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TIFF Cinematheque Presents – The Films of Kathryn Bigelow

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The TIFF Cinematheque first retrospective on Kathryn Bigelow entitled KATHRYN BIGELOW: ON THE EDGE begins July 21. Bigelow’s first film was the low-budget debut THE LOVELESS (an arty, hipster spin on ’50s biker movies, co-directed with Monty Montgomery and starring Willem Dafoe)  Following that, she  made her critical (but commercial unsuccessful) breakthrough…

Inside the Chaos: Cinema writing 101- 5 Things About Overwriting

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Everyone who has ever put fingers to keys on a computer with the attempt to write a cinematic piece has probably had to deal with overwriting. Everyone has overwritten something and it’s nothing to be ashamed about- as long as you know how to correct it.  But in this reviewer’s’…

MYSTERY Short Film of the Day: DEVELOPING, by Steve Burton

Title: DEVELOPING  Written by: Steve Burton Genre: Drama Type: Short Screenplay Logline: Several old undeveloped 35 mm. rolls of film are found. After developing them, there are discoveries that link the past, present, and future. WGA # 158958 Interested in this logline, please email us at info@wildsound.ca and we’ll forward your email to the writer. Have a… Continue reading MYSTERY Short Film of the Day: DEVELOPING, by Steve Burton

MYSTERY TV Pilot of the Day: WORLDS END, by David Greenberg

Title: WORLDS END  Written by: David Greenberg Type: TV SCRIPT Genre: Political, Thriller, Mystery Logline: Eccentric doomsday prepper Albert Smythe just wants to be left alone, but when terrorists attack the United States, he must choose between personal survival and helping the community that has always seen him as an oddball, out of touch with… Continue reading MYSTERY TV Pilot of the Day: WORLDS END, by David Greenberg

MYSTERY Feature Film of the Day: DARKSIDE OF THE STREET, by Wayne Behar

Title: DARKSIDE OF THE STREET  Written by: Wayne Behar Genre: Mystery, Thriller Type: Feature Screenplay Logline: Obsessed that a serial murderer is living in his building, an unstable young janitor undertakes his own investigation, uncovering dark secrets about his neighbors and himself. WGA Registration Number: (Copywrite with Library of Congress) Interested in this logline, please… Continue reading MYSTERY Feature Film of the Day: DARKSIDE OF THE STREET, by Wayne Behar

CRIME Short Film of the Day: WHAT’S DONE IS DONE, by Cynthia Garbutt

Title: WHAT’S DONE IS DONE  Written by: Cynthia Garbutt Genre: Crime Type: SHORT SCRIPT LOGLINE: Whom can you trust Synopsis: A teenage girl is found bloody and disconnected in an isolated patch of woods. The authorities are summoned, she acknowledges only the social worker, sent to handle her case. She and her mother have been… Continue reading CRIME Short Film of the Day: WHAT’S DONE IS DONE, by Cynthia Garbutt

CRIME TV Show of the day: THE JOKER, by Joe Smith

Title: THE JOKER  Written by: Joe Smith Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller Type: TV Screenplay – Pilot Logline: “Gotham City has only ever been seen through the eyes of the heroes, but never the villains. This is the story of Jack, his life as a common working man, family man, and overall good citizen before his… Continue reading CRIME TV Show of the day: THE JOKER, by Joe Smith

CRIME Feature Film of the Day: STACKS, by Emilio Iasiello

Title: THE STACKS  Written by: Emilio Iasiello Genre: Thriller Type: Feature Screenplay Logline: When his ex-girlfriend is murdered playing an underground game, a brilliant underachieving college senior must play in order to find her killer. Interested in this logline, please email us at info@wildsound.ca and we’ll forward your email to the writer. Have a logline? Submit your… Continue reading CRIME Feature Film of the Day: STACKS, by Emilio Iasiello

TOP 10 TV SHOWS OF ALL TIME by Mary Cox

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Over the past two decades, television has changed rapidly from something scheduled that has to be enjoyed in limited settings, to a fluid medium of entertainment that exists primarily on the internet. Some people bemoan this change as the death of television, when in reality, it’s an artistically freeing transition…