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Movie Review: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 – The 40-Year Wait is Over

Can a fanboy fairly review a movie he’s been waiting a lifetime to see? Who is John Galt?

March 6, 2011 Film, To Live and Write in LA Comments Off on Movie Review: Black Death – Painfully Realistic Fantasy

Despite Screamfest honors and “scary movie” marketing, it's not D&D fantasy. It's philosophical. But don’t let that keep you away.

February 7, 2011 Film, To Live and Write in LA Comments Off on Movie Review: Warming Up to Cold Weather

"Cold Weather" channels Phillip Marlowe as a college drop out in Portland. But wait, it gets stranger.

"Damn hippies..." — Eric Cartman

August 10, 2010 To Live and Write in LA Comments Off on Epiphany in Golden Flames on the IS Wall

I interpret the fiery script...

June 23, 2010 Film, To Live and Write in LA Comments Off on Over the Top: A Conversation with John Lithgow at the LA Film Festival

"I've never seen Buckaroo Banzai with an audience before, so yuk it up." — John Lithgow

June 19, 2010 Film, To Live and Write in LA Comments Off on Offbeat Rom-Com Cyrus Premieres at LA Film Festival

Marisa Tomei is the girl in this boy-meets-girl-meets-neurotic son rom-com.

June 13, 2010 Film, To Live and Write in LA Comments Off on Peter Ong Lim: A Writer’s Perspective on the PGA’s “Produced By Conference”

How did the Producers Guild conference look from a writer's perspective?

June 13, 2010 Film, To Live and Write in LA Comments Off on Creative Alchemy: What Does a Producer Add?

"So there I was on the phone with a veterinarian discussing a cat’s behind." — Douglas Wick

June 8, 2010 Film, To Live and Write in LA Comments Off on Producers Guild Sits Down to Business – and Breakfast and Martinis

"Produced By Conference" teaches the behind-the-scences business of film production