An excerpt from my script review for Salem's Lot (1979) which will be available 10/21/24:
2.) Plot Stability
In typical Stephen King fashion, at least in his earlier works, we’re presented with a little...
Week two is ready for you!
Don’t forget, each week I’ll give a quick rundown of what I watched and thought of them, usually on Sunday is when I post those. But if...
An excerpt from my script review for Blink Twice which will be available 10/14/24:
5.) Format
Don’t take your reader’s time for granted.
My son is currently applying to colleges.
As I reviewed his essays and...
I’ve found myself doing this thing lately whenever I watch a bad movie. Instead of shutting it off like a sane person would, I instead try to visualize a way to make...
Week one is done!
Don't forget, each week I’ll give a quick rundown of what I watched and thought of them, usually on Sunday is when I post those. But if you don’t...
An excerpt from my script review for The Substance which will be available 10/08/24:
3.) Quality of Characters
Elisabeth, the fading star who’s reached the end of her career.
Sue, the ideal image of youth...
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...
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....
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...