The Running Man – Still a classic.

An excerpt from my script review for The Running Man which will be available 11/19/25: 2.) Plot Stability With a few minor exceptions, this script follows the 1987 version of the film pretty closely. One...

Prey – Can you reboot an original?

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...

Black Phone 2 – Did we need it?

I really didn’t think I’d like the first Black Phone movie as much as I did. I don’t know if it was the trailers or the fact it was another Blumhouse film,...

Horror Month 2025: Week 4

Feel free to check out Week 3 and make sure to follow along on Twitter: http://x.com/CPeachfuzz Coyotes - I was hoping for a bit more humor and a lot more gore. Instead, I got annoyed by the...

Halloween Double Feature 2025 (Part 2): Cherry Falls – Editing From Hell?

While trying to come up with a movie to team up with Hank with, I ran into a YouTube video talking about horror movies no one has seen. Usually I’ve seen every...

Halloween Double Feature 2025 (Part 1): Cherry Falls – The greatest slasher you’ve never heard of?

Hi all. Happy Halloween!!! It’s the last day of the month that our beloved Cap’n looks forward to all year long…which also means it’s time for another Halloween Double Feature!!! 1.) Marketability of the Idea The...
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Moon – Script Review

Script: Moon by Duncan Jones and Nathan Parker Logline: Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer,...

99 Pages of Zombies (A Working Title)

Hi all. Another week come and gone. Before you hit that "honey do" list, let's spend some time talking ZOMBIES! 99 Pages of Zombies by TheKyleShow Logline: After a series of strange lights are...

Fifth Element Script Review

Script: The Fifth Element by Luc Besson Logline: In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr...

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Happy Saturday once again. How's everyone's weekend so far? Hopefully good, and thanks for spending a bit of it with us. Today we're taking a look at our first completed project from the...

Jennifer’s Body – Pro Script Review

Hi all. After Roy's review of the Juno script and that monumental spanking we got last week on the Diablo Cody Reddit discussion, I wanted to revisit this writer to see if she's...

Script Links 4-9-12

Hi all and here are the scripts we're taking a look at this week. Wednesday 4/11 - Natural Assassin by Lisa Scott In a dystopian near-future, a "natural" born man joins an extremist genetic...

Horror Month Part 3 – The Greasy Strangler

The Horror Month fun continues! This week, The Captain watches, maybe so we don't have to, The Greasy Strangler!!! The Greasy Strangler isn’t a movie, but an experience. Bullshit! I call bullshit...

Write to Reals – The Meg:1996 Unproduced Script Review

An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Meg (1996 Unproduced Draft) which will be available 08/09/18: What Worked Pg. 3 - Floating like Tinkerbell… This is a good line and strong, vivid imagery. Pg. 8...

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