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 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...
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...
Here's the first installment of 2023 for The Capn's most beloved time of year...
Slotherhouse – This might partly be my fault, as I never bothered looking at what this was rated. You have...
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 Reals' script review for The Wolfman (Dark Universe) which will be available 01/23/23:
What Needs Work
So Many Camera Directions - Just on Page 1, we have everything from: CLOSE ON, to...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Marlowe (2022) which will be available 02/27/23:
2.) Plot Stability
The importance to starting STRONG!
Now, we’re not ol’ Billy Monahan with the success of writing The Departed under our...
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...
