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May 2007 Archives
Getting frenzied over Script Frenzy
FADE IN. INT. NEWSPAPER OFFICE, DAY Cluttered desk, more toys there than strictly necessary for most office work. We see a middle-aged man, losing his hair and gaining more middle, as he smacks his keyboard....
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Top ten Star Wars memories that don’t actually include Star Wars
Today marks a special anniversary for the greatest (and longest) trilogy ever told, one that changed our lives forever in a million different ways: it’s Happy Towel Day, commemorating the death of Douglas Adams, creator...
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I am a decent writer. Need a quick column? I’m there. Need a short story or essay or script or poem? I laugh and reach for my keyboard. Need to compose a polite but insistent...
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The morning news meeting in Summer Movie Town (population everybody)
"Okay people, we've got a paper to put out. What have we got?" "Three terrorist attacks, four natural disasters, seven different government plots (local and national), three conspiracies from our police department, a mutated shark...
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The Twenty-Four/Seven Uninformed Summer Sequel Movie Guide
Summer is here! As measured by ever-earlier summer movie premieres, anyway. By the year 2010 Hollywood meteorologists predict that this trend will lead to the summer solstice clocking in sometime mid January. But that means...
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