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TV Surf Report: Live from Beautiful Downtown Burbank, Surf’s Up at ScriptFest 2017

Posted on June 25, 2017 by

    Santa Monica, CA — Emerging Writers from all over the world converge on beautiful downtown Burbank each year in June for LA’s premiere screenwriting conference, Script Fest, aka, The Pitch Fest. And I was there. To consult. To brainstorm. … Continue reading →

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Film Surf Report: Wonder Woman Rescues Audiences with Super Hero Fatigue — 54 Super Movies Thru 2021

Posted on February 13, 2017 by

Santa Monica, CA — Help Us, Diana, You Are Our Only Hope! Is it Me, or is it getting harder to keep track of all the big franchise super hero flicks these days:  52 movies (and counting) over the next four … Continue reading →

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Film Surf Report: 2017 Must-See Movies

Posted on December 21, 2016 by

Santa Monica, CA — 2017 is shaping up to be a Year of Must See Films. And best of all, these major studio releases are not all super hero movies. (Okay, most are.) Still basking in the song and dance … Continue reading →

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Surf Report: Movies, Books, Theatre Got Sexually Fluid With The Bromances in 2016

Posted on December 10, 2016 by

  Santa Monica, CA — All across Entertainment, 2016 was the Year of the Bromance. I just finished reading Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, Anne Rice’s latest entry in her uber-successful Vampire Chronicles. It’s pretty homoerotic stuff, and I … Continue reading →

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Film Surf Report: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Infinity Wars & Phase Three Explained!

Posted on September 19, 2015 by

  https://s-static.ak.facebook.com/connect/xd_arbiter/44OwK74u0Ie.js?version=41#channel=f1329036b2b61bd&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsurfinghollywood.wordpress.com              Santa Monica, CA  — The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) begins and, presumably, ends with the capture and use of those darn Infinity Stones, heretofore, glimpsed in Captain America: The First Avenger, Thor, The Avengers, Thor: … Continue reading →

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Film Surf Report: Summer Sequel & Super Hero Fatigue Sets In…Amy Schumer & Ian McKellen To The Rescue!

Posted on July 18, 2015 by

   Santa Monica, CA — While I’ve enjoyed Fast & Furious 7, Mad Max: Fury Road and Pitch Perfect 2, and Avengers: Age of Ultron and Jurassic World, Terminator: Genesys and those darn Minions, a generalized cinematic fatigue is setting in, and … Continue reading →

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Film Surf Report: It’s Still A Man’s World Even When It Comes To Girls – Tale As Old As Time

Posted on March 16, 2015 by

Update: This piece was published two weeks ago.  Today, March 31st, Disney announced a live-action version of Mulan, and guess what!  It’s being written by two women: Elizabeth Martin & Lauren Hynek.  Fantastic!  Meanwhile, a sequel to 2010’s Alice in … Continue reading →

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