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		<title>Inception is an Exceptional Mindf**ck</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been more than a week since I&#8217;ve seen Inception, and I still haven&#8217;t felt this mindf**ked since watching, well, Memento. Not surprisingly, those two movies share the same writer/director: Mr. Christopher Nolan. Inception is the reason why I watch movies. It&#8217;s the reason why I write screenplays. And it&#8217;s the reason why I feel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Ed Norton??? Hulk Smash!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is up with Marvel Studios’ crazy casting moves lately? Word came this month that Edward Norton will not reprise his role as Bruce Banner in any Hulk sequels or the upcoming Avengers movie, because of some dispute with Marvel. According to the comic book company, it’s because Norton doesn’t know how to be a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickvuong.com/archives/1162</link>
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		<title>SAY IT AIN&#8217;T SO: Del Toro Ditches The Hobbit Prequels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, the news has not be greatly exaggerated: Guillermo Del Toro will not be directing the big-budget The Hobbit films. The prequel to The Lord of the Rings was set to be split into two films, be produced by LOTR director Peter Jackson, and be directed by Del Toro (Hellboy and Blade II). Del Toro [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickvuong.com/archives/1157</link>
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		<title>Guest Blog: Surviving Hollywood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an excellent guest blog on John August&#8216;s site; it&#8217;s written by George Sloan, a writer&#8217;s assistant on How I Met Your Mother. It&#8217;s an insightful and witty piece on how to not only break into Hollywood but how to survive. Here&#8217;s Sloan picture-perfect description of the industry: &#8220;I think of Hollywood as a giant, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickvuong.com/archives/1154</link>
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		<title>J.D. Shapiro Embraces Writing &#8220;Worst Movie of the Decade&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Battlefield Earth recently won the Razzie for &#8220;Worst Movie of the Decade,&#8221; and its co-writer, J.D. Shapiro, wrote the most telling, hilarious, and honest article apologizing for it. In it he talks about star John Travolta, the Church of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, and how it all went down because of his pecker. Below is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickvuong.com/archives/1147</link>
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		<title>The Hurt Locker Explodes With Oscar Win</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker wins the Best Original Screenplay Oscar, along with Best Picture, Best Director and three other naked statuettes. Wow. I&#8217;m both thrilled for the filmmakers and kinda stunned at the same time. I love the fact that this &#8220;little movie that could&#8221; has, in fact, &#8220;did.&#8221; But is it really better than other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickvuong.com/archives/1139</link>
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		<title>Diana Lee Inosanto&#8217;s &#8220;The Sensei&#8221; DVD Release Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday, I was invited to attend Diana Lee Inosanto&#8216;s DVD release party of her directorial debut, The Sensei. For most martial artists, you&#8217;ll recognize the name. She is the daughter of martial arts legend Dan Inosanto and the &#8220;honorary niece&#8221; of one of the world&#8217;s biggest icons, Bruce Lee. But what you might not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickvuong.com/archives/1132</link>
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		<title>Adding The Hurt Locker: A Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my typical revisionistic fashion, I’ve rewritten my list of “Best Produced Screenplays of 2009” after finally watching The Hurt Locker. My Top 8 now becomes a Top 9. I didn’t bump anybody off the list because they’re all stellar work. But at the same time, I didn’t put Kathryn Bigelow’s intense drama (about a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickvuong.com/archives/1125</link>
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		<title>Best Produced Screenplays of 2009 &#8212; Redux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, so yet again I&#8217;ve rewritten my Best-Of list. This time, it&#8217;s because I finally saw The Hurt Locker. Here&#8217;s how it ranks up against my other favorites of last year: 1. Up Written by Bob Peterson &#38; Pete Docter The first three on my list are all running neck and neck and neck for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patrickvuong.com/archives/1118</link>
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		<title>The Art of Writing a Script Synopsis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fellow screenwriter/blogger Ashley Scott Meyers has a pretty good post about how to write a synopsis on his SellingYourScreenplay.com site. He&#8217;s got some common-sense advice mixed in with some real-world experience. Here&#8217;s a taste: &#8220;&#8230;you simply want to intrigue them enough so that they can’t wait to read the entire screenplay. If you have a [...]]]></description>
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