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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
An excerpt from my script review for Wonka which will be available 01/08/24:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Here’s where we’re going to spend most of our time.
Pitching a spec script is quite the challenge.
Pitching...
