An excerpt from my script review for Project Hail Mary which will be available 05/22/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Based on the novel by Andy Weir.
Ah…that elusive “based on” that instantly garners the...
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...
We break scripts down the Monday after its opening weekend. Read detailed reviews and see what current writers selling scripts are doing right, and sometimes wrong.
An excerpt from my script review for Searching (2018) which will be available 06/03/19:
2.) Plot Stability
From the get go we’re thrown into the “computer style” that plays out like an early 90s...
Recently I’ve been watching this guy’s Youtube channel where he hoards up on blurays and DVDs. And it got me thinking about my own collection. I used to have a pretty extensive...
Amateur Script: b>Vampire Prison by Peggy
Logline: In a soon to be closed decrepit, island prison off the coast of Seattle an ancient vampire buried for a hundred years is awakened. Can a...
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...
https://youtu.be/w3ugHP-yZXw
I want to get this out of the way now. I thought this film was terrible. You won’t have to read through page after page of my ranting and raving just to...
An excerpt from my script review for Sicario which will be available 11/02/15:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Dialogue was a real issue for me.
The whole Alejandro voice-over could easily be left out. The...
Happy Sunday one and all.
Today we're taking a look at a project, that isn't necessarily bad, but gives us a good example of one thing, the importance of the logline.
Let's take a...
The Captain tortures himself with what was meant to be a family friendly review. Naturally, things go wrong...
Nine Lives
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a review and I thought...
