1. Posted: July 21, 2016In:

    After his pregnant wife’s cancer medication gets pulled from the public health system, a hot-headed Aboriginal amateur boxer must steal enough to keep her alive until the birth.

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    My take: When his pregnant wife's cancer medication is no longer free, a desperate Aboriginal resorts to theft?and robbery to afford the life-saving medicine. (23 words)I presume the soaring cost of meds is as much a hot-button issue in Australia as it is in the United States. (Land of nothing's freRead more

    My take:
    When his pregnant wife’s cancer medication is no longer free, a desperate Aboriginal resorts to theft?and robbery to afford the life-saving medicine.
    (23 words)

    I presume the soaring cost of meds is as much a hot-button issue in Australia as it is in the United States. (Land of nothing’s free and if you can’t afford it, it’s your own damn fault and you deserve to die.)

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  2. Posted: July 23, 2016In:

    When her family railroad falls apart, a driven woman fights against her incompetent brother, increasing regulation and mysteriously disappearing businessmen, to save her family business. -Atlas Shrugged-

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    Interesting selection, Richiev, and a challenging one to write a coherent logline for. ?The movie ?-- actually a 3-part series -- was adapted from Ayn Rand's mammoth -- ?some would say monstrous -- 1957 novel, wherein her characters ?function as ideological puppets for her philosophy of objectivism.Read more

    Interesting selection, Richiev, and a challenging one to write a coherent logline for. ?The movie ?– actually a 3-part series — was adapted from Ayn Rand’s mammoth — ?some would say monstrous — 1957 novel, wherein her characters ?function as ideological puppets for her philosophy of objectivism. ?Here’s my take:

    When her family railroad suffers a series of accidents and the mysterious disappearance of key personnel, a driven woman must battle her incompetent brother and an oppressive government to save the family business from bankruptcy.
    (35 words)

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  3. Posted: July 19, 2016In:

    A horrendous tragedy befalls the Golden Boy of corporate America and his Fianc? forcing them to deal with it in two different but equally destructive ways, taking one of them to the brink of life and death.

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    So a brutal rape destroys their relationship. ?Okay, that is the making of a traumatic inciting incident. ?And it's an unusual choice to make the female the stronger character, the one who is more resilient.Now ?there needs to be a clarification as to his "demons". ?What, specifically, are they? ?AlRead more

    So a brutal rape destroys their relationship. ?Okay, that is the making of a traumatic inciting incident. ?And it’s an unusual choice to make the female the stronger character, the one who is more resilient.

    Now ?there needs to be a clarification as to his “demons”. ?What, specifically, are they? ?Alcoholism, drug abuse, depression? ?All of the above? ?

    And what becomes his objective goal, his m.o. for defeating his “demons”?

    Or his objective goal something he must struggle to accomplish in spite of his “demons”?

    fwiw

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