 – SEAN BALLANTYNE Vincent/Thad – 2 – GENE ABELA Lyle/Brix […]… Continue reading ACTION Best Scene Reading: TRIAD CROSSING, by Mark Donnell — Action/Adventure Film & Screenplay Festival

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6GEDndHukAQ%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent In the endless war against ruthless drug cartels, sometimes the greatest danger lies from within. A maverick DEA agent wages a rogue battle for revenge and redemption on the streets of Los Angeles and Guadalajara. CAST LIST : Narrator: Val Cole Jenkins: Trevor Howes Rodriguez: Ted Powers — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators:… Continue reading ACTION Best Scene Script Reading: THE UNJUST, by Scott Cahill — Action/Adventure Film & Screenplay Festival

Mystery Genre This genre is a type of fiction in which a professional, such as a detective, solves a crime or series of crimes. The purpose of a mystery novel is to solve a puzzle and to create a feeling of resolution with the audience. Key elements The characters, the setting, the plot, the problem,… Continue reading My favorite type of genre — Lola Tolosa Clavel

Jussie Smollett, 37, was indicted Tuesday in Chicago by special prosecutor Dan Webb for allegedly lying about being a victim of a racist and anti-gay attack on him that occurred in January 2019. This is the second time he was charged for the same offense. The charges stem from a report Smollett made a year […]… Continue reading Smollet Says He Mistook Black Brothers for White Trump Supporters – But the Attack Was Real! — Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato

“Resistance” is a true story of heroism in which a group of Girls and Boy Scouts created a network that ended up saving the lives of around ten thousand orphans whose parents had been killed by the Nazis in the Second World War. At the center of the movie, we find an aspiring Jewish actor […]… Continue reading Jesse Eisenberg Joins The “Resistance” March 27 — Irish Film Critic

GLOW‘s Betty Gilpin will aim to get the Bill Clinton presidency in a headlock, playing media pundit Ann Coulter in FX’s upcoming Impeachment: American Crime Story. via GLOW’s Betty Gilpin Is Ann Coulter in Impeachment: American Crime Story — TVLine

By Nate Hendley Dana Delger is an expert on the misuse of bite-mark evidence and other junk science in court. She was recently profiled in an article on the Columbia Law School website. “As a strategic litigator for the Innocence Project, she fights the use of bite-mark evidence in criminal cases, arguing that despite its… Continue reading A Biting Critique of Bad Forensic Science — CRIME STORY

By Nate Hendley Vanity Fair magazine’s online series about cons and con artists examines the astonishing life of Anthony Gignac (part one). Born into extreme poverty in Colombia, Gignac was adopted as a boy by a family living in Michigan. Growing up in America, Gignac proved to be both very smart and prone to telling […]… Continue reading Vanity Fair Series on Con Artists Looks at Fake Saudi Prince Anthony Gignac (Part one) — CRIME STORY