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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
The best way I can describe Colossal to you is it is Godzilla meets Heathers. The Godzilla part sure, that’s a no brainer. It has giant kaiju monsters in it. But why...
I was at a crossroads this week as to which film I should review. Netflix had The Dirt, the bio picture about the 80’s hair metal band Mötley Crüe. I was never...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Weapons (2025) which will be available 08/11/25:
What Worked
The Hook - This film has a fantastic hook, which is important because it makes for a great logline....
Hi all. Getting to the schedule early today so everyone can see where they stand.
Trying to include those of you who are contributing to the sites (mainly swapping reviews in the...
An excerpt from my script review for Lethal Weapon (1985 Draft) which will be available 01/10/17:
4.) Dialogue and Description
The description I enjoyed.
Short punctual style that’s both clever and easily digestible.
(Apologize the scanned...
Hi all and Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Remember Roy and I made the decision to do one sold script a week, and now we have the pleasure of introducing our first Reader Review...
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,...
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...
