Tag: drama

• AI video short Mnemonade hints at a new genre: Review

  

  The AI short film Mnemonade (2024, Drama, MetaPuppet), winner of the inaugural Culver Cup for generative AI, is the the product of a talented filmmaker and storytelling, with good structure, believable dialog, and a twist that will make you hug your mom.

  J.G. Follansbee

  February 1, 2025

  News & Commentary, Reviews

  AI, AI video, artificial intelligence, cinema, drama, entertainment, film, generative AI, horror, movie reviews, movies, news, reviews, storytelling

• Protagonists must grow: What happens when they don’t?

  

  The television series, The Last Kingdom, is an exciting historical drama, but the way it treats the arc of protagonist Uhtred of Bebbanburg doesn’t measure up to the material. Fishermen love a good fish story, especially the one that got away. I was hooked by the BBC America television series The Last Kingdom, but the…

  J.G. Follansbee

  July 27, 2017

  Reviews, Writing

  Characters, drama, editing, history, reviews, The Last Kingdom, Writing