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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 Saturday.
Today we're taking a look at a zombie comedy, which deals mostly in physical comedy. One of the question I asked myself is how "funny" does a...
Hi all, and welcome to another week.
Hope no one has a case of the Mondays.
Today we're taking a look at one of those types of scripts with a twist that gets Roy...
