Overall Impression – A fun and inventive movie that really sucks you into Mark Whitacre’s confused, paranoid world. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Mark Whitacre. What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: help the FBI gather evidence against a supposed worldwide price fixing conspiracy organized by his company. Personal: keep his personal… Continue reading THE INFORMANT!
Author: Jeffrey Alan Schechter
This Past Week’s SchechTweets
Eat, sleep, pray. Eat, sleep, pray. Repeat for a month. Happy New Year. # Patrick Boivin — One of the most talented directors you’ve never heard of http://bit.ly/4gT4T # Talked last night about the age of the guys in our show playing high schoolers. Today I saw this http://bit.ly/2rqgqF #screenwriting # Met Alex Epstein last… Continue reading This Past Week’s SchechTweets
OVERRULED! Premieres Tonight!
Those of you who have been following the “From the Floor” section of this site know that I’ve been working on a Family Channel/Disney Channel series called OVERRULED! which I co-created and am one of the executive producers of. Well, after several years of production, we finally premiere tonight! Those of you lucky enough to… Continue reading OVERRULED! Premieres Tonight!
Banned in China!
Erstwhile Dan Pilditch reports that a friend of his who is working in China says that he can’t read Contour At The Movies there. Apparently, we’re banned! I have to wonder exactly what I did to upset the Chinese government. As a Jew from New York, I’ve enjoyed a particularly close relationship with the Chinese…particularly… Continue reading Banned in China!
DISTRICT 9
Overall Impression – A thrilling, in-the-moment sci-fi that never lets up. Topical, fantastic and stylish. This one’s a winner. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Wikus Van De Merwe. What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: evade his corrupt father-in-law (and pretty much everyone else on Earth) and find a way to reverse… Continue reading DISTRICT 9