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 Beekeeper which will be available 05/28/24:
2.) Plot Stability
Full disclaimer…
I saw this before I read it, and I fell asleep. However that day I was also up...
An excerpt from my script review for Mortal Kombat which will be available 04/26/21:
3.) Quality of Characters
Cole.
From what I gathered, he’s a new addition to this story.
I enjoyed him, his relationship with...
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10. White Noise – The biggest issue I had with this film was no one talks like normal people. They all talk like they’re acting; nothing feels natural...
An excerpt from my script review for Those Who Walk Away which will be available 02/22/22:
5.) Format
The Cinema of the Unsettling.
https://youtu.be/RzrzOwyGQFI
Part of me wanted to cut right to Gabe’s video.
However, following the...
An excerpt from my script review for The 2017 Bloodlist Script: The Swallow which will be available 06/16/25:
2.) Plot Stability
For me, the idea of a sentient “monster” in the form of these...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Christopher McQuarrie's early draft of The Wolverine which will be available 07/07/24:
What Worked
Some Good Description - Even though this is too long, I like what the...
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 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...
