An excerpt from my script review for Smile which will be available 02/18/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
I hate washing my face.
Not that I enjoy being dirty, I understand the benefits of good hygiene, but...
It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air! Just maybe not between Blake Lively and director and co-star Justin Baldoni.
I really wanted to do a Valentine’s Day movie review and there...
An excerpt from my script review for Nosferatu which will be available 02/10/25:
5.) Format
When setting out as an amateur screenwriter it’s important to know the difference between a spec script (meaning speculative,...
There is a line towards the end of The Wolfman (2025) when a character says (regarding the aforementioned Wolfman): He just wants it to be over.
In the theater, I muttered, too loudly: Forget him,I want this movie to...
An excerpt from my script review for Flight Review which will be available 02/02/25:
2.) Plot Stability
Before reading, I noticed that this film wasn’t getting the best of reviews.
Sometimes that’s to be expected...
I think 2024 was kind of a meh year for movies. It was really hard to compile my Best of 2024 List, which I haven’t even started writing yet, however as you...
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.
This makes the third film based on Stephen King’s work I’ve seen this year. Five if you count his shows The Mist and Mr. Mercedes. As for his films, IT, you already...
Hi all.
We stumbled onto a good list of "don'ts" when pitching your script, but a lot of you have asked what you should do.
When I initially started out, I read a book...
Let’s start horror month off early with Haunt, a feature now on VOD and in (a few) theaters that was written and directed by the creators of A Quiet Place and produced by Eli Roth....
Logline: In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves...
An excerpt from my script review for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri which will be available 11/20/17:
4.) Dialogue and Description
ANGELA
Oh why are you never on my side,
Robbie?
ROBBIE
I’m always on your side when...
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 my script review for 1917 which will be available 01/06/20:
3.) Quality of Characters
Before we dive into things for this section, it needs to be stated, I enjoyed this script....