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...
Here's the Captain's Top 10 Films of 2025!
(With a few Nic Cage special mentions.)
4th Annual Golden Cagey Awards!
Nicholas Cage is here again, celebrating another year of The Golden Cagey Awards. And once...
An excerpt from my script review for Marty Supreme which will be available 03/17/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
So why didn’t I care about the story?
Marty’s a prick, plain and simple.
We’re told, as amateur...
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.
I was very excited to see The Wretched, a new horror take on Rear Window, about a teenage boy facing off with a thousand year-old witch who is posing as “The Woman” next door....
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 In the Heights which will be available 06/28/21:
3.) Quality of Characters
So following along with my initial thought from the last section, we knew where this...
An excerpt from my script review for The Thing (1982) which will be available 11/15/21:
2.) Plot Stability
Sure, the film is from 1982, but before you call it outdated and move on, realize...
An excerpt from my script review for Fear Street Part One: 1994 which will be available 10/11/21:
3.) Quality of Characters
Generic Baddies.
Holly. Hooded Figure. Nightwing Killer.
First off, all I could think of when...
An excerpt from my script review for Final Destination which will be available 05/05/25:
2.) Plot Stability
With Final Destination: Bloodlines coming out later this month, I wanted to take a look at the original.
In fact,...
An excerpt from my script review for The Card Counter which will be available 09/13/21:
5.) Format
One tip given to amateur screenwriters is to read professional scripts.
That scripts. Plural.
The issue with just reading...
An excerpt from my script review for What Could Have Been: Captain Nemo origin story which will be available 02/19/24:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Did you know Disney+ was rebooting 20,000 Leagues Under the...
