An excerpt from my script review for The Death of Robin Hood which will be available 08/24/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
This is Robin at the end of his career, and looking for...
An excerpt from my script review for X (2022) which will be available 08/18/26:
After the "excitement" of Reals' X film review, I had to check the script out for myself...
2.) Plot Stability
This...
An excerpt from my script review for The Odyssey which will be available 08/07/26:
2.) Plot Stability
I’ll come right out and admit it, this was not my favorite Christopher Nolan project.
It wasn’t bad, but similar to...
An excerpt from my script review for Mother Mary which will be available 08/03/26:
4.) Dialogue and Description
As sharp as the dialogue was when Sam and Mary get together, the description was not...
An excerpt from my script review for The Social Network which will be available 07/20/26:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Here’s where we’ll be spending a good chunk of our time.
Let’s just get the description...
An excerpt from my script review for Obsession which will be available 07/07/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Be careful who you wish for…
That’s a great logline, tagline, however you want to pitch it. As long...
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Love is in the air. That and covid. Love and covid, the new Steven Soderbergh film coming soon straight to HBOMax.
I can’t really remember the last time I reviewed a movie just...
Hi all.
It’s that magical time of year again when the Cap’n and I do our Halloween Double Feature!
This year we decided on a classic…
1.) Marketability of the Idea
It’s a vampire story.
Two bank...
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 The Beast of Bedburg (Grey List 2023) which will be available 03/13/23:
Hi All!
I’m filling in for Hank today with a script from the new “Grey...
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 Shutter Island (2010) which will be available 03/12/24:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
We’re constantly telling you to consider writing a contained horror.
Why? Because it’s one of...
An excerpt from my script review for Red Palms (Unproduced Action script) which will be available 07/17/24:
2.) Plot Stability
My biggest issue here was that it took too long to get Tommy and...
An excerpt from my script review for The Mummy by Jon Spaihts which will be available 11/14/23:
2.) Plot Stability
Okay, here’s the major difference…
In the final film, the Mummy is of an Egyptian...