Send Help – The same, only different.

An excerpt from my script review for Send Help which will be available 04/14/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Give me the same, only different. – Sam Raimi Misery meets Castaway was in all the comments on the...

Roofman – Could Channing save it?

An excerpt from my script review for Roofman which will be available 04/06/26: 5.) Format This Saturday I had absolutely nothing going on. Brought the boy home from college Friday afternoon, and he spent all...

What Could Have Been: Captain Blood Reboot (1994)

An excerpt from my script review for Captain Blood (1994) which will be available 04/01/26: 2.) Plot Stability My biggest complaint, aside from the similarities in the previous section? Way too many sea battles. Listen, I...

10 Best Films of 2025 – aka 4th Annual Cagey Awards!!!

Here's the Captain's Top 10 Films of 2025! (With a few Nic Cage special mentions.) 4th Annual Golden Cagey Awards! Nicholas Cage is here again, celebrating another year of The Golden Cagey Awards. And once...

Marty Supreme – Was Chalamet stuck in character?

An excerpt from my script review for Marty Supreme which will be available 03/17/26: 3.) Quality of Characters So why didn’t I care about the story? Marty’s a prick, plain and simple. We’re told, as amateur...

The Lost Boys – Gratuitous Sax Done Right.

An excerpt from my script review for The Lost Boys (1987) which will be available 03/09/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description So…my biggest complaint with the script… Page 14: A loud rock group performs. Talk about underselling it!!! This...
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Fresh (2022) – Better Characters…

An excerpt from my script review for Fresh which will be available 04/04/22: 3.) Quality of Characters You can’t have it both ways with your characters. Noa and Mollie. On one hand, they’re these independent women who are...

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...

Project Power – Benefits of Being “On the List”

An excerpt from my script review for Project Power which will be available 08/17/20: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Originally titled Power and a former Hit List script, I believe. (Someone somewhere told me it was on...

The Lighthouse – The HORROR…of masturbation.

An excerpt from my script review for The Lighthouse which will be available 10/28/19: 5.) Format A bit to cover here. First… NOTE: This film must be photographed on black and white 35mm negative. Aspect ratio: 1.19:1 Audio mix: Mono Please…please…please don’t...

Die in a Gunfight – When B trumps A

An excerpt from my script review for Die in a Gunfight which will be available 07/19/21: 2.) Plot Stability Imagine this for your story… You explore a world where teleportation exists, but instead of taking...

Black Widow – Ranking the MCU

I believe it has been almost a year since the last time I reviewed a Marvel movie. No, wait, I think it was longer than that. It seems the last Marvel superhero movie...

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...

Arkansas – Creating Fun Criminals

An excerpt from my script review for Arkansas which will be available 08/03/20: 3.) Quality of Characters Easily the highlight of this script. “What is the most interesting way your character can say that?” The above...

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