An excerpt from my script review for The Addams Family which will be available 09/08/25:
3.) Quality of Characters
One of my favorite aspects of this reboot, not having seen much of the original...
An excerpt from my script review for World War Z which will be available 08/26/25:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Alright, here’s the main focus of discussion.
So this script was 120 pages of actual text....
On one hand I want to talk about this movie, because I have a lot to say about it. but on the other, I really don’t want to spoil anything for you,...
An excerpt from my script review for Long Distance which will be available 08/19/25:
2.) Plot Stability
The premise of the story is solid.
What we’re going to focus on in this section however is...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Weapons (2025) which will be available 08/11/25:
What Worked
The Hook - This film has a fantastic hook, which is important because it makes for a great logline....
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Eddington which will be available 07/21/25:
What Needs Work
A COVID-19 Western - Look, it says this on the title page, and that description does not really inspire...
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.
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Coming Home In The Dark – New Zealand based horror film and not Australia like I thought. Still, I enjoyed it, but found myself not...
HORROR MONTH 2024
It’s finally here! The month we have all been waiting for! Okay, maybe not everybody, but anyone who loves to watch horror movies at least. And I got two big...
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...
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...
It looks like 2023 was the year for bad movies. And it was the year of movies that people loved and for some reason I hated. But really that could be said...
I got a long list to get through, so no stalling. These are just some of the worst films I’ve seen in 2021. Exempt are almost every Bruce Willis stinker I managed...
An excerpt from my script review for The Wendigo (1970) which will be available 09/12/22:
5.) Format
This script had a lot going for it, but here’s where I want to spend the bulk...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Memory (2022) which will be available 07/11/22:
What Worked
The Opening - I really like this opening, where a gangster is killed when he visits his elderly mother...
