Funny stars, skilled direction, but it’s the writing that makes this very welcome re-teaming of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert work. Watch and listen and learn!
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Confessions of a Writing Snob?
by Lew Ritter
Many years ago, I attended a screening of the movie “Working Girl” with Melanie Griffith. At the end of the movie, I watched the end credits. I saw the name of the screenwriter. I told my friends that someday, my name would be on the beginning credits of one of those movies. They snickered and humored me. Dream on, they said. And so I did.
I have been enamored with the idea of writing TV or movie scripts since my college days. Somedays,
I would think about how great it would be to stand on stage making an acceptance speech for writing Best Screenplay. The readers of these columns TVwriter and dozens of other blogs like L.A. Screenwriter, OnStory.TV etc. are all about learning the ins and outs of the entertainment business.
Diana Vacc sees “The Legend of Tarzan”
by Diana Vaccarelli
*If you haven’t viewed this episode yet be warned this review may contain spoilers!*
For years Hollywood has been telling the story of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ immortal (literally, thanks to a shaman’s magic potion) Tarzan, and The Legend of Tarzan continues the tradition. Part sequel and part reboot, this version tells the story of a John Clayton aka Tarzan who has left the jungle and now is called back to investigate enslavement of the natives in the mines of the Congo.
THE GOOD:
Herbie J Pilato’s New Book Will Be In The Stores TOMORROW
That’s right, gang. TVWriter™’s own hunk of a Contributing Editor, Herbie J Pilato, Golden Age TV Expert Extraordinaire, has a new book for us to glom onto.
It’s called Dashing, Daring, and Debonair: TV’s Top Male Icons from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, but between us you can call it DD&D, and it’s chock full of all that full-bodied, full-blooded, full steam ahead Herbie flavor.
The book drops tomorrow, but you can, of course, get a headstart on learning all about your favorite TV doods and order it from Amazon today!
Diana Vacc sees OUTLANDER Ep. 13 “Dragonfly in Amber”
by Diana Vaccarelli
*If you haven’t viewed this episode yet be warned this review may contain spoilers!*
The finale of season 3 of Outlander, entitled “Dragonfly in Amber,” flashes forward to the 1960’s and finds Claire and her daughter Brianna visiting Scotland where Claire reveals the truth about Brianna’s father.
THE GOOD: