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COFFEEHOUSE SCREENWRITING 102: Caffeinated Writing on a Budget

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 […]

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“Fading Gigolo” a Fare Affair (Indie Film Review)

  Expanding his repertoire with a fifth movie under his direction, John Turturro opens this weekend with Fading Gigolo.  The vibrant and touching comedy has a commendable cast that delivers a sweet script with acceptable production values.  Although there are noticeable problems with uneven direction, the film still climbs to above average entertainment. If you […]

Video – Premiere of the STAR WARS: REBELS Trailer!

May the 4th marks the unofficial holiday that STAR WARS fans worldwide use to celebrate the sprawling space saga — a date chosen since it plays off the iconic: “May the Force be with you” expression. To join in on the celebration, Disney XD now unveils a new trailer for the upcoming STAR WARS: REBELS […]

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“Amazing Spider-Man” gets Electrifying (Film Review)

  Exciting, adventurous and electrifying The Amazing Spider-Man 2 delivers the expected plus more.  The Marvel Comic book character one of the most endeared by kids and adults alike returns to the screen with its most explosive story ever in this non-stop zip line edition. Andrew Garfield proves himself as the superhero while Dane DeHaan […]

Video – STAR WARS: REBELS Full WonderCon 2014 Panel + Cosplay

  The Force was strong with WonderCon — sister convention of Comic-Con — when it came out of hyperspace and landed at the Anaheim Convention Center April 18 – 20. An armada of STAR WARS cosplayers attended from all sectors of the galaxy — and convention goers got to further delve into the STAR WARS […]

The Game Has Changed! New EightyTwo Arcade Bar Opens in Downtown Los Angeles

“Don’t put any change in the meter — we’re going to need it for the games.” Cindy Morgan as Lora Baines in 1982’s TRON film. 1982 was a watershed year in entertainment — a time when cinema gave birth to some of its most iconic sci-fi/fantasy/horror movies of all time, including: “Star Trek 2: The […]

One Screenwriter’s Quest to Bring to the Big Screen; ‘XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS’

If you head over to XenaFilm.com, you might be surprised by what you see. We’ll admit, it’s not the most traditional method of getting a pitch heard in Hollywood, but we have to give props to this creative screenwriter (a close friend to us at Beyond the Marquee). In case she’s successful in her efforts, […]

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