ALIEN is perfect and its script is a MIRACLE, but you could never make it now with how it's currently structured — the way it starts as ensemble and Ripley slowly becomes the lead. No exec would allow it.

You'd have to tell the story from her POV from Page 1 and that's a tragedy

This man does, in fact, operate. listen to his incredible story below!

When Ethan Hawke lost the supporting actor Oscar for 'Training Day,' co-star Denzel Washington leaned over and whispered in his ear that losing was better.

“You don’t want an award to improve your status. You want to improve the award’s status. That’s the way [Denzel]

Watched MICHAEL CLAYTON today for the first time in a while . For a film that got seven Oscar nominations, it still feels undercelebrated. That thing is a mean, lean, brutally-efficient and cold-blooded miracle.

26 years ago today, Massive Attack released 'Teardrop,' one of the greatest songs in the history of everything, and sung and co-written by Elizabeth Fraser, whose lyrics were inspired by the death of her close friend Jeff Buckley.

Sigourney Weaver's screen test to play Ripley in ALIEN.

#NowWatching the actual grimiest movie Arnold ever made. David Ayer does a riff on Agatha Christie that you can smell come off the screen. Repugnant, vile, and kind of a masterpiece

The older I get, the more detailed my outlines get.

I wish I could say I just had a different process in the beginning, but the truth is that I had no process at all.

For me, it wasn't creative. It was impatience and laziness. And it hobbled my screenwriting for years.

A rare African black leopard under the stars

Agreed

Black Swan

From page to screen

End of Watch David Ayer

Sade Adu, 1988

The action-thriller film #TheBeekeeper , which was directed by David Ayer and stars Jason Statham, is out now on Blu-ray! 🐝

Get it here: bit.ly/3xMdOb8

In June of 1944, Pfc. Elmer Sittion is given a kiss of gratitude by a grateful Italian woman upon his arrival to Rome, Italy. 🪖

The Clash in NYC, 1982

We talk a LOT about how the streamers created a glut of content that’s now contracting, BUT…

We almost NEVER talk about how streamers OVERPAID movie stars to the point indie films can rarely compete for bankable cast — and it’s completely depressed the foreign sales market.

#OTD in 1988, USS Bonefish (SS-582) was forced to the surface where the crew abandoned the sub because of an intense fire in the battery compartment. 89 men were rescued by USS Carr and USS John F. Kennedy, but 3 sailors died. Bonefish had to be scrapped due to the damage.