by Jacqx Melilli | Oct 2, 2016 | Film Reviews
Steps to Success … Will you pick up the gun? Joy is a true story based on Joy Mangano, inventor of the self-wringing mop. It’s a story about family rivalry and control; making mistakes; learning about business; perseverance and sheer determination to not give up on...
by Jacqx Melilli | Jun 25, 2016 | Research, True Stories
The Awesome Side of Research Research sounds pretty boring, right? It may conjure up an image of someone with their nose to the books, or computer screen, slight frown creasing their forehead as they try to make sense of the bombardment of information they are suppose...
by Jacqx Melilli | Mar 21, 2016 | Research, True Stories
One-Act Play Theatre Festivals Participating in One-Act Play Theatre Festivals was the inspiration I needed to write my own plays for my drama students. Some of my fondest memories come from the fun and laughter we had rehearsing for the theatre festival and the...
by Jacqx Melilli | Aug 23, 2015 | True Stories
Revenge. Whether it be on misbehaving teens, a mother or father-in-law, or your comatose partner, skydiving is the perfect way to get someone back for causing you grief… just throw them out of an airplane, preferably at 15,000 feet so that suffering is prolonged. Or,...
by Jacqx Melilli | Mar 13, 2015 | Film Reviews
Captain Phillips is a riveting film based on a true story about the chaos caused by four Somali pirates who hijacked a US 17’000 tonne container ship, the Maersk Alabama, off the Somali coast in 2009. This is a story of two men from contrasting continents, where one...
