Category: Script Reviews

American Made – Good Characters, Some Flaws

An excerpt from my script review for American Made which will be available 10/02/17: 3.) Quality of Characters Having clever characters is good. The one thing they can’t be is too clever, however. In contrast to...

American Assassin – Getting to the Point

An excerpt from my script review for American Assassin which will be available 09/25/17: 4.) Dialogue and Description Dialogue that is blunt, and to the point. And this stuff was good, not “matter-of-fact” style that...

IT – Build Tension, and then Deliver

An excerpt from my script review for IT (2017) which will be available 09/11/17: 4.) Dialogue and Description With horror, it’s important to build in TENSION. More importantly, to do so while delivering the opposite...

Hitman’s Bodyguard – Characters with History

An excerpt from my script review for Hitman's Bodyguard which will be available 09/04/17: 3.) Quality of Characters We mention it a lot on this site, but the more connections your characters have, the...

Ingrid Goes West – Wrong message sent?

An excerpt from my script review for Ingrid Goes West which will be available 08/28/17: 2.) Plot Stability Starting off, I don’t get the whole "Instagram Celebrities" thing. Personally, I use Instagram for marketing purposes...

Logan Lucky – Building Support Networks for Your Characters

An excerpt from my script review for Logan Lucky which will be available 08/21/17: 3.) Quality of Characters Build a network of support for your characters. Whether blood relations or not, this genre needs to...

Wind River – Using Subtext and Tone

An excerpt from my script review for Wind River which will be available 08/14/17: 4.) Dialogue and Description Subtext and tone. Your script should have both. Both were established early on in this script...

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...