Danger Close – The Battle of Long Tan (2019)

I don’t know what it is…but something about the Vietnam War (officially 1965 – 75) fascinates me. What’s even stranger is…I’m Canadian. We, and many other Commonwealth nations, refused to get pulled into that unnecessary and disgusting mess of a conflict, and I’m very proud of that note in Canadian history. But something about it […]

Ad Astra (2019)

I was genuinely curious about this one when it hit cinemas last fall, but my enthusiasm wasn’t as such to compel me to make the trip to the theatre at the time. Having just caught up with it, thanks to Crave, I can honestly say that I’m seriously kicking myself in the ass for not […]

Color Out of Space (2019)

I was first introduced to South African writer / director Richard Stanley’s work back in the early 90’s, when I came across his first feature length film on VHS, 1990’s sci fi / horror flick Hardware. Previous to that, he’d been cutting his teeth on risky documentaries and edgy music videos. Hardware made quite the […]

Star Wars Episode 9 – The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Well, what is there to say, at this point? Disney…you almost completely fucked up Star Wars! And I do stress ALMOST, as I do very much like Rogue One (2016) and The Mandalorian (2019), and I think they are both easily worthy of the Star Wars name. The same cannot be said about the rest […]

The Cotton Club Encore (1984 / 2019)

As I said to my fiance’ (at the time) when it arrived in the mail…I’ve been waiting a helluva long time for THIS one! Yeah, yeah…I know. The Cotton Club is not a very well-regarded film in history’s eyes, I fully acknowledge that. And with good reason. I consider the 1984 Theatrical Cut to be […]

The Invisible Man (2020)

Up until recently, I’ve always thought of writer / director Leigh Whannell with regards to his connection to famed director James Wan (Aquaman), as the two of them emerged out of Australia was a writing / directing duo with the (at the time) ground-breaking Saw (2004). From that point on, the two of them became […]

A Dream on Repeat

By LR Forgues *Found in old ‘ideas’ notebook. Date written – unknown. Through that strange fog of sleep, a picture emerges…slowly. It becomes apparent that I am no longer…here. I am in a…different place; a place that I find intensely familiar, yet I know that I’ve never been. I see the same thing every […]

The Cross Over

*Originally written 2002 for intended submission to BMW for consideration for their short film / commercial series ‘The Hire’, starring Clive Owen. Last surviving hard-copy recently found in storage and transcribed here. **Edited for content and pacing Smash cut from Black… …to a wide-screen telephoto shot of the sun, centered in the frame huge and […]

Grim Draw

An early Screen Story by LR Forgues *Transcribed from lone hard-copy found in storage and edited for pacing and content. Setting – a prosperous mining town somewhere in the American Midwest, circa the 1870s. People are everywhere but on this particular day, many folks have convened onto the dusty Main Street, preparing to witness one […]

Soul Ride

An early Screen Story by LR Forgues (Originally written July, 1996. Transcribed from found hard-copy version and edited for content and pacing) Scene 1 – Dealing Murder Smash cut to a wide aerial shot drifting in from over the calm ocean water, toward a large sea-side town at dusk. -Cut- Exterior. Dusk. We see […]