An excerpt from my script review for The Descent which will be available 07/24/24:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Some weeks I’m completely clueless on what to review.
Scripts for films out in theaters are...
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...
Being the giant fan that I am of the Beverly Hills Cop movies, I jumped for joy (no actual jumping took place) at the thought of another film added to the franchise...
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 The Bokeriders which will be available 07/01/24:
2.) Plot Stability
At best, this felt like episode one of a documentary miniseries that we’ll never see the rest...
An excerpt from my script review for The Watchers (2024) which will be available 8/25/14:
2.) Plot Stability
Before I go any further, the story wasn’t bad.
In fact, I actually enjoyed it once Mina...
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.
My Best Friend’s Exorcism – Set in the 80’s with a ton of 80’s references that I know for a fact the young cast had no idea what they were saying to one...
I want to play a game.
Those iconic words haven’t been uttered in a good Saw movie in a long time. At least, according to the teenager who was ripping my ticket at the theater...
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...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Wonka which will be available 01/08/24:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Here’s where we’re going to spend most of our time.
Pitching a spec script is quite the challenge.
Pitching...
An excerpt from my script review for Die Hard (1988) which will be available 11/06/23:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Here’s where I was most impressed.
We’re constantly arguing to make your description memorable, using subtext...
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 Cobweb which will be available 09/18/23:
2.) Plot Stability
“The same, only different.”
Arguably one of the most overused and generic statements we’re given (in one form or...
