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...

KPop Demon Hunters – Were YOU part of this Netflix phenom?

An excerpt from my script review for KPop Demon Hunters which will be available 12/31/25: https://youtu.be/LW9QJIT_T-A Summer 2025. New Smyrna Beach, FL. Now if you remember the previous family summer vacation we witnessed the glory...
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Knock at the Cabin – A simple, decent “contained” idea.

An excerpt from my script review for Knock at the Cabin which will be available 02/06/23: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Two things this script has going for it right off the bat. First, it’s...

Scream (2022) – Are Sequels/Reboots starting a “meta” trend?

An excerpt from my script review for Scream 5 (2022) which will be available 01/24/22: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Don’t call it a reboot! But it’s not quite a sequel either, which the characters...

Nobody – Has Good Subtext

An excerpt from my script review for Nobody which will be available 04/19/21: 2.) Plot Stability First of all, my single complaint was that the Russian Mobster angle felt kind of cliché. Thinking of those two previous...

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F – Worthy of the Franchise?

Being the giant fan that I am of the Beverly Hills Cop movies, I jumped for joy (no actual jumping took place) at the thought of another film added to the franchise...

Jojo Rabbit – Should YOU Write a Satire Spec?

An excerpt from my script review for Jojo Rabbit which will be available 10/22/19: 2.) Plot Stability First and foremost, I love Thor: Ragnarok.  It was easily the best Thor film, and the perfect lead in...

Write to Reals: What Could Have Been…Slasher!

An excerpt from Reals' script review for an Unproduced Slasher Script which will be available 08/17/20: What Worked Sammy So, I have much more to say about the sexist dialogue and descriptions in this script,...

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – A whole Citadel of Spideys?

An excerpt from my script review for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse which will be available 12/05/23: 2.) Plot Stability Borderline loved it. There were a few issues I had with it, and we’ll cover that...

Halloween Ends – The Proper Way to Go Out?

To familiarize myself with the story so far in this new Halloween trilogy, I went back to check out the other two films. But not just any standard cut, as I was...

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