The Invisible Man – Mine that public domain!

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...

Send Help – The same, only different.

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...

Roofman – Could Channing save it?

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...

What Could Have Been: Captain Blood Reboot (1994)

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...

10 Best Films of 2025 – aka 4th Annual Cagey Awards!!!

Here's the Captain's Top 10 Films of 2025! (With a few Nic Cage special mentions.) 4th Annual Golden Cagey Awards! Nicholas Cage is here again, celebrating another year of The Golden Cagey Awards. And once...

Marty Supreme – Was Chalamet stuck in character?

An excerpt from my script review for Marty Supreme which will be available 03/17/26: 3.) Quality of Characters So why didn’t I care about the story? Marty’s a prick, plain and simple. We’re told, as amateur...
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Terminator Genisys – Why is Skynet so Stupid?

An excerpt from my script review for Terminator Genisys which will be available 07/20/15: 2.) Plot Stability This script checked all the boxes, plot-wise, but I can’t shake the feeling we’ve seen this all...

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...

Write to Reals: X (2022)

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...

Top 10 WORST Films of 2019 – The Captain’s List!

I had a plan for my top 10 list this year, but that plan fell apart, mostly because it relied on how bad Cats really was. The issue with that however, is...

The Outsider – Good Netflix Yakuza Film?

This marks my first ever review of a Japanese yakuza film… that was directed by a white French guy. Honestly though, I had to double check who made this because it felt...

Wonder Woman – Better than Marvel?

As much of a fan as I am of the Fast and Furious films, I don't remember Gal Gadot being in them. Of course when she did those films, no one has...

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...

Jurassic Park Script Review

Hi all. First off, thanks to Jordan for contributing our Reader Review for this week, and doing a fine job. This script is certainly a blast from the past for me. Not only did this...

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