Category: Script Reviews

Green Room – Always Take Your Cell Phone!

An excerpt from my script review for Green Room which will be available 05/30/16: 2.) Plot Stability It’s amazing how a good plot can originate from an everyday mistake. The brilliance of this script is...

The Nice Guys – Vintage 90s Shane Black

An excerpt from my script review for The Nice Guys which will be available 05/23/16: 2.) Plot Stability Let’s be honest. This is a Lethal Weapon reboot. As I read, I could easily see...

Money Monster – Could have been better…

An excerpt from my script review for Money Monster which will be available 05/16/16: 4.) Dialogue and Description The description. One thing we should avoid is jumping back and forth between “side scenes”. By...

Blackhat – Avoiding Dialogue Stereotypes

An excerpt from my script review for Blackhat which will be available 05/03/16: 4.) Dialogue and Description Overall the dialogue wasn’t bad, except for one major exception. Lien. Stereotyping Dialogue Chen was Chinese, but it’s cited he...

Trumbo – Learning from the past…

An excerpt from my script review for Trumbo which will be available 04/25/16: 6.) What I liked... Besides being a well written screenplay, the tangents with today’s political climate are astonishing. In this script we’re...

Criminal – “Too Perfect” Characters?

An excerpt from my script review for Criminal which will be available 04/18/16: 3.) Quality of Characters Following the argument that a decent amount of the plot is too convenient, it’s our duty to...

Mr. Right – Max Landis Hat Trick!

An excerpt from my script review for Mr. Right which will be available 04/11/16. (And don't forget to check out Goals One and Two!): 3.) Quality of Characters An appreciation is beginning to grow for...

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead – Script Analysis

An excerpt from my script review for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead which will be available 04/04/16: 5.) Format The non-linear structure of this script really kept my interest, because it jumped back/around...