A Minecraft Movie – Are Fads a Risky Bet?

An excerpt from my script review for A Minecraft Movie which will be available 02/24/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Minecraft. My kids played it.  You or your kids probably played it. I tried playing it...

F Valentine’s Day – What does it remind YOU of?

God, what is that smell? Did you shit yourself? Something is in the air. Oh wait, I know what it is. It’s love. Love is in the air again and it smells...

Superman – Skip the Origin Story!

An excerpt from my script review for Superman (2025) which will be available 02/09/26: 2.) Plot Stability The thing I liked about this, and Matt Reeves The Batman, is that we’re moving away from including...

The 25 Worst Films of 2025

The Captain's List is in!!! 25. The Phoenician Scheme â€“ It was reminding me a lot of Wes Anderson’s older films, before he got heavy into making films that seem more like plays. But I’d...

Weapons – Revisited!

An excerpt from my script review for Weapons which will be available 01/20/26: 3.) Quality of Characters Before we go too far into this… Maddie’s voice over in the beginning. She opens the story, but then...

Anaconda – Who’s the REAL monster in this story?

An excerpt from my script review for Anaconda which will be available 01/13/26: 2.) Plot Stability This felt very Jaws like, in that there’s a lot of eerie shit going on and we don’t...
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The Suicide Squad – Dumb Fun

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...

The Capn’s Worst Films of 2024.

I think 2024 was kind of a meh year for movies. It was really hard to compile my Best of 2024 List, which I haven’t even started writing yet, however as you...

The 23 Worst Movies of 2023.

It looks like 2023 was the year for bad movies. And it was the year of movies that people loved and for some reason I hated. But really that could be said...

The Matrix Resurrections – Should have stayed dead?

I never expected going into Matrix Resurrections that I’d be watching and reviewing possibly the worst film of 2021. This movie should have stayed dead. In preparation for the new Matrix movie, I finally...

Hellraiser (2022) – Too Clean for the Cap’n?

It’s October, so you know what that means. Cold toilet seats. But also, the start of Horror Month! I know Rob Zombie’s The Munsters technically kicked off Horror Month, but I reviewed it...

Long Distance (aka Distant) – Implementing Realistic Escalation

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...

Write to Reals: Bodies, Bodies, Bodies. – Slasher Fun?

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Bodies, Bodies, Bodies which will be available 08/22/22: Before we get started, a couple of quick things about the script and logline: The Script Now, it seems as...

Horror Month 2019 – Week 1

It's that time of year again! I'm of course referring to HORROR MONTH! A whole month where I watch noting but horror movies, review horror movies and... I guess that's about...

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