Category: Script Reviews

Shadow in the Cloud – New Year, New…inspiration for your next horror thriller?

An excerpt from my script review for Shadow in the Cloud which will be available 01/04/21: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Contained horror thriller. We’re starting this year’s first review off with marketable advice. A few...

Tenet – You ARE NOT Christopher Nolan.

An excerpt from my script review for TENET which will be available 12/28/20: 4.) Dialogue and Description Remember, you are not Chris Nolan. If you’re writing a spec script with a complex plot/twist like Inception, Interstellar, or Tenet you might want to...

The Road (2009) – Generic Names, 3D Characters

An excerpt from my script review for The Road which will be available 12/13/20: 3.) Quality of Characters Three dimensional personalities tucked behind generic names. Man and Boy. We’re with them for well over one hundred...

Mosul – Characters Strengths and Arc

An excerpt from my script review for Mosul which will be available 12/07/20: 3.) Quality of Characters Jasem. A hard as nails father figure to a band of vengeful soldiers in Iraq. He’s tough. Mostly fair. And understands...

Write to Reals: Run – Script Review

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Run which will be available 12/01/20: What Worked Mother’s Introduction: In a church group, we meet a woman whose child is going off to college soon. The...

Fatman – Should You Give Away the Twist?

An excerpt from my script review for Fatman which will be available 11/30/20: 2.) Plot Stability So the twist… As the Cap’n mentioned in his movie review you have Chris who’s down on his luck,...

Jungleland – Are YOUR Characters Reliable?

An excerpt from my script review for Jungleland which will be available 11/23/20: 3.) Quality of Characters Stanley is the older sibling who watches out for his kid brother Lion. See, Lion’s pretty slow mentally…when...

Freaky – “Give us the same, only different” done right?

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Freaky which will be available 11/16/20: Writer / Director Christopher Landon has made a career out of “Give Me The Same, But Different!” pitches. Don’t believe me?...