An excerpt from my script review for Deadpool and Wolverine which will be available 12/10/24:
2.) Plot Stability
It’s said that the line is blurred on where Ryan Reynolds ends and Deadpool begins.
Although both...
An excerpt from my script review for Red One which will be available 12/02/24:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
For some reason, after the cat waking us up and me putting him downstairs, I...
An excerpt from my script review for Heretic which will be available 11/18/24:
2.) Plot Stability
Having run long in my complaints in the first section, I’m going to try and be more focused...
An excerpt from my script review for Twisters which will be available 11/11/24:
3.) Quality of Characters
There is one character that returns, that I forgot to mention.
The Twister.
This time it even brings along...
What makes a Christmas movie, a Christmas movie? It has long been debated if classics like Die Hard is a Christmas movie. It is. And the same goes to The Nightmare Before...
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...
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.
Dear Write to Reelers,
As many of you know, screenwriter/member Pete Bridges just sold a spec script to Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment! Pete started through the screenwriting website, Virtual Pitch Fest, where he...
Hi all.
A bit late today, and I apologize, but our youngest is entering that stage where she wakes up regularly at 2am. The wife keeps getting up with her, which I...
An excerpt from The Captain's movie review for American Ultra which will be available 8/30/15.
Will it be funny enough for his tastes?
Mike and Phoebe (Kristen Stewart’s character) are madly in love. They...
Amateur Script: b>Vampire Prison by Peggy
Logline: In a soon to be closed decrepit, island prison off the coast of Seattle an ancient vampire buried for a hundred years is awakened. Can a...
Hi all.
You get to start another exciting week with your pal, Hank. (Try to contain your excitement.)
Today we're taking a look at Condesa by H.L. Wheeler
Precocious Lisa, at 7, can recite...
We had a discussion on the forums where Roy and I were asked how we plan out and write our characters.
Personally, I didn't have a process, other than writing a character down...
An excerpt from our article Tips to Novelize Your Scripts which will be available 09/21/15:
What are the benefits of converting your screenplay to a novel?
The first benefit is that it will get...
****Voting ENDS 4/17/15
Hi all,
We've narrowed the entries down to the following loglines. Please vote for the project you'd most like to see me review. (Loglines below the poll.)
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