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...

Roofman – Could Channing save it?

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...

What Could Have Been: Captain Blood Reboot (1994)

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...

10 Best Films of 2025 – aka 4th Annual Cagey Awards!!!

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...
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Horror Month 2022 – Week 3!

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...

Being the Ricardos – Mr. Sorkin’s Good

An excerpt from my script review for Being the Ricardos which will be available 12/27/21: 1.) Marketability of the Idea This script clocked in at 193 pages (mostly due to some unusual formatting) and...

The Fly – Old School Love Triangle

An excerpt from my script review for The Fly which will be available 11/07/22: 3.) Quality of Characters Good character connections. Veronica. A Lois Lane type, if you will. She’s a smart reporter that’s out to...

Insomnia – Give your thriller detective things to do!

An excerpt from my script review for Insomnia (2002) which will be available 10/17/22: 2.) Plot Stability The tone is set pretty early on. We’re given a sexy little scene of a woman’s body being...

Horror Month 2021: Week 1

It's that time of year again! No One Gets Out Alive – Found this movie to be pretty poorly executed, but had an interesting creature design, leading up to a face eating vagina monster lady. However the plot suffers from incoherency at...

They Cloned Tyrone – Do Stereotypes Sell?

An excerpt from my script review for They Cloned Tyrone which will be available 07/19/23: 1.) Marketability of the Idea This is one of those “list scripts” in that it was on the Blacklist...

Shut In (2022) – Nice example of contained.

An excerpt from my script review for Shut In which will be available 02/14/22: 2.) Plot Stability As I mentioned above, this script was an excellent example of a contained horror thriller. In fact, what...

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...

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