May the 4th Be With You! – The Star Wars First (and STILL rough) Draft

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,...

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...
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Horror Month 2023 – Week 2!

(And don't forget to check out Week 1 here!) Pet Sematary: Bloodlines – I kind of had high hopes for this one, as I am a fan of the Pet Sematary films, or at...

Hustle – But with a Chinese Twist!

An excerpt from my script review for Hustle (2022) which will be available 07/05/22: 1.) Marketability of the Idea When someone mentioned this script was available to review, I couldn’t help but think I...

The Whale – Social Issues Implemented at Just Right?

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...

Cobweb – The same, only different.

An excerpt from my script review for Cobweb which will be available 09/18/23: 2.) Plot Stability “The same, only different.” Arguably one of the most overused and generic statements we’re given (in one form or...

Horror Month 2022 – Week 4!

Slayers – Let this be a warning to you, if you start a movie and see 10 different production companies that produced it pop up on the screen, just turn the movie off immediately....

Don’t Worry Darling – Fun with thriller characters who…aren’t right.

An excerpt from my script review for Don't Worry Darling which will be available 10/10/22: 3.) Quality of Characters This is what I liked. Creating characters that are…off. As the cast is slowly introduced everyone seems to have...

No One Lives – Need more than “weird for weird’s sake”?

An excerpt from my script review for No One Lives (2012) which will be available 03/05/24: 3.) Quality of Characters Emma and Driver. We’re presented with this really weird dynamic, which is good, but it’s...

Horror Month 2024 – Week Three!

Week three here for free! Don’t forget, each week I’ll give a quick rundown of what I watched and thought of them, usually on Sunday is when I post those. But if you...

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