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 World War Z which will be available 08/26/25:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Alright, here’s the main focus of discussion.
So this script was 120 pages of actual text....
An excerpt from my script review for Long Distance which will be available 08/19/25:
2.) Plot Stability
The premise of the story is solid.
What we’re going to focus on in this section however is...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Weapons (2025) which will be available 08/11/25:
What Worked
The Hook - This film has a fantastic hook, which is important because it makes for a great logline....
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Eddington which will be available 07/21/25:
What Needs Work
A COVID-19 Western - Look, it says this on the title page, and that description does not really inspire...
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Logline: In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves...
An excerpt from my script review for Wind Chill which will be available 03/24/25:
2.) Plot Stability
Despite the lackluster performance at the box office, this story did a lot of things right in...
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...
An excerpt from my Interstellar Script Analysis which will be available 11/10/14:
2.) Plot Stability
Finding NASA
(Movie) A "gravity ghost" is in Murph's room, and gives the coordinates via a binary dirt message on...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Grudge (2020) which will be available 01/13/2020:
Hi All!
Hope you had a safe and restful holiday season, but it is now January, and you know...
I was very excited to see The Wretched, a new horror take on Rear Window, about a teenage boy facing off with a thousand year-old witch who is posing as “The Woman” next door....
An excerpt from my script review for Ford v Ferrari which will be available 11/20/19:
4.) Dialogue and Description
What do you do if you have a “technical” style of action/description that doesn’t read...
An excerpt from my script review for Tully which will be available 05/07/18:
3.) Quality of Characters
I will forgive the predictable plot if one thing holds true…
Diablo Cody is Marlo.
TULLY
What’s wrong with that?...
