28 Years Later – Not as bad as everyone says?

An excerpt from my script review for 28 Years Later which will be available 09/02/26: 2.) Plot Stability Truth be told I probably should have seen or read the second installment before the third. By...

The Death of Robin Hood – More A24’s Speed…

An excerpt from my script review for The Death of Robin Hood which will be available 08/24/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea This is Robin at the end of his career, and looking for...

X – Don’t Mess with Pearl!

An excerpt from my script review for X (2022) which will be available 08/18/26: After the "excitement" of Reals' X film review, I had to check the script out for myself... 2.) Plot Stability This...

The Odyssey – Is it YOUR favorite Nolan project?

An excerpt from my script review for The Odyssey which will be available 08/07/26: 2.) Plot Stability I’ll come right out and admit it, this was not my favorite Christopher Nolan project. It wasn’t bad, but similar to...

Mother Mary – Aaron Sorkin level dialogue?

An excerpt from my script review for Mother Mary which will be available 08/03/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description As sharp as the dialogue was when Sam and Mary get together, the description was not...

The Social Network – Learning from Sorkin…

An excerpt from my script review for The Social Network which will be available 07/20/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description Here’s where we’ll be spending a good chunk of our time. Let’s just get the description...
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No One Lives – Need more than “weird for weird’s sake”?

An excerpt from my script review for No One Lives (2012) which will be available 03/05/24: 3.) Quality of Characters Emma and Driver. We’re presented with this really weird dynamic, which is good, but it’s...

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...

Deadpool and Wolverine – Got what we deserved.

An excerpt from my script review for Deadpool and Wolverine which will be available 12/10/24: 2.) Plot Stability It’s said that the line is blurred on where Ryan Reynolds ends and Deadpool begins. Although both...

Horror Month 2025: Week 4

Feel free to check out Week 3 and make sure to follow along on Twitter: http://x.com/CPeachfuzz Coyotes - I was hoping for a bit more humor and a lot more gore. Instead, I got annoyed by the...

The Good Nurse – Slow Build of Creepy

An excerpt from my script review for The Good Nurse which will be available 12/12/22: 2.) Plot Stability The overall question I had with the plot, initially, was how could this happen? Death after death...

Write to Reals: Unproduced “Dark Universe” Wolfman Project

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...

Marlowe – Get in and Get to it!

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...

Write to Reals – What we can learn from Memory

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...

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