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Script Review: ET II Story Treatment

December 25, 2005 Rich Drees

Story Treatment by Steven Spielberg and Melissa Mathison Even before the summer of 1982 was half over, it had become obvious that Steven Spielberg’s E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial was well on its way to becoming not [click for more]

Review: KING KONG

December 14, 2005 Rich Drees

“No one cry when Jaws die. But when the monkey die, people gonna cry.” So stated producer Dino De Laurentiis in an October 1976 issue of Time Magazine prior to the release of his remake [click for more]

Review: THE ICE HARVEST

November 24, 2005 Rich Drees

Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) is a mob lawyer who believes that committing the perfect crime is simply a matter of character, needing only a cool head to deal with any unforeseen circumstances that may arise. [click for more]

Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE

November 19, 2005 Rich Drees

There almost seems little point in reviewing a Harry Potter film. The countless faithful fans of the book series turned film franchise about a gifted student wizard ensure that the films will endanger, if not [click for more]

The Thing About Paul Reiser and Peter Falk

September 15, 2005 Rich Drees

Paul Reiser is beaming. Standing at the front of a Philadelphia movie theater, writer/comic/actor Reiser is basking in the applause from a packed auditorium following a screening of the film The Thing About My Folks, [click for more]

Review: THE ARISTOCRATS

September 2, 2005 Rich Drees

It’s been said that trying to explain why a joke is funny is a bit like dissecting a live frog; what’s left in either case is devoid of life. So from its beginning, the documentary [click for more]

Review: THE BROTHERS GRIMM

August 27, 2005 Rich Drees

Director Terry Gilliam is inarguably one of the top fantasists working in film today. His best work – Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), The Fisher King (1991) and 12 Monkeys (1995)– display an imagination informed [click for more]

Jason Miller Remembers THE EXORCIST

August 15, 2005 Rich Drees

“There’s two ways to look at The Exorcist,” stated actor Jason Miller who portrayed Father Karras in the horror classic. It is September 2000, and Miller is speaking about the film during a workshop at [click for more]

Script Review: ROGER RABBIT II: THE TOON PLATOON

August 7, 2005 Rich Drees

Original Screenplay by Nat Mauldin Undated Draft It’s probably a fair assessment that there haven’t been too many successful new animated characters created in the last 30 years or so. Since the early 1970s, only [click for more]

Script Review: DIETER (Formerly SPROCKETS)

August 7, 2005 Rich Drees

By Mike Myers, Jack Handy and Michael McCullers Mike Myers has always been a hit or miss comic for me. His work, both during his tenure on Saturday Night Live or in his various film [click for more]