The Death of Robin Hood – More A24’s Speed…

An excerpt from my script review for The Death of Robin Hood which will be available 08/24/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea This is Robin at the end of his career, and looking for...

X – Don’t Mess with Pearl!

An excerpt from my script review for X (2022) which will be available 08/18/26: After the "excitement" of Reals' X film review, I had to check the script out for myself... 2.) Plot Stability This...

The Odyssey – Is it YOUR favorite Nolan project?

An excerpt from my script review for The Odyssey which will be available 08/07/26: 2.) Plot Stability I’ll come right out and admit it, this was not my favorite Christopher Nolan project. It wasn’t bad, but similar to...

Mother Mary – Aaron Sorkin level dialogue?

An excerpt from my script review for Mother Mary which will be available 08/03/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description As sharp as the dialogue was when Sam and Mary get together, the description was not...

The Social Network – Learning from Sorkin…

An excerpt from my script review for The Social Network which will be available 07/20/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description Here’s where we’ll be spending a good chunk of our time. Let’s just get the description...

Obsession – An argument for why you DON’T need college to be successful in screenwriting…

An excerpt from my script review for Obsession which will be available 07/07/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Be careful who you wish for… That’s a great logline, tagline, however you want to pitch it. As long...
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After Yang – Creating good tension for characters.

An excerpt from my script review for After Yang which will be available 05/09/22: 3.) Quality of Characters Here is where we’re going to focus most of our attention. What this script did really well...

Horror Month 2019 – 4th and Final Week!

Hey All! Since we have all been slacking a bit on the Horror Month this year, I thought I would go ahead and get a jump on starting the discussion for our final...

Crater – Heartfelt Script

An excerpt from my script review for Crater (2023) which will be available 05/15/23: 2.) Plot Stability For the most part, this script plays out like a generic “coming of age” group of friends...

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,...

The Watchers – Enter Late and Leave Early…for the WHOLE Story

An excerpt from my script review for The Watchers (2024) which will be available 8/25/14: 2.) Plot Stability Before I go any further, the story wasn’t bad. In fact, I actually enjoyed it once Mina...

The Hills Have Eyes 2 – …not great.

An excerpt from my script review for The Hills Have Eyes 2 which will be available 04/23/24: 2.) Plot Stability Again…think Predator but a bunch of influencers before there was influencing. We’re going to pit these strong,...

Prisoners of Ghostland – One Bizarre Cage Trip

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....

What Could Have Been: Elementary by Brian Helgeland

An excerpt from my review for the Elementary (unproduced script) by Brian Helgeland which will be available 06/30/25: 2.) Plot Stability Was a very fun and engaging story. If you’re looking for an entertaining tale set in...

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