Scriptcast

Eric and Matt break down "True Grit." Then, they reveal their rankings of the Coen brothers' movies.  

Emily Blake returns to talk about her career and how to inject your voice into your scripts. Also, Matt unveils his new feature, "two week challenge," and they play a game to determine the coolest weapon of all time.  

Eric and Matt talk about their three favorite characters. Also, Archer, Game Change, and listener mail. Plus, a game.

Eric and Matt breakdown "The Big Lebowski." But first they dissect the new hot script: "The Disciple Progam" and cover Exporting Raymond, The Lincoln Lawyer, and Your Highness. Finally, Eric plays the new hit game, "Sorkin or Porkin'."

Anne Lower talks about her web series: "They Live Among Us," and working for "Save the Cat."

Eric and Matt discuss the Oscars to the best of their ability.

Eric and Matt discuss how to take notes. Also they review the movie "Chronicle," and Eric reveals the winners of his mini-screenwriting contest. 

Eric is joined by fellow script consultant Danny Manus.

Lawrence joins Eric to talk about the wriitng in Hugo and Tucker and Dale vs. Evil.

Eric and Matt talk about creating good characters, but first "Moneyball!"

Eric and Matt talk New Year's resolutions and why they write.

Matt and Eric talk about their plans for the podcast this year and then break down the scripts for MI4, Young Adult, and the Artist. Spoilers for all three.

Matt reveals his top 5 TV shows of 2011, while Eric shares his bottom 5 movies of the year. Also Parks and Rec is discussed.

Matt and Eric talk Community and gifts you should get for screenwriters.

The writers of the new Bodyguard remake and the 2010 black list script "Family Getaway" stop by. They tell us how they went from teaching legos to meeting Lawerence Kasdan in two months (hint: years of hard work).

Eric gives some guidelines for general writing. Also Matt and Eric discuss the fate of "Community."

Eric and Matt talk about how they write scenes and break down some of their favorites. Also "Captain America", and "Parks and Recreation" are discussed.

Eric and Matt talk to Jennifer Zhang about her writing process. Particularly, how she wrote her new horror movie, "Dead Inside." They also talk about the scariest movie they've ever seen and play a horror themed game. 

Eric and Matt discuss the movie 50/50 (Beware there are a ton of spoilers). Then they try (and mostly fail) to explain how to go from a logine to a story. Finally, Eric plays the game: Is this a logline for a Nicholl's winning script or a Lifetime Original Movie?

Early 90s rapper Tone Loc (Randall Park) stops by to chat about a screenply he's working on and his numerous hit songs.