Jacob's LRF Blog

 "In an old house in Paris All covered with vines Lived twelve little girls In two straight lines The smallest one was Madeline" - Ludwig Bemelmans

 If there's one thing you should know about me, it's that I'm honest with myself, even if at times, I'm too hard on my work (see The Youngest Hart and D.I.C.K). I'm not afraid to say what I feel is needed regarding myself and my tenure in Last Resort Films. Sometimes, things are good! My films are either doing well critically, financially, or both, I'm pumping out fresh new ideas, and everything seems to be moving at a solid pace. When things are bad though, you can feel it. Throughout my career, I've had my share of peaks and valleys. I still think back to Season 13 as one of my best seasons, Accordion de Chanson feeling like my first truly "great" movie. Five seasons later, I was on a skid financially (and in some parts critically), and it all came to a head with The Youngest Hart. I guess you could argue I've hit another one of these valleys. I haven't had a profitable film since Get Georgie, which ironically enough was also my last ...

So, I'm going to keep this short, sweet, and to the point regarding this blog point. As many of you know by now, I recently released a movie called D.I.C.K, a story about an absolute manchild who ran his own authoritarian country from his backyard. My thought process was to try and satirize the idea of dictatorships and fascist regimes by using a complete loser as a sort of "avatar" for these awful rulers, and when I first wrote it, I thought it was funny. I thought it was a perfect fit for the dark comedy genre and went from there. In retrospect, I should have completely rewritten the whole movie, because put simply, this movie wasn't very good. Like at all. In fact, I will go as far as to say, that this is now, in my opinion, the worst movie I have ever written for this studio. From the main character that makes Sade look tame, to the supporting cast that gets wasted thanks to all the nonsense that goes on during the movie, the hamfisted way I tried to work with the...

Hey guys, its been a while. I guess you're probably wondering where I've been and what's going on. Well, that's what this post is about. Before I go any further, I do want to address the timing of this post. Yes, I am aware that it us coming off the disappointing performance of Idlewild Ranch. I assure you, however, that this is a decision that I have wrestled with for months. When I first came into Last Resort Films, I was a high school senior with big dreams and aspirations. I had settled on a career in Creative Writing by this point, as I had always loved making stories and crafting worlds with characters. Sure, a lot of what I wrote wasn't great, but I had fun doing it, and that was what mattered most. Five years have passed since then, we're just now wrapping up Season 27. I've been around for eighteen seasons and during that time, I've made and lost friends, was a founding member of a Discord server, watched it go up in flames only to form a new on...

As of writing this, June 16, 2023, it will have been a little over four years since I first joined Last Resort Films. In that time, I’ve written over forty films, thirty-eight released, three more to come next season (Get Georgie, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Idlewood Ranch).  Of these films, the following have received nominations: Time Passages, Zoe Maye, Accordion de Chanson, The Youngest Hart, Kazaria, INFINITY, Golden Girl, Gathering of the Wolves and E.P. None of them were successful. And then came Tara’s Web. My first attempt at an erotic film. And the next thing you know, I obtained my first GRA trophy for best actress, Victoria Pendretti taking home the prize. I’ll admit, it’s pretty wild. Sure, this had been a weak category this year and it was probably expected that Victoria would stand a fighting chance given LRF’s recent interest with femme-fatale like characters, but you never take these moments for granted. The moment you win an award for something, you wear it with...

Two years ago, I posted a ranking of every film I had written for Last Resort Films up to that point. It was a fun way to celebrate all the hard work I had put into the studio during this time and I was satisfied with how it all turned out. This year marks the fourth anniversary of my joining the studio and let me tell you, it has been a journey. I've made many new friends and learned a lot about the art of film-writing from being a member of this community. It's also been fun letting my imagination run wild with some of the movies I've written. On that note, there have been quite a bit more movies released since I posted the original list and as a result, a lot has changed. Given this, I've decided to revisit this topic and touch upon every move I've released. Given there's 35 films in total, I've decided to divide it into three parts. Today, I'll be sharing the bottom 10. As we get closer to the season's end, I'll introduce the middle 15. Once ...