An excerpt from my script review for Project Hail Mary which will be available 05/22/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Based on the novel by Andy Weir.
Ah…that elusive “based on” that instantly garners the...
An excerpt from my script review for Star Wars First Draft which will be available 05/04/26:
2.) Plot Stability
When he was trying to launch this new universe, I knew George Lucas had trouble,...
Hi all.
No review today. Instead I wanted to take a bit of time and discuss something that’s been kicking around upstairs for yours truly, and mentioned more frequently in some of the...
An excerpt from my script review for The Invisible Man (2020) which will be available 04/20/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
To be clear, I’ve never read the novel by H.G. Wells.
I’ve also never...
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...
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...
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I enjoyed the first two Creed films, mainly because it felt like another continuation of the Rocky series, which I am a big fan of. It was a way to move the...
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...
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...
I was very excited to see The Wretched, a new horror take on Rear Window, about a teenage boy facing off with a thousand year-old witch who is posing as “The Woman” next door....
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...
Hi all.This year, the Cap’n and I did our double features a bit different, so feel free to check out his review of Exorcist: Believer.
Me? I'm taking the script of the original.
1.)...
I had planned to review Kate, the new Netflix action John Wick inspired film, but it sucked. The only film worth reviewing was Malignant, but Reels already called dibs on that one....
An excerpt from my script review for Road House which will be available 03/25/24:
2.) Plot Stability
Okay, before we get into the original, did anyone watch the remake?
Don’t let me ruin it for...