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...

What Could Have Been: A McG/Marsilii 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Prequel?

An excerpt from my script review for What Could Have Been: Captain Nemo origin story which will be available 02/19/24: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Did you know Disney+ was rebooting 20,000 Leagues Under the...

The 23 Worst Movies of 2023.

It looks like 2023 was the year for bad movies. And it was the year of movies that people loved and for some reason I hated. But really that could be said...
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Script Links 5-21-12

Hi all. Here's what's on the agenda for this week. Wednesday 5/23 Mythical by Charles Martin Two teens find the burnt corpse of a soldier desert that turns out to be a zombie with super powers....

Final Score – It’s Die Hard with Soccer!

I was planning on reviewing Sharky’s Machine, the Burt Reynolds directed movie, starring himself. But… I fell asleep during the long stretch of time spent on Burt Reynolds’ character watching a hooker...

Write to Reals – Drive Away Dykes (Unproduced by Ethan Coen and Tricia Coen): Dated or Subjective comedy?

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Drive Away Dykes by Ethan Coen and Tricia Coen which will be available 04/13/18: What We Can Learn 1.) I always encourage finding your own voice...

Stir of Echoes – Is Horror a “Dead” Genre?

An excerpt from my script review for Stir of Echoes which will be available 08/15/16: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Are horror scripts selling? Today I want to take a genuine look at this question. After...

All the President’s Men – Building Tension…

An excerpt from my script review for All the President's Men which will be available 02/20/17: 2.) Plot Stability “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana (If anyone’s...

Arrival – Are your characters unbelievable?

An excerpt from my script review for ARRIVAL which will be available 11/14/16: 3.) Quality of Characters Louise is completely unbelievable. A woman can’t be an intelligent linguistics professor? Certainly she can. She can’t then...

Mr. Right – Max Landis Hat Trick!

An excerpt from my script review for Mr. Right which will be available 04/11/16. (And don't forget to check out Goals One and Two!): 3.) Quality of Characters An appreciation is beginning to grow for...

Smoke and Mirrors – Divinity and Trickery

(Thanks to our friend in the forums, SolomonKane, for weighing in on this much discussed, yet still unproduced, screenplay!!!) Smoke and Mirrors Writers: Lee Batchler and Janet Scott Batchler Plot/Logline: In 1856, Jean-Pierre Robert-Houdin, inventor...

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