UrbanDictionary.com defines Sequelitis as, “A medical condition propagated by a combination of commercial success and creative ineptitude.” This epidemic has plagued Hollywood for nearly a century, starting with The Fall of a Nation (1916), the forgotten follow-up to D.W. Griffith’s popular The Birth of a Nation (1915). This inspired sequels in every genre, from historical […]
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SEQUEL-TITLE-ITIS part 1: The epidemic of giving bad titles to good (and not-so-good) sequels.
August 28th, 2014 
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COFFEEHOUSE SCREENWRITING 102: Caffeinated Writing on a Budget
June 5th, 2014 Steven D'Arcangelo If you’re looking for how to make passive characters active or how to cram writing in between day jobs and kids, then you’re in the wrong place. For help with that, I recommend a great book with a title similar to this article — The Coffee Break Screenwriter by Pilar Alessandra. This article isn’t about how […]
MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1 (Summer Hiatus Review)
May 29th, 2014 Steven D'Arcangelo It’s been two weeks since Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. aired its season 1 finale. Two weeks since Coulson and the gang last grappled with the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D., Ward’s betrayal, and various super-powered shenanigans in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Fortunately the series was renewed for a second season. Unfortunately that season doesn’t begin for three full months. […]
MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode 22: Beginning of the End (season finale review)
May 20th, 2014 Steven D'Arcangelo As is the norm with Joss Whedon shows, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. started slow and ended big. And we’re only talking about the season finale, not the series finale. If you hung on during the lackluster early episodes, then your reward is here. Having said that, this isn’t the best episode. Beginning of the End is […]
MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Ep 21: Ragtag (T.V. review)
May 8th, 2014 Steven D'Arcangelo I always aim for these reviews to be around 600 to 800 words long, but they more than frequently end up being over 1,000. There’s so much packed into the average episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. that it’s hard to critique it all without straining Microsoft Word’s Word Count tool. Take this week’s episode, for […]
MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode 20: Nothing Personal (T.V. review — redacted)
May 1st, 2014 Steven D'Arcangelo Due to recent “game changing” events within the global peace-keeping organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D., this week’s regularly scheduled review has been deemed “blasphemous propaganda” by the Supreme Hydra and replaced with Hydra’s own unbiased critique. Enjoy.
MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Ep 19: The Only Light in the Darkness (T.V. review)
April 25th, 2014 Steven D'Arcangelo Question: Can subtext exist without text? Question: Is The Only Light in the Darkness a Springsteen album or an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode? Important questions. Let’s see what the answers are.
