Month: July 2020

Originally posted on Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels:
Based on the life of boxer Rocky Graziano, Somebody Up There Likes Me tells the story of a quick-tempered street thug from the Lower East Side with a history of petty crimes, who eventually turns his life around and becomes the World Middleweight Champion. James…

Originally posted on Festival for Drama in Film, Screenplays, Novels:
It’s October and in anticipation of Halloween, I’m looking at two early 80’s horror films shot in NYC. The first is 1984’s “C.H.U.D.,” which supposedly stands for Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers, but as the story unfolds, it’s discovered that it stands for something more sinister.…