Horror Month 2025: Week 1

The first week of Horror Month is complete! Here is everything I watched. Feel free to list every horror related movie or series you watched as well, I'm always on the hunt...

What Could Have Been: Vanderbilt’s The Long Walk Adaptation

An excerpt from my script review for The Long Walk (unproduced by James Vanderbilt) which will be available 10/06/25: 2.) Plot Stability Just a reminder, this is for Vanderbilt’s unproduced version and not the...

Horror Month 2025!

It’s that time again, the month of all things spooky, creepy and stinky. Because like every year, I know a majority of the films on this list are going to be real...

Him (2025) – WTF?!…but in a GOOD way!

An excerpt from my script review for Him (aka The Goat) which will be available 09/29/25: 2.) Plot Stability I thoroughly enjoyed this script. Benny is entering Connor’s world, and he feels like he’s by himself, but...

The Sting – Does it still hold up? (…and RIP Robert Redford)

An excerpt from my script review for The Sting (1973) which will be available 09/23/25: 1.) Marketability of the Idea So…this was started yesterday, but mom is visiting from Florida all week. Over the weekend we...

What Could Have Been – Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon

An excerpt from my script review for Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon which will be available 09/15/25: 2.) Plot Stability Admittedly I did minimal research before reading this script so as not to persuade my...
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Horror Month 2023 – The Preshow!

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...

Vengeance – Painfully…funny?

An excerpt from my script review for Vengeance which will be available 08/15/22: 2.) Plot Stability Carrying through on that Michael Scott/Ryan Howard love child idea… Remember those early episodes of The Office that can really only...

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...

The Swallow – Can this Bloodlist script be improved?

An excerpt from my script review for The 2017 Bloodlist Script: The Swallow which will be available 06/16/25: 2.) Plot Stability For me, the idea of a sentient “monster” in the form of these...

Horror Month 2023 – Week 2!

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The Burial – Just because it’s “inspired by” actual events…

An excerpt from my script review for The Burial (2023) which will be available 11/29/23: 1.) Marketability of the Idea …doesn’t mean it’ll make for an interesting story. (Wondered where I was going with that...

The Holdovers – Is part of this story familiar?

An excerpt from my script review for The Holdovers which will be available 02/05/24: 3.) Quality of Characters Paul and Angus play well off each other. Paul thinks Angus has potential, and Angus acts out...

Species – Sooner or later you gotta CATCH your monster!

An excerpt from my script review for Species which will be available 11/05/24: 2.) Plot StabilityTwo major issues here I wanted to discuss.The first is what I referred to as I read as...

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