Formulaic Cinema

p {text-align: justify}   Basically you need a hero/heroine, some sort of plot, a climax and a moral. That’s the basis for most recipes as far as screenwriting goes. The problem is some do it better than others.    Sometimes it’s painful watching such movies. The moment you realize you can predict every major step along [...]

Posted on August 5th, 2008 by MrWiseguy
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10 overused action movie cliches

We all know Hollywood just loves to throw stereotypes at us, as long as they bring loads of cash into those big studios’ pockets.We also know the most used vehicle for said stereotypes is action (well, technically, it’s comedy, but for the purpose of this article we’ll all come to terms that it is in [...]

Posted on June 11th, 2008 by MrWiseguy
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