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...
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...
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An excerpt from my script review for The Descent which will be available 07/24/24:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Some weeks I’m completely clueless on what to review.
Scripts for films out in theaters are...
I meant to post half of this last Friday, but I up and forgot about it. So, here is last week and this weeks movies. A lot of stinkers this time around...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Flight 180 (X-Files Spec Script) which will be available 05/25/25:
What Worked
The Page Count - Right off the bat I like that this thing comes in under...
Week two is ready for you!
Don’t forget, each week I’ll give a quick rundown of what I watched and thought of them, usually on Sunday is when I post those. But if...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Crimes of the Future which will be available 06/27/22:
Hi All!
Excited today to check out a draft of a long-gestating Cronenberg project: Crimes of the Future!
This is...
An excerpt from my script review for Blade Runner Down which will be available 03/06/23:
2.) Plot Stability
This section was my biggest complaint with the script.
So the whole script revolves around Deckard needing...
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...
If I remember right, I called the 2018 Halloween film the best sequel in the franchise. Aside from Halloween 3 of course.
https://writetoreel.com/happy-halloween-2018-the-best-of-all-halloween-sequels
This time around I can easily say that Halloween Kills is...
