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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Antebellum – Is Description YOUR Downfall?

An excerpt from my script review for Antebellum which will be available 10/05/20: 4.) Dialogue and Description We’ve said it before on here that screenwriting “rules” are more like “guidelines”. https://youtu.be/jl0hMfqNQ-g Sometimes you can break these...

Wonder – Other Reasons NOT to Name Drop!

An excerpt from my script review for Wonder which will be available 02/19/18: 5.) Format Watch the name dropping. I just discussed with my children, two of whom saw the movie on a field trip,...

Kidnap – Description the WORKS!

An excerpt from my script review for Kidnap which will be available 08/07/17: 4.) Dialogue and Description The style of description in this script is something worth emulating. Gone are the days where a script...

Trumbo – Learning from the past…

An excerpt from my script review for Trumbo which will be available 04/25/16: 6.) What I liked... Besides being a well written screenplay, the tangents with today’s political climate are astonishing. In this script we’re...

Write to Reals – The Blind Rage of Peacoat Miller

An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Blind Rage of Peacoat Miller which will be available 03/01/18: Hey guys, The Write to Reals series will now be taking on the wonderful world of...

Entourage – Why Drama Is Bad

An excerpt from my script review for Entourage which will be available 06/08/15: 3.) Quality of Characters Vince – The movie star, who despite having box office hits, still hasn’t reached that next level...

Best Movies of 2017!

Before we get down to the top 10 films I thought where the best, I thought I’d talk a little about some runner-ups that didn’t make the cut. 2017 had a ton...

Solo: A Star Wars Story – Bitter Much?…Oh and Han Solo!

So after driving for 4 and a half hours in a storm, going to a film festival that didn’t even have my name listed as one of the finalists, and then spending...

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