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...
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...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Sinners which will be available 03/03/26:
2.) Plot Stability
The script opens a bit differently from the film.
Here we’re presented with a burned man running from a...
An excerpt from my script review for A Minecraft Movie which will be available 02/24/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Minecraft.
My kids played it. You or your kids probably played it.
I tried playing it...
God, what is that smell? Did you shit yourself? Something is in the air. Oh wait, I know what it is. It’s love. Love is in the air again and it smells...
We break scripts down the Monday after its opening weekend. Read detailed reviews and see what current writers selling scripts are doing right, and sometimes wrong.
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...
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...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for John Wick: Chapter 4 which will be available 12/18/23:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
John. Wick.
Those two words right there are enough explanation for this section if...
This is the final week of Horror Month, but don't forget to check out the earlier installments like Week 3.
It's the final week for #HorrorMonth and I actually have a few recommends...
Another year, another October, which means another steady stream of horror movies getting reviewed. A little something I like to call “Horror Month”.
If you don’t know, I’ll be watching and reviewing movies...
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...
Vesper – Not exactly a horror film, more dystopian sci-fi. But it does have some horror elements to it that were pretty good. The film in general was actually pretty good. Mutated plant...
