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!
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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...
An excerpt from my script review for The Lost Boys (1987) which will be available 03/09/26:
4.) Dialogue and Description
So…my biggest complaint with the script…
Page 14:
A loud rock group performs.
Talk about underselling it!!!
This...
An excerpt from my script review for Sinners which will be available 03/03/26:
2.) Plot Stability
The script opens a bit differently from the film.
Here we’re presented with a burned man running from a...
An excerpt from my script review for A Minecraft Movie which will be available 02/24/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Minecraft.
My kids played it. You or your kids probably played it.
I tried playing it...
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 Reals' script review for Cub which will be available 05/09/21:
What Worked
The Page Count - At 89 pages the script knows how to get in and get out. We are already...
An excerpt from 3way's script review for All the Old Knives which will be available 05/04/22:
I think it is worth mentioning that this draft is from 2014, so quite a while ago....
An excerpt from my script review for Dune which will be available 10/25/21:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
One of the mistakes I think a lot of people make is thinking Dune will be...
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 Reals' script review for Lou which will be available 10/23/22:
What Needed Work
The Page Length - This comes in at 115 pages (114 plus the title page) which made me hesitate....
Finishing out the month!
(And don't forget to check out Week 3!)
Apocalypse Clown – Not a horror film, I would say the title is a bit misleading, but I guess it did deliver what...
An excerpt from my script review for Oxygen which will be available 05/12/21:
2.) Plot Stability
It was a cool little story.
The thing to remember about contained plots is…
Make mountains out of mole hills.
I...
An excerpt from my script review for Cry Macho which will be available 09/27/21:
3.) Quality of Characters
Remember when he talked to the chair?
https://youtu.be/MsndkdlXyS4
That’s what I get called back to anytime I read/watch...
