"After over a decade in Hollywood as a script doctor, you wrote for almost every major studio behind the scenes. But then suddenly, you decided to leave the entertainment industry altogether to pursue a career 'rediscovering your love for film'. Why the hell would you do that?"
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"Because cinema was everything to me, it kept me hopeful while homeless. Love the world when it didn't love me back. It made me find the silver lining in every tragedy. It taught me how to be a friend. It gave me a purpose. But then I "achieved my dream" of being a Hollywood screenwriter. I quickly learned that my dreams were never actually made of hope, love, or camaraderie. Instead it was actually made of panic attacks, severe depression, anger bouts, sleepless nights, tear-filled days, crippling injuries, self inflicted deseases, and false relationships with fake people.
Finally, I woke up one day and realized those who love movies the most don't make them. They don't critique them either. They just watch them. Cinematic memories aren't made behind the vanity of the lens; they're made in front of the glow of the screen. And that's where the love can be found. Honestly, that's what this is—a quest to find that love I had when I was a kid. No Movies are Bad is more than just a catchy saying. It's my truth. Because not every movie is great, but no movie is entirely bad. And while you may not agree with that sentiment, you will never change my mind. Whether you want to admit it or not, there is something in every movie to appreciate. And that's my job now—my career, my purpose. To live every day like a noir detective, picking apart clues left in celluloid, finding the truth in tape, and searching the seams of screen and stream. Like a case notebook, each issue is written by my pen and helped molded by my screening assistants as if their opinions are witness testimonies.
This will never be a "film critic" publication or a scandal rag. It's not a gossip magazine, a vanity paper, or a pseudo-intellectual attempt at journalism to warp the opinions of others. I'm not a journalist, nor do I ever intend to be one. I will never care to remark on current events in the industry or report on box office numbers. I will not sit behind a podcast microphone, judging filmmakers, hoping that if enough people hear my opinions, they will start financially funding my negativity. This is not a stepping stone for me to sneak back into the movie business and manipulate producers to finally credit me with all of the work and awards I've earned them over the past ten years.
I'm no longer a "script doctor", "script consultant," or even a "screenwriter". I am just a punk who loves movies. And I'm not going back to hating them, no matter what studio wants me to make them. Because of that focus, NMaB will never be mass-produced. It will remain a do-it-yourself publication. And for that reason, this is not a magazine- it's a zine. And I'm damn proud of that."
- Jaiden Hord
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