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...

The Lost Boys – Gratuitous Sax Done Right.

An excerpt from my script review for The Lost Boys (1987) which will be available 03/09/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description So…my biggest complaint with the script… Page 14: A loud rock group performs. Talk about underselling it!!! This...

Sinners – Two brothers walk into a vampire bar…

An excerpt from my script review for Sinners which will be available 03/03/26: 2.) Plot Stability The script opens a bit differently from the film. Here we’re presented with a burned man running from a...

A Minecraft Movie – Are Fads a Risky Bet?

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...

F Valentine’s Day – What does it remind YOU of?

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...
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Guns Akimbo – Was it crazy enough?

If you like the film Wanted, then I’ve got a movie for you, as it’s pretty much the same thing but not nearly as good or memorable. That isn’t to say I didn’t...

Monster – We Hate You Selby.

An excerpt from my script review for Monster (2003) which will be available 06/26/18: 3.) Quality of Characters Let’s get this out of the way right off the bat. “Monster” does not refer to the...

Dhampira

Happy Sunday once again all. Today's script takes us back on the hunt for vampires, or vampiri as our Serbian characters refer to them. In the lore it's also possible for these...

The Do-Over – Another Sandler Flop?

The Captain takes a look at Mr. Sandler's newest release straight to Netflix. Is he worth what they paid him? https://youtu.be/wXvGj_9LNsw If you’ve read my Pixels review, you’ll know about my love-hate relationship...

Zombies vs. Gladiators

First off, I want to apologize and this is a "Hank" review. My reviews are in no way as eloquent or visually appealing as Roy's. For that I apologize. Having said...

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...

Aloha – WTF Did You Just Watch?

An excerpt from The Captain's film review of Aloha which will be available 8/11/15: I’m still trying to wrap my head around how this got made. Did executives read the script or did...

LYSISTRATA CELL – Script Review

Hi all. Today the luck of the draw yields a review of another non-linear script...sort of. LYSISTRATA CELL by OhLisa LOGLINE: When the male population of an oppressive society forces young virgins to breed through...

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