In the expansive realm of cinematic storytelling, "Madame Web" emerges as a beacon of creativity, weaving together a tapestry of intrigue, adventure, and existential exploration. Directed by a visionary filmmaker and brought...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Strangers 2 (Prey at Night) which will be available 04/07/24:
What Worked
The Opening - Man, what a way to open this! Sure, killing the previous final...
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...
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 Shutter Island (2010) which will be available 03/12/24:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
We’re constantly telling you to consider writing a contained horror.
Why? Because it’s one of...
An excerpt from my script review for No One Lives (2012) which will be available 03/05/24:
3.) Quality of Characters
Emma and Driver.
We’re presented with this really weird dynamic, which is good, but it’s...
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.
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...
An excerpt from my article about Using AI to write Screenplays which will be available 04/24/23:
Prediction: Writing a screenplay is about to get a whole lot easier, but selling it…a whole lot...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Saw which will be available 09/05/22:
What Needed Work
Chunks of Description - Now, this was written years and years ago, but I do think it’s important to...
An excerpt from my script review for The Fly which will be available 11/07/22:
3.) Quality of Characters
Good character connections.
Veronica.
A Lois Lane type, if you will. She’s a smart reporter that’s out to...
An excerpt from my script review for Not Okay which will be available 08/29/22:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
This is the second script I’ve reviewed in a row where a character wanted desperately...
An excerpt from my script review for Marlowe (2022) which will be available 02/27/23:
2.) Plot Stability
The importance to starting STRONG!
Now, we’re not ol’ Billy Monahan with the success of writing The Departed under our...
Thank you for coming! Thanks for being here! We have got one hell of a show tonight! Welcome to the first ever and probably the last Golden Cagey Awards! The Cagey’s as...
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No One Gets Out Alive – Found this movie to be pretty poorly executed, but had an interesting creature design, leading up to a face eating vagina monster lady. However the plot suffers from incoherency at...
