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...
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...
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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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 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...
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Coyotes - I was hoping for a bit more humor and a lot more gore. Instead, I got annoyed by the...
An excerpt from my script review for Retribution which will be available 09/11/23:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
So I finished my summer gig about two weeks ago.
Should have been ready to go the...
God, what is that smell? Did you shit yourself? Something is in the air. Oh wait, I know what it is. It’s love. Love is in the air again and it smells...
An excerpt from my script review for The Substance which will be available 10/08/24:
3.) Quality of Characters
Elisabeth, the fading star who’s reached the end of her career.
Sue, the ideal image of youth...
An excerpt from my script review for The Sting (1973) which will be available 09/23/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
So…this was started yesterday, but mom is visiting from Florida all week. Over the weekend we...
An excerpt from my script review for Nosferatu which will be available 02/10/25:
5.) Format
When setting out as an amateur screenwriter it’s important to know the difference between a spec script (meaning speculative,...
