Matthew Torti
I fell into the wonderful world of film after watching Tim Burton's "Batman" back in 1989 at the ripe old age of 5. From there, I began writing an assortment of short stories, screenplays and teleplays. I attended York University in Toronto, Canada, graduated from its screenwriting program and have since written a number of spec scripts and am currently working on a pilot for a television series. My opinions of certain films have been known to frustrate many, which is what I love most about film- its ability to create heavy debate.
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Last night I watched an episode of The Twilight Zone entitled Of Late I Dream of Cliffordville. It's a wonderful little story about Feathersmith, a cruel president of a large company, who ...
There are a number of horror/fantasy/sci-fi writers with whom I hold in high regard; on the absolute top of that list, is Richard Matheson. One of Rod Serling's original go-to writers back in th...
First off, I'd like to excuse myself for not writing anything over the past month and a half or so. Don't you just hate it when life gets in the way?In any case, as of late, I've had trouble thi...
What a wonderful day to be a film geek.
If you head on over to the Cannes Film Festival website you will find the press
release announcing the films that are set to be screened at the festival in
M...
I'm not quite sure if this has become big news just yet, but according to Empire Magazine, Guillermo Del Toro and Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Hobbit has changed a little bit. Instead of ha...
In 2003, I was excited to see one film over all others. Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation had
been building steam while making its way through the festival circuit and was
fina...
There are thousands upon thousands of great assholes in the
annals of cinema; the kind of characters that are both goofy and smarmy, but
also cunning and devious. For some,
Hedley Lam...
Author Roald Dahl is known for his classic children's
stories, such as The Witches, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda and Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory. However,
very few are una...
Before making the lackluster adaptation of the Silent Hill
videogame, director Christophe Gans made a much better, yet widely overlooked,
film in the form of Brotherhood of the Wolf.
...
Robert Kurtzman, Gregory Nicotero and Howard Berger make up
KNB Effects, one of the most impressive and prolific special effects houses in
the industry. They’ve worked and built ...
