Mortal Kombat II – Bye Cole!

There used to be 2 camps, those who played Mortal Kombat and those who played Killer Instinct. I hated KI, I can’t remember why, I think because of how the characters moved....

Project Hail Mary – See! Self Publishing DOES Work!

An excerpt from my script review for Project Hail Mary which will be available 05/22/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Based on the novel by Andy Weir. Ah…that elusive “based on” that instantly garners the...

May the 4th Be With You! – The Star Wars First (and STILL rough) Draft

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,...

AI vs. Hollywood – Where are we headed?

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...

The Invisible Man – Mine that public domain!

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...

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...
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Ricky Stanicky – Script vs. Film

An excerpt from my script review for Ricky Stanicky which will be available 09/09/24: 3.) Quality of Characters Giving an audience “original” character connections. In the script there’s this tired “love triangle” between Ted, his...

Write to Reals: House of Mourning

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...

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...

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...

Let’s Be Cops – Act 2…begin the Fun and Games!

An excerpt from my script review for Let's Be Cops which will be available 04/14/25: 2.) Plot Stability What I want to focus on is the “fun and games” aspect of this script, because...

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...

Fresh Blood 2022 – The Lock-In

An excerpt from Reals' Fresh Blood 2022 script review for The Lock-In which will be available 12/04/22: What Worked The White Space - There's was lots of white space and the read went very quickly,...

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T – Seuss’s only written feature?

An excerpt from my script review for The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T which will be available 05/13/24: 1.) Marketability of the Idea According to the initial post, this was the only project ever...

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