Movies

The amazing thing about any movie is not whether it’s good, but that it got made at all.
-Frank Darabont

I once asked this literary agent what kind of writing paid the best.  He said, “Ransom notes.”
– Get Shorty (1995) – Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman)

Screenwriting is like ironing.  You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.
– Paul Thomas Anderson

Nobody knows anything. – William Goldman

Junkhearts

Junkhearts, stars the inimitable Eddie Marsan,  withTom Sturridge and Romola Garai.  It  features newcomer Candese Reid, who won best newcomer for her role at the 2011 London Film Festival.  Junkhearts also won Best Film and Best Actor at the Moscow Film Festival 2012.  The roots of the story came from a newspaper report about a practice called cuckooing, where drug dealers were found to be befriending vulnerable people with a flat of their own.  The flat would be taken over as a drug den and the occupant kicked out – too frightened, or too dead to do anything about it.  Look out for an early appearance by John Boyega of Star Wars fame!

Critical Eye

Critical Eye was beautifully directed by Dan Nathan.  It tells the unexpected tale of a film critic, famous for his vicious reviews who finally gets his just deserts.  It stars Hugh Bonneville and Anna Chancellor and was accepted for the Cannes Film Festival 2011, and won a Platinum Award at the Houston Film Festival.

The Mood

The Mood evolved from an idea by producer, Karen Katz.  It traces the destructive effect of a bad mood as it travels from person to person.  It was shot on location near Barcelona and non of the cast spoke English.  The film was directed by Fredrik Bond and won the Soho Shorts festival.