Elevator Game – Horror Written Right

An excerpt from my script review for Elevator Game which will be available 06/02/25: 2.) Plot Stability First and foremost, the beauty of the script is we’re presented the “rules” clearly and early. The legend...

Write to Reals: Final Destination’s X-Files Origins

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Flight 180 (X-Files Spec Script) which will be available 05/25/25: What Worked The Page Count - Right off the bat I like that this thing comes in under...

Elysium – The Dilemma of a Reluctant Hero.

An excerpt from my script review for Elysium which will be available 05/19/25: 3.) Quality of Characters Wow…I was really surprised that this script wasn’t reviewed before… Going back through the thread for it, there’s...

Warfare – Can your script be mostly description and still work?

An excerpt from my script review for Warfare which will be available 05/12/25: 4.) Dialogue and Description Can you write an interesting story without any dialogue? It’s not until page 12 before we have our...

Final Destination – THIS is what launched the franchise?

An excerpt from my script review for Final Destination which will be available 05/05/25: 2.) Plot Stability With Final Destination: Bloodlines coming out later this month, I wanted to take a look at the original. In fact,...

Write to Reals – Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City which will be available 04/27/25: What Worked The Woman on the Road - This, I believe, is a scene from the game Resident...
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Touching Blue

Hank here. Headed back to Amazon Studios to check out another script that they seem to be excited about. Today's pick is Touching Blue (which I thought was about someone jumping high and touching...

Logan – Best or Worst X-Men Movie?

I’m finding it really hard to come up with anything negative to say about this film. I mean, there’s a few nitpicks I could have and sure, I had my hesitations beforehand...

Drago – Does the idea have merit?

An excerpt from my script review for Drago which will be available 01/25/16: 1.) Marketability of the Idea First, take a look at this… Rocky Franchise Box Office Stats Creed alone cost $35 million to make,...

Thunder Force…and a BONUS Review!

My expectations were pretty low going into Thunder Force, I mean it’s called Thunder Force, what do you expect? The plot is okay enough, it does feel like a setup for a Chuck...

Leveraging Our Notes with Agents and Producers

Hi all. Today we have a guest writer sharing with us his experience of what he did after receiving our notes, our friend from the forums, Michael Jennings. Simply put, he received a positive...

Pixels – Can Dinklage Save Sandler?

An excerpt from The Captain's film review of Pixels which will be available 8/16/15: He called the shit poop! The short this is based on is great, everyone check it out if you haven’t...

Horror Month Part 2 – Lights Out

The Captain continues horror month with part 2 of his 4 part October series, this week reviewing Lights Out. Enjoy... https://youtu.be/6LiKKFZyhRU I forget which review it was… I want to say it was my review...

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...

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