Send Help – The same, only different.

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...

Roofman – Could Channing save it?

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...

What Could Have Been: Captain Blood Reboot (1994)

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...

10 Best Films of 2025 – aka 4th Annual Cagey Awards!!!

Here's the Captain's Top 10 Films of 2025! (With a few Nic Cage special mentions.) 4th Annual Golden Cagey Awards! Nicholas Cage is here again, celebrating another year of The Golden Cagey Awards. And once...

Marty Supreme – Was Chalamet stuck in character?

An excerpt from my script review for Marty Supreme which will be available 03/17/26: 3.) Quality of Characters So why didn’t I care about the story? Marty’s a prick, plain and simple. We’re told, as amateur...

The Lost Boys – Gratuitous Sax Done Right.

An excerpt from my script review for The Lost Boys (1987) which will be available 03/09/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description So…my biggest complaint with the script… Page 14: A loud rock group performs. Talk about underselling it!!! This...
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What Could Have Been – Jon Spaihts The Mummy

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...

Totally Killer – The Cap’n looks at Horror Comedy!

If you’re looking for a horror comedy this month, Amazon Prime has you covered. https://youtu.be/vNm3VPPKEQI After watching the trailer for this teen 80’s time traveling slasher, I was not amused. The humor did not...

Elemental – Too Heavy-Handed?

An excerpt from my script review for Elemental (2023) which will be available 11/21/23: 2.) Plot Stability It started off well enough. The idea of these two fire elementals going to Elemental City for a...

Infinite – Be clever…but not too clever.

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...

First Blood – Simple Excuse for Action

An excerpt from my script review for First Blood which will be available 04/30/24: 3.) Quality of Characters Will Teasle. Nothing in this script happens without him. Think about that…we don’t get to see just how...

The 1st Annual Golden Cagey Awards: Best of 2022

Thank you for coming! Thanks for being here! We have got one hell of a show tonight! Welcome to the first ever and probably the last Golden Cagey Awards! The Cagey’s as...

The Worst 21 of 2021

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...

Nightmare Alley – Need more meat!

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...

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