Category: Script Reviews

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...

Atomic Blonde – Can Multiple Twists Fix Predictability?

An excerpt from my script review for Atomic Blonde which will be available 07/31/17: 2.) Plot Stability So before we get too far… “Watch out for spoilers. You will get SPOILERS!” https://youtu.be/eYM6qv-za8w Warning administered. This plot felt...

London Has Fallen – Building Tension

An excerpt from my script review for London Has Fallen which will be available 8/25/14: 2.) Plot Stability Building tension is key in any movie, and for action there’s no exception. The script started out...

It Comes At Night – Horror Thrillers should be spooky…and thrilling!

An excerpt from my script review for It Comes At Night which will be available 07/17/17: 3.) Quality of Characters Thrillers require one main thing…tension between characters. Post-apocalyptic horror thrillers? Tension between characters while fighting for...

The Belko Experiment – Escalating a Contained Plot

An excerpt from my script review for The Belko Experiment which will be available 07/10/17: 2.) Plot Stability Most of you know by now, but… Big fan of contained here. To me there’s nothing more challenging...

The House – Tips for Keeping Readers Reading

An excerpt from my script review for The House which will be available 07/03/17: 4.) Dialogue and Description Enjoyable description. You want your reader to be entertained as he’s reading, just like you want an...