Writer extraordinaire in progress who hangs out with the Chicago Film Scene crew. I screenwrite for my fellow CFS filmmakers. I also write TV and movie reviews, and am a co-host/main writer of the Chicago Film Scene: Live! podcast.
The start of either a beautifully written review series, or the confused ramblings of an amateur screenwriter, all by your fellow Chicago Film Scene member. ...
The next show I'll cover on "Off the Beaten Path" is "Danger 5", an Australian spoof of 60's and 80's pulp fiction set in WWII. It's somehow even wackier than it sounds....
Man, it’s been so long since I’ve written a series article for this website, yet alone the inaugural post of a new series. Looking back, the last series post I posted was my Old...
Now I’m betting some of you fine CFS readers are at least tangentially aware of movies that feature some kind of giant monster. I mean, there’s my boy Godzilla, but since you can see...
Now I bet some of you are asking “Joe, why are you covering a Star Trek show for Off the Beaten Path? Dune based posts are one thing, what with Dune not (yet) having...
All right folks, it’s time for a fresh Off the Beaten Path review. This time, I’m dipping my toes back into the well of literary miniseries adaptations with Frank Herbert’s Dune, one of the more famous examples...