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Script Review: STAR BLAZERS

August 7, 2005 Rich Drees

Original Screenplay by Tab Murphy Draft dated September 10, 1997 If it seems like there is unending parade of cartoon and comic book adaptations making its way to movie screens, just remember that there are [click for more]

Script Review: Jerry Lewis’s Infamous THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED

August 7, 2005 Rich Drees

Original Screenplay by Joan O’Brien and Charles Denton Making a film is a substantial financial investment and no matter how bad the final product is it will still get at least a cursory release in [click for more]

Who Delayed ROGER RABBIT 2?

August 7, 2005 Rich Drees

Why there has been no sequel to one of the most popular animated films of the 1980s.

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Edison’s FRANKENSTEIN: Cinema’s First Horror Film

August 7, 2005 Rich Drees

One of the most sought after short films by fans of the silent era is the 1910 production of Frankenstein from Thomas Edison’s Edison Studios. For many years the only image thought to exist from [click for more]

Review: THE DUKES OF HAZARD

August 6, 2005 Rich Drees

Bucking the trend of film adaptations of old television shows that feel compelled to place a post-modern twist on the material, the new big screen adaptation of the early 80s southern-fried series The Dukes Of [click for more]

Review: BAD NEWS BEARS

July 22, 2005 Rich Drees

Successful movies and sporting teams have much in common. Their success depends not so much on one or two star players, but on all the team members working at their peak towards their common goal, [click for more]

Review: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

July 15, 2005 Rich Drees

I first encountered candy-maker Willy Wonka and his imagination-defying chocolate factory growing up outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I was about seven years old and the 1971 film Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory starring Gene [click for more]

Articles by Rich Drees

Script Review: STAR BLAZERS

Script Review: Jerry Lewis’s Infamous THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED

Who Delayed ROGER RABBIT 2?

Edison’s FRANKENSTEIN: Cinema’s First Horror Film

Review: THE DUKES OF HAZARD

Review: BAD NEWS BEARS

Review: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Review: FANTASTIC FOUR

Review: HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE

Review: HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY