New Podcast Up: Everybody Was Kung Fu Farming

Richard Kutz and I absolutely love AMC’s Into the Badlands.  If you aren’t watching it right now, you should.  The writing is excellent, the world building is amazing and who doesn’t love farmers who know kung fu?  We also discuss a little known film that is close to our heart entitled Hunter/Prey.  The writing in this film

Fan Theory: 6 Points Proving Ghostbusters 2016 is a SEQUEL *Spoilers*

It’s Monday, and if you clicked on this link I hope that you enjoyed the new Ghostbusters film.  Boy, I sure did!  I also wrote a glowing review of the film last Wednesday. On my way home from viewing the film the first time, I hit on a theory that buzzed around in my brain and wouldn’t

My Son Makes a Buddy Cop Film

Way back in June of 2015 my son decided to make a buddy cop film with some friends.  He spent 6 months filming and editing and now he finally managed to put it up on YouTube.  His story is convoluted, the acting is probably (and sometimes intentionally) the worst, and I make a cameo as

New Podcast Up: Self Important Movies

On this episode we discuss our list of 15 films that have shaped our lives. These are films that we feel are important to us and not only that are films that have shaped who we are as writers. Do you have some films that have shaped how you write? Send us an e-mail at

Comedy Clip: My Son’s New Video

My son Conner is a little bit of a film nut, and we have recently set him up with a YouTube channel and given him the freedom to shoot his own bizarre little films.  His current effort is a little film called “Last Year’s Pizza”, something he directed and gathered props for, and then directed

Hank and Walt: An Allusion to Ahab and Moby Dick

Breaking Bad has finally ended after five seasons and I for one am a little sad.  I missed watching mild mannered Walter White become the dreaded Heisenberg, essentially going from Mr. Chips to Scarface in the matter of a few years time. Read no further if you have not seen it.  Spoilers ahead. I wrote

Ender’s Game: A Long Awaited Movie

Fans of Orson Scott Card were giddy this week as the trailer for the long awaited film based on his classic novel Ender’s Game hit the internet.  Here is the trailer: In 1977 when this book released I was in 2nd grade and Star Wars had just hit theaters.  It wasn’t until Jedi was released in

Superman: an Analysis

I’m sure all of my fanboy followers out there have seen the latest trailer for the soon to be released blockbuster film Man of Steel, and there have been many other television and film adaptations of this character and probably more will come, each time re-inventing the boy in blue again and again.  What I would

Arrested Development: Good Writing Comes Around

This hysterically written show, created by Mitchell Hurwitz and starring Jason Bateman, Portia DeRossi, David Cross, Jeffrey Tambor, Will Arnett, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale and Jessica Walter nearly fell through the cracks back when it aired on FOX between 2003-2006.  The show was narrated by Ron Howard, for crying out loud.  The critics loved the

What “Raiders” Can Teach Us About Suspense Writing

Friday night I went to the local IMAX theater with my son to see Raiders of the Lost Ark (limited engagement) on the big screen again…this time even bigger.  Somehow seeing Belloq‘s head explode at the end of the film in 5 story glory was just as terrifyingly fun as the last time I watched the film