Movie Reviews
Film and television reviewed the way I’d want to read them — with a rating that means something, an honest accounting of what works and what doesn’t, and craft notes for writers who want to understand how the machinery operates.
Each review includes a craft notes section for writers — specific observations about structure, character, world-building, and what the film does that you can actually use. Not theory. Technique you can steal.
Educational (2)
Flatland: The Movie (2007)
Johnson and Travis's 2007 animated adaptation of Edwin Abbott's 1884 novella. Martin Sheen, Kristen Bell, Michael York. Source long thought unfilmable.
Hemo the Magnificent (1957)
Frank Capra's 1957 Bell Labs educational film mixing live action and animation. Dr. Frank Baxter and a cartoon Hemo teach kids how blood works.

