The Death of Robin Hood – More A24’s Speed…

An excerpt from my script review for The Death of Robin Hood which will be available 08/24/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea This is Robin at the end of his career, and looking for...

X – Don’t Mess with Pearl!

An excerpt from my script review for X (2022) which will be available 08/18/26: After the "excitement" of Reals' X film review, I had to check the script out for myself... 2.) Plot Stability This...

The Odyssey – Is it YOUR favorite Nolan project?

An excerpt from my script review for The Odyssey which will be available 08/07/26: 2.) Plot Stability I’ll come right out and admit it, this was not my favorite Christopher Nolan project. It wasn’t bad, but similar to...

Mother Mary – Aaron Sorkin level dialogue?

An excerpt from my script review for Mother Mary which will be available 08/03/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description As sharp as the dialogue was when Sam and Mary get together, the description was not...

The Social Network – Learning from Sorkin…

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...

Obsession – An argument for why you DON’T need college to be successful in screenwriting…

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...
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Ambulance – Michael Bay Mayhem!

An excerpt from my script review for Ambulance which will be available 04/11/22: 2.) Plot Stability Every now and then we review projects that we don’t suggest emulating. For instance… You’re not Quentin Taratino. You’re not Guillermo...

Write to Reals: Friday the 13th 3D!

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...

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 – Create Creepy without Supernatural

An excerpt from my script review for Blair Witch 2 which will be available 10/03/22: 2.) Plot Stability “The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and...

The Adam Project – Creating Character Connections

An excerpt from my script review for The Adam Project which will be available 03/22/22: 3.) Quality of Characters Connecting characters creates drama. In the film, Adam needs to stop his dad from creating time...

Write to Reals: Three Indie Feature Reviews!

Hey All, Happy (belated) New Year! I hope that you haven’t missed me too much (traveling all over the world, but now I’m back and rarin’ to get reviewin’!) I thought I would make...

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...

Infinite – Putting the Pieces Together

I don’t know what happened to this movie. It feels like something went wrong along the way, and they tried their best to fix it but ended up making things worse. I’d even...

House of Mourning – 2021 Blood List Script Review

An excerpt from my script review for House of Mourning which will be available 01/03/22: 1.) Marketability of the Idea We’re reviewing a horror today. By now you should know the argument (and hopefully see...

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