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25. The Phoenician Scheme – It was reminding me a lot of Wes Anderson’s older films, before he got heavy into making films that seem more like plays. But I’d...
An excerpt from my script review for Weapons which will be available 01/20/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
Before we go too far into this…
Maddie’s voice over in the beginning.
She opens the story, but then...
An excerpt from my script review for Anaconda which will be available 01/13/26:
2.) Plot Stability
This felt very Jaws like, in that there’s a lot of eerie shit going on and we don’t...
An excerpt from my script review for KPop Demon Hunters which will be available 12/31/25:
https://youtu.be/LW9QJIT_T-A
Summer 2025. New Smyrna Beach, FL.
Now if you remember the previous family summer vacation we witnessed the glory...
An excerpt from my script review for Is This Thing On? which will be available 12/22/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
I forget exactly where I read it, but this is loosely based on...
An excerpt from my script review for The Cabin in the Woods which will be available 12/08/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Have you ever stopped to think that a title works as a...
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 my script review for Infinite which will be available 06/14/21:
4.) Dialogue and Description
The main point to take away from this section is that it’s okay to be clever, but...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Memory (2022) which will be available 07/11/22:
What Worked
The Opening - I really like this opening, where a gangster is killed when he visits his elderly mother...
Here it is...
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Dark Harvest – This was the one I was most excited for after watching the trailer. Which could only mean one thing: it was...
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...
I got a long list to get through, so no stalling. These are just some of the worst films I’ve seen in 2021. Exempt are almost every Bruce Willis stinker I managed...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for House of Mourning which will be available 01/06/22:
Hi All!
A happy New Year to each of you! My New Year started off with a big bang...
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 Nightmare Alley which will be available 01/10/22:
3.) Quality of Characters
Stan’s an antihero.
We get that once he sets Pete up.
(A fact I feel was pretty glossed...
