Heretic – Anticipate your audience.

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...

Twisters – Which side to root for?

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...

Terrifier 3 – Tis the Season!

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...

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...

Halloween Double Feature 2024: From Dusk Till Dawn (Part 2)

From Dusk till Dawn is not only one of my favorite Quentin Tarantino scripts but is hands down Robert Rodriguez’s best work. That isn’t to say this is the best thing QT...

Halloween Double Feature 2024: From Dusk Till Dawn (Part 1)

Hi all. It’s that magical time of year again when the Cap’n and I do our Halloween Double Feature! This year we decided on a classic… 1.) Marketability of the Idea It’s a vampire story. Two bank...
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Kicking and Screaming (2005) – Tighten Your Script!

An excerpt from my script review for Kicking and Screaming (Untitled Soccer Script) which will be available 10/03/24: 2.) Plot Stability The main thing we’re going to talk about here is streamlining your script...

Terrifier 3 – Tis the Season!

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...

Twisters – Which side to root for?

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...

Heretic – Anticipate your audience.

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...

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