Tackle a big, topical, contemporary issue in a film and you’ll find that making a statement can sometimes come at the expense of telling a good story. There should never […]
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Author: David J. Greenberg
David J. Greenberg teaches screenwriting at University of the Arts and Arcadia University. He has been hired to write or doctor over 30 feature film screenplays. His film "The True Meaning of Cool" won an award from the American Film Institute. davidjgreenberg.com
Not Fade Away review
Years ago, a radio consultant did a demographic study and determined that people, especially men, always tend to go back to the music they listened to between the ages of […]
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The Guilt Trip review
How would you like to see “Bar Mitzvah Boys,” starring Ben Stiller, Seth Rogen, Jack Black and Adam Sandler? That’s the question I ask my Introduction to Screenwriting students to […]
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Lincoln review
Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln is most alive when dead people are on screen. The film opens with a gory, brutally violent battle scene reminiscent of the visceral, unforgettable D-day sequence Spielberg […]
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SINedelphia 2012: Sometimes Dead Is Better – Revisiting Pet Sematary
In 1988, I was 23, a year out of film school, fresh from my first job on a feature film and, with one day off in between, about to start […]
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The Apparition review
At the center of the scenario in The Apparition is an experiment that unleashes a power hungry spirit into our world. In fact, the film itself seems to be a […]
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The Watch review
Look, it’s summer, it’s hot and we just need to chill out. Like the person who invented iced tea and swimming pools, whoever invented the concept of the Summer Movie […]
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Magic Mike review
Much like the characters in the world it depicts, Magic Mike is ultimately pretty shallow, and meaningless. This is, of course, not to say that people who are shallow and […]
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