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Structure: Toy Story 2

The second movie in the Toy Story trilogy resonates with me the most. Toy Story 3 builds on it thematically, far more...

posted on: Jul 21, 2010 | author: Karel Segers

In his book Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach, Paul Gulino offers an excellent analysis of Toy Story 1, based upon...

posted on: Jul 13, 2010 | author: Karel Segers

Toy Story 3 is my favorite movie of the year and it will be hard to beat this. Usually when my expectations are high,...

posted on: Jul 6, 2010 | author: Karel Segers

It hasn’t been that long since we saw this year’s Oscars Ceremony. But where are the movies? If you ask...

posted on: Apr 20, 2010 | author: Karel Segers

It took AVATAR 17 days to break through the $1bn worldwide. With the strongest 3rd weekend ever, it shows not only...

posted on: Jan 5, 2010 | author: Karel Segers

Shaun of the Dead (S. Pegg & E.Wright, 2004) was my first iTunes movie download. I needed it urgently and the...

posted on: Dec 1, 2009 | author: Karel Segers

A structural overview of The Untouchables (David Mamet, 1986) David Mamet has never equaled the tremendous power of...

posted on: Nov 3, 2009 | author: Karel Segers

A structural overview of A Beautiful Mind (2001). It took me a while to appreciate this gem by Akiva Goldsman and...

posted on: Oct 6, 2009 | author: Karel Segers