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I have seen The Hurt Locker and I enjoyed it. But I don’t get the hype. Is this a memorable movie? Is it memorable for the right reasons? I’d love to hear your comments. I have serious doubts whether most people who voted for the Best Original Screenplay actually did read it. It may be … Read more

No matter how much I love the new cool look of The Story Department, on my phone it kinda looks pathetic. For the alarmingly increasing amount of iPhone users among my readers, I just had to do something about the mobile readability of the site. Like most people, when on the mobile, I want to … Read more

Wow. There’s been some work behind the scenes. A few days ago it looked like the new style was going to be very different. But there we are. With a big thank you to Lee Sheppard. And we’ll kick off with an article about The Story Department. Not this one. The Other Story Dept. Happy … Read more

While you’re all happily holidaying, we have some intense labouring behind the scenes in order to bring you the new 2010 version of The Story Dept., from early January. The screen shot is not the final layout as you could have expected. Where is the site’s title? ;) Update 27/12: As a matter of fact, … Read more

A big congratulations to Chris Weekes, whose script MUPPET MAN tops the newly released Black List with Hollywood’s most liked unproduced scripts. It’s great for Chris and it’s more egg on the faces of those who couldn’t see his talent while he was working in Australia. I first wrote about Chris back in May 2008. … Read more