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...

Sinners – Two brothers walk into a vampire bar…

An excerpt from my script review for Sinners which will be available 03/03/26: 2.) Plot Stability The script opens a bit differently from the film. Here we’re presented with a burned man running from a...

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...
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Halloween Double Feature 2022: Part 2 – A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge

Hank wanted to do the first Nightmare on Elm Street, which was the plan for me as well. But then I saw that the much-hated sequel was on YouTube, so I decided...

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...

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...

The Batman – …but is it the BEST Batman?

I’m not entirely sure what DC is doing. Hell, I’m not so sure they know what they’re doing either. They seem to have two separate universes going on at the same time....

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,...

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...

Deadpool & Wolverine: Did YOU like the film?

I’ll start this review off with a warning. If you have not seen Deadpool & Wolverine yet, please do so before reading any further. I implore you to go out and see...

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