An excerpt from my script review for A Minecraft Movie which will be available 02/24/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Minecraft.
My kids played it. You or your kids probably played it.
I tried playing it...
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 Superman (2025) which will be available 02/09/26:
2.) Plot Stability
The thing I liked about this, and Matt Reeves The Batman, is that we’re moving away from including...
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...
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An excerpt from my script review for Flight Review which will be available 02/02/25:
2.) Plot Stability
Before reading, I noticed that this film wasn’t getting the best of reviews.
Sometimes that’s to be expected...
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 Wicked: Part One which will be available 01/13/25:
2.) Plot Stability
Before we go too far into this, I’ve never seen the show/musical, nor did I watch...
An excerpt from my script review for Lake Placid which will be available 04/07/25:
5.) Format
We’ve discussed it before, but know what you’re reading.
By that, I mean you should be reading several scripts...
An excerpt from my script review for Conclave which will be available 12/31/24:
3.) Quality of Characters
Here’s the nuts and bolts of the review.
“Every cardinal, deep down inside, has already chosen the name...
An excerpt from my script review for Blink Twice which will be available 10/14/24:
5.) Format
Don’t take your reader’s time for granted.
My son is currently applying to colleges.
As I reviewed his essays and...
An excerpt from my script review for Prey which will be available 11/10/25:
2.) Plot Stability
This came out during that magical time after Covid that the Cap’n and I were so fond of.
Theaters...
Hi all.
Feels almost like cheating, with this review being a week early…
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Some of you may remember my part in a review done on Halloween 3 which the Cap’n...
