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 Reals' script review for The Last Voyage of the Demeter which will be available 08/14/23:
What WorkedClemens - I liked Clemens as our main character - we don’t spend too much...
An excerpt from my script review for 28 Days Later which will be available 07/16/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Tying into the Capn’s review of the 28 Years Later, thought it would be cool to...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery which will be available 01/01/23:
What Worked
The Puzzle Box - It is an interesting opening and a fun way to introduce...
An excerpt from my script review for Séance which will be available 06/07/21:
3.) Quality of Characters
Setting aside the #MeToo movement entirely…
As grown ass men, we should avoid writing these scripts with casts...
An excerpt from my script review for X-Men: Days of Future Past which will be available 06/12/24:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
The Littlest and I started watching X-Men ’97 a few weeks ago and really...
An excerpt from my script review for Nightmare on Elm Street which will be available 10/31/22:
2.) Plot Stability
Like most “monster” horror projects, the bad guy is only as good as the rules...
An excerpt from my script review for The Water Man which will be available 05/24/21:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Blood List. Hit List.
Gaining notoriety via one of these lists is a good way to...
An excerpt from my script review for Spiderhead which will be available 07/25/22:
What Worked
Steve Abnesti - I liked Abnesti as a villain, because he was really charismatic, but you could tell something was...
