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....
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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Slumber Party Massacre – This one was surprisingly not that bad. It’s a SyFy original movie, so of course I was expecting the worst, but I ended...
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...
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...
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...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for The Whale which will be available 12/27/22:
2.) Plot Stability
Was this the overwhelmingly best story I’ve read all year?
No.
However, I do feel like the project was more than...
