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Introduction The Dawn Patrol is a 1938 American war film, a remake of the pre-Code 1930 film of the same name. Both were based on the short story “The Flight Commander” by John Monk Saunders, an American writer. Outline In 1915, at the airdrome in France of 59 Squadron Royal Flying Corps, Major Brand (Basil […]… Continue reading The Dawn Patrol (1938) — Military Gogglebox

ANGELA DAVIS Political Activist, Philosopher, and Author of over 10 books on class and feminism. She is widely regarded as one of the most influential civil right leaders in history. LIL NAS X Grammy winning Rapper, Singer, and Songwriter and 1st openly gay rapper nominated for top honors at the Grammys and 1st Openly gay […]… Continue reading Pride Month during a Black Revolution | 47 BLACK LGBTQ+ FOLK YOU SHOULD KNOW: FROM ANGELA DAVIS TO LIL NAS X — The Jukeboxx

Keanu Reeves: A Cyberpunk Icon Keanu Reeves has been in countless Cyberpunk films: the Matrix Trilogy, Johnny Mnemonic, and A Scanner Darkly just to name a few. But beyond just a face on the silver screen, Keanu Reeves has known not just fame and fortune, but great heartbreak and hardship in his life as well. […]… Continue reading Cyberpunk Actor Profile: Keanu Reeves — Cyberpunk Matrix

The Getaway is a 1972 film directed by Sam Peckinpah starring Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw (the two started dating when shooting and their relationship ultimately went on for five years). McQueen plays Doc McCoy, a thief married to Carol (Ali MacGraw) who’s serving a ten year prison sentence. She manages to get him out […]… Continue reading The Getaway: Movie Review —

— from Salon They almost always begin to right wrongs: illegitimate wars; decades of discrimination on the grounds of gender or racial or sexual identity; killings of innocents by police or gun-toting lunatics; oppression by governments wielding unequal laws; the deeply embedded legacy of centuries of racism. They are imperfect. Arising out of rage, they […]… Continue reading We Are Witnessing the Birth of a Movement — and the Downfall of a President — Russia News Now

Director: Nicholas Ray | Runtime: 93mins | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance Erratic and sometimes violent Screenwriter Dixon Steele (Humphrey Bogart) is suspected of murder, but luckily his new neighbour Laurel (Gloria Grahame) acts as his alibi. The two start seeing each other, but with the police still suspicious and his personality becoming clearer, Laurel begins to […]… Continue reading REEL Review – In a Lonely Place (1950) — REEL

I recently watched the fun and touching movie BLACKBIRD (2014), starring Julian Walker in the lead role of Randy Rousseau. It’s rare for me to see a gay-focused (or any) movie that is poignant, tender, erotic, fun, and compelling all at once. I appreciated the generally imaginative script, which navigated showing life for a seventeen-year-old […]… Continue reading Movie Review (BLACKBIRD, from 2014) — The Practical, Fanciful Pagan

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Lyndal Simpson: Two abused young girls survive the brutal massacre of their family only to be separated in the state care system. Shaun “Fish” Whiting, the main suspect in the killings, remains at large and the exact circumstances of the Farrell family slaughter are shrouded in mystery. Twenty […]… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Lyndal Simpson (THE FARRELL GIRL) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary

by Doug Lewars It’s possible to learn quite a bit from other people’s writing. I’m sure everyone knows that but sometimes what you learn might be a bit surprising. For example, consider author Janet Evanovich. She consistently tops the New York Time’s bestseller list but in terms of pure literary merit her books […] via Learning… Continue reading Learning From Other People’s Writing — A Writer’s Path