In the expansive realm of cinematic storytelling, "Madame Web" emerges as a beacon of creativity, weaving together a tapestry of intrigue, adventure, and existential exploration. Directed by a visionary filmmaker and brought...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Strangers 2 (Prey at Night) which will be available 04/07/24:
What Worked
The Opening - Man, what a way to open this! Sure, killing the previous final...
An excerpt from my script review for Road House which will be available 03/25/24:
2.) Plot Stability
Okay, before we get into the original, did anyone watch the remake?
Don’t let me ruin it for...
If given the option, I never go with IMAX, as it costs a whole hell of a lot more and I hate assigned seating like you’re attending a baseball game or you’re...
An excerpt from my script review for Shutter Island (2010) which will be available 03/12/24:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
We’re constantly telling you to consider writing a contained horror.
Why? Because it’s one of...
An excerpt from my script review for No One Lives (2012) which will be available 03/05/24:
3.) Quality of Characters
Emma and Driver.
We’re presented with this really weird dynamic, which is good, but it’s...
We break scripts down the Monday after its opening weekend. Read detailed reviews and see what current writers selling scripts are doing right, and sometimes wrong.
Hi all.
For those few of you smart enough to stumble onto the front end of the site here, I wanted to let you know what's going on.
Our forums are down for a...
I decided to take a look at the pilot script for “From” currently airing on EPIX. We don’t review a lot of pilot scripts here (more on that later) so it felt...
An excerpt from SK's script review for The Marvel of the Haunted Castle which will be available 04/28/19:
So I'm back again, this time reviewing a somewhat well known unproduced script. Here goes.
Plot:...
I love mobster movies and no one makes a mobster movie the way Martin Scorsese can make a mobster movie. He unfortunately hasn’t made a mob movie since The Departed, which finally...
After my Buried review I wanted to take a look at what goes into creating suspense in genres similar to the contained thriller. THEN I remember Roy's forum post on "How...
Hello All!
You are in for a treat, as this year the Sundance Film Festival was presented virtually for people all around the world to enjoy, and I managed to get tickets to...
Back with Hank on another Amazon Studios request.
This time we're headed deep into Sawtooth Canyon to find ourselves a Bigfoot. Justin Buettner's Sawtooth does a good job in some places of...
3waystopsign takes a look at the script for this 1986 revenge classic!
(And don't miss Part 1: The Wraith movie Review here.)
I did not read CP's review prior to posting this. I will...
