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...

Obsession – An argument for why you DON’T need college to be successful in screenwriting…

An excerpt from my script review for Obsession which will be available 07/07/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Be careful who you wish for… That’s a great logline, tagline, however you want to pitch it. As long...

Backrooms – Why an A24 sequel will (most likely) flop.

An excerpt from my script review for Backrooms which will be available 06/26/26: 2.) Plot Stability As I watched the “found footage” videos initially, did I kick around the idea of writing a script...

What Could Have Been: Friday the 13th – Camp Blood (aka The Death of Jason Voorhees)

An excerpt from my script review for the Friday the 13th sequel Camp Blood by Swift and Shannon which will be available 06/05/26: 2.) Plot Stability So this is the second installment for Friday the...

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...
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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,...

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...

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 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...

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...

Spider-Man: No Way Home – Pointless Concerns?

An excerpt from my script review for Spider-Man: No Way Home which will be available 01/31/22: 2.) Plot Stability First and foremost, let me start by saying I enjoyed this film. All the “fan service”...

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...

Amsterdam – Cashing in on Swifties before it was cool?

An excerpt from my script review for Amsterdam which will be available 02/12/24: 2.) Plot Stability It’s the day after the Super Bowl (hopefully Travis Kelce hasn't dumped her, or vice versa), and if...

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