The Captain's List is in!!!
25. The Phoenician Scheme – It was reminding me a lot of Wes Anderson’s older films, before he got heavy into making films that seem more like plays. But I’d...
An excerpt from my script review for Weapons which will be available 01/20/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
Before we go too far into this…
Maddie’s voice over in the beginning.
She opens the story, but then...
An excerpt from my script review for Anaconda which will be available 01/13/26:
2.) Plot Stability
This felt very Jaws like, in that there’s a lot of eerie shit going on and we don’t...
An excerpt from my script review for KPop Demon Hunters which will be available 12/31/25:
https://youtu.be/LW9QJIT_T-A
Summer 2025. New Smyrna Beach, FL.
Now if you remember the previous family summer vacation we witnessed the glory...
An excerpt from my script review for Is This Thing On? which will be available 12/22/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
I forget exactly where I read it, but this is loosely based on...
An excerpt from my script review for The Cabin in the Woods which will be available 12/08/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Have you ever stopped to think that a title works as a...
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.
An excerpt from Reals' script review for I.S.S. which will be available 01/28/24:
What Worked
The First Page - I like they way this opens - with a bit of text reading:
Right now aboard the...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for The Addams Family which will be available 09/08/25:
3.) Quality of Characters
One of my favorite aspects of this reboot, not having seen much of the original...
An excerpt from my script review for Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon which will be available 09/15/25:
2.) Plot Stability
Admittedly I did minimal research before reading this script so as not to persuade my...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for The Holdovers which will be available 02/05/24:
3.) Quality of Characters
Paul and Angus play well off each other.
Paul thinks Angus has potential, and Angus acts out...
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 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...
