Category: Script Reviews

The Happytime Murders – Detective Noir Archetypes?

An excerpt from my script review for The Happytime Murders which will be available 08/27/18: 3.) Quality of Characters It takes a certain ensemble to fill the “detective noir” character roles. Phil Phillips. The initial voice-overs...

Write to Reals – True Lies 2 by Jeff Eastin: Unproduced Script Review

An excerpt from Reals' script review for True Lies 2 (Unproduced) by Jeff Eastin which will be available 08/24/18: What Needs Work -- Pg. 1 - Already some massive walls of text and dialogue....

Mile 22 – Good Writers Make Decisions!

An excerpt from my script review for Mile 22 which will be available 08/20/18: 4.) Dialogue and Description You’re the writer, so make a fucking decision! Page 69: During the FIGHT, Jett needs to get SLASHED...

The Spy Who Dumped Me – Unlikely example of Tone matching Genre?

An excerpt from my script review for The Spy Who Dumped Me which will be available 08/16/18: 4.) Dialogue and Description Setting the tone of your story via description is a fantastic skill to...

Write to Reals – Slender Man (2018): Can it meet fans’ expectations?

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Slender Man which will be available 08/13/18: What Needs Work -- Pg. 3 - They all died. That's a pretty boring way to start because now I...

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...

Write to Reals – The Meg:1996 Unproduced Script Review

An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Meg (1996 Unproduced Draft) which will be available 08/09/18: What Worked Pg. 3 - Floating like Tinkerbell… This is a good line and strong, vivid imagery. Pg. 8...

Write to Reals – Tamara (2003): Any lessons we can “dig up” in this old revenge horror script?

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Tamara (2003) by Jeffrey Reddick which will be available 07/18/18: What Worked Pg. 5 - 6 - It’s nice that her editorial has direct consequences on the...