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...
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...
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...
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...
We break scripts down the Monday after its opening weekend. Read detailed reviews and see what current writers selling scripts are doing right, and sometimes wrong.
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 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...
There is a line towards the end of The Wolfman (2025) when a character says (regarding the aforementioned Wolfman): He just wants it to be over.
In the theater, I muttered, too loudly: Forget him,I want this movie to...
I skipped the last Doctor Strange film, mainly because I’m not the biggest Strange fan. He’s always seemed like a side character rather than a main character.
My issue was also the fact...
If given the option, I never go with IMAX, as it costs a whole hell of a lot more and I hate assigned seating like you’re attending a baseball game or you’re...
An excerpt from my script review for To Catch a Killer which will be available 08/02/23:
3.) Quality of CharactersHere’s where the main issues lie for this story.Eleanor and McKenzie.I do not buy them as an...
It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air! Just maybe not between Blake Lively and director and co-star Justin Baldoni.
I really wanted to do a Valentine’s Day movie review and there...
An excerpt from my script review for Candyman (2021) which will be available 09/07/21:
2.) Plot Stability
Let me reiterate that this review is of an early draft, and although similar to the final product, some...
