An excerpt from my script review for The Social Network which will be available 07/20/26:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Here’s where we’ll be spending a good chunk of our time.
Let’s just get the description...
An excerpt from my script review for Obsession which will be available 07/07/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Be careful who you wish for…
That’s a great logline, tagline, however you want to pitch it. As long...
An excerpt from my script review for Backrooms which will be available 06/26/26:
2.) Plot Stability
As I watched the “found footage” videos initially, did I kick around the idea of writing a script...
An excerpt from my script review for the Friday the 13th sequel Camp Blood by Swift and Shannon which will be available 06/05/26:
2.) Plot Stability
So this is the second installment for Friday the...
There used to be 2 camps, those who played Mortal Kombat and those who played Killer Instinct. I hated KI, I can’t remember why, I think because of how the characters moved....
An excerpt from my script review for Project Hail Mary which will be available 05/22/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Based on the novel by Andy Weir.
Ah…that elusive “based on” that instantly garners the...
We break scripts down the Monday after its opening weekend. Read detailed reviews and see what current writers selling scripts are doing right, and sometimes wrong.
An excerpt from my script review for You Should Have Left which will be available 06/22/20:
3.) Quality of Characters
Two layers of tension.
We have the obvious horror layer from above, that again worked...
An excerpt from my script review for Tolkien which will be available 08/05/19:
2.) Plot Stability
What I’d like to focus on here is the idea of…
Flashing back inside a flashback.
Normally I’d warn writers...
An excerpt from my script review for Hunter Killer which will be available 02/25/19:
3.) Quality of
Characters
Most of us know by
now the importance of well drawn, “three dimensional” characters in a stories.
These characters
should...
An excerpt from my script review for Long Distance which will be available 08/19/25:
2.) Plot Stability
The premise of the story is solid.
What we’re going to focus on in this section however is...
I guess this is just called The Suicide Squad and not Suicide Squad 2 like I’ve been calling it. This is a sequel and not a reboot, right? I guess the film...
An excerpt from my script review for which will be available 08/30/20:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
In addition to all our old arguments for writing a lower budget horror script, there’s something...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Beau is Afraid which will be available 05/07/23:
What Needs Work
The Title - Like we discussed with Renfield, this title does nothing to interest me. It doesn’t catch...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for the unproduced Friday the 13th 3D script by Nick Antosca which will be available 12/16/19:
What Worked (The Nice List)
The Writing Style - Nick Antosca has a...
