Madame Web – A new review style for the Cap’n?

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...

Write to Reals: The Strangers 2 – Prey at Night

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...

Road House: Remake vs Original

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...

Dune: Part 2 – The Cap’n Weighs In!

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...

Shutter Island – NOT the kind of contained we mean.

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...

No One Lives – Need more than “weird for weird’s sake”?

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...
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Inherit the Viper – Have we seen this before?

An excerpt from my script review for Inherit the Viper which will be available 03/16/20: 3.) Quality of Characters If you’ve seen Ozark and Ruth Langmore, you’ve more or less seen Josie and the Conley clan. Damn...

Mythical

Hi all. Today we're taking a look at that fiend of the forum, CE Martin. If I remember correctly, CE comes over to us from novels, and by what's he's written here...

The Wraith – Part 1

The Captain takes a look at one of his childhood favorites from the 80s...The Wraith! (Part 2 is the a follow-up from our newest mod, 3waystopsign, reviewing the script!) Enjoy. Easter time is here and...

Wednesday Pilot Script – The Thing is TONE!

An excerpt from my script review for the Wednesday Netflix Series which will be available 01/30/23: 4.) Dialogue and Description This is one of the things that stands out about the project…the tone. Even if...

10 Deadly Sins of Screenwriting

Hi all. Today's article is a discussion Roy started in our forum, which several of you have added to. We wanted to take a bit of time to expand on his initial seven (and...

Agent 47 – Why Skip Woods is Awesome

An excerpt from The Captain's review of the Hitman: Agent 47 film which will be available 9/20/15: I hate Skip Woods. I’ve never met him, I don’t know who he is, but just...

Evil Dead Rise – And the PROBLEM with Remakes.

I want to take a second of two to talk about the state of remakes these days. At the same time, I think also maybe touch on why it upsets a group...

Hanks Thoughts – Walking Dead Season 3

Hi all. Okay, so the wife and I didn't want to watch The Walking Dead initially, since we're BIG BABIES and get frightened easy. Due to lack of the DVR being empty...

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