Horror Month 2024 – Upcoming Films and Where to Watch!

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...

Kicking and Screaming (2005) – Tighten Your Script!

An excerpt from my script review for Kicking and Screaming (Untitled Soccer Script) which will be available 10/03/24: 2.) Plot Stability The main thing we’re going to talk about here is streamlining your script...

Chimera (aka Ghost Ship) – A Study in Horror (Part Two)

An excerpt from my script review for Chimera (aka Ghost Ship) which will be available 09/23/24: 2.) Plot Stability My thoughts and feelings have been mentioned on this site before, so apologies if you’re...

Ghost Ship – A Study in Horror (Part One)

An excerpt from my script review for Ghost Ship which will be available 09/16/24: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Getting ready for Halloween and Horror Month, I wanted to do a two part review...

Ricky Stanicky – Script vs. Film

An excerpt from my script review for Ricky Stanicky which will be available 09/09/24: 3.) Quality of Characters Giving an audience “original” character connections. In the script there’s this tired “love triangle” between Ted, his...

Write to Reals: Alien 3 – Check it out before Romulus?

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Alien 3 which will be available 08/20/24: What Worked The Length - 96 pages (including the title page) was a pretty solid length for this story. I will...
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What Could Have Been: A McG/Marsilii 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Prequel?

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...

Rebel Moon: Part 2 – The Scargiver

With zero fanfare, or buzz or anticipation whatsoever, Netflix has released the second half of Rebel Moon, giving it the ridiculous title The Scargiver. https://youtu.be/UEJuNHOd8Dw If you thought now your questions would finally be...

Insomnia – Give your thriller detective things to do!

An excerpt from my script review for Insomnia (2002) which will be available 10/17/22: 2.) Plot Stability The tone is set pretty early on. We’re given a sexy little scene of a woman’s body being...

Write to Reals: Lou (2022)

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....

Road House: Remake vs Original

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...

The Morning Show – Plot Longevity?

An excerpt from my pilot script review for The Morning Show which will be available 01/09/23: 2.) Plot Stability Granted we don’t review a lot of scripts for TV projects, and I don’t claim...

They Cloned Tyrone – Do Stereotypes Sell?

An excerpt from my script review for They Cloned Tyrone which will be available 07/19/23: 1.) Marketability of the Idea This is one of those “list scripts” in that it was on the Blacklist...

Horror Month 2022 – Week 4!

Slayers – Let this be a warning to you, if you start a movie and see 10 different production companies that produced it pop up on the screen, just turn the movie off immediately....

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