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Sorry about the delay on posts, folks. To make up for it, here’s some sex scenes! Let’s carry on with my S-E-X-Y movie list. Previous best sexy movie scene lists are here, and here. And, one more time, the Orson Well quote: “Ecstasy … is not to be communicated by a couple of people, or […]

by David Aaron Tripp It Comes At Night is a simple story which paints a visceral image of the capricious nature and savagery that resides just under the surface of every human being. There is a lot to say about this film, but I would like to address one specific story element it accomplishes with […]

“Stephen Joshua Sondheim (/ˈsɒnd.haɪm/) (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theatre. Sondheim has received an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer,[1] including a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer […]

I’ve never met or talked with Scott W. Smith, the founder/writer of Screenwriting From Iowa, but I’m pretty sure we’ve got a couple things in common. When I took the name of Script Gods Must Die it was initially meant as a fun but angry retort to the legions of gurus making false promises to […]

Time to compare scripts and movies again, this time great speeches–what’s changed, what’s improved, what’s not… APOCALYPSE NOW– KURTZ APPEARS When you read this script you’ll be hard pressed to find anything with the Brando scenes that actually made the movie. Brando’s improvisations are infamous and guess what? They’re almost all better than what was […]