THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN(WRECK) -- my review

I was reading the current copy of WRITTEN BY (the WGA’s monthly magazine) and something caught my attention. It was an article about Erin Cressida Wilson, the screenwriter of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN. One of the film’s producers was discussing the evolution...

Notes on giving notes

Getting notes is rarely fun. But as all TV and screenwriters know, it’s part of the gig. And more often than not, the notes are coming from authority figures who have no creative instincts or are just clueless in general. Again, not all executives...

Best album cover EVER

Now this is who I want to see perform on AMERICA'S GOT TALENT. And to make sure her fingers are properly manicured, what better salon to frequent than this?Now there are some who claim the album cover is a hoax but I could swear she was playing last...

Friday Questions

Here are some Friday questions as we roll into December.sophomorecritic starts us off:You mostly see yourself as a writer and TV producer. At the same time, you've directed but you seem rather non-chalante about it. How many steps were you away in...

Those little pleasures

Especially now, I’ll take all the pleasures – little or otherwise – that I can get. Here are a few of mine. What are some of yours?  You’re listening to the radio and a song comes on that you really love and haven’t heard in awhile. Just the...

RIP Grant Tinker

Television has not just lost a giant, it lost its Babe Ruth. Grant Tinker has died at the age of 90. The man who presided over MTM Enterprises in its heyday and then turned NBC into the number one network was 90. No one in the history of television...