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.
(Here's Part 2 of this year's Halloween Double Feature, and don't miss Part 1's Script Review.)
Dog will hunt!
Lick my plate, you dog dick!
You just had to learn about sex. S-C-E-X!
The...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Dumb and Dumber To which will be available 11/29/14:
2.) Plot Stability
This script read like Blake Snyder's dream for a comedy.
Catalyst (Page 15) - Harry...
An excerpt from my script review for The Big Short which will be available 12/21/15:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Breaking the 4th wall in a story is generally frowned upon, especially if it’s not...
From the writer of the 1998 Godzilla film and the director of Geostorm, now brings you Bad Samaritan, a fun little thriller that I quite enjoyed.
David Tennant plays Cale Erendreich, now...
An excerpt from my script review for American Ultra which will be available 8/24/15:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Here we go!
The description is BY FAR the best part of this script.
Funny. Playful. ...
On one hand I want to talk about this movie, because I have a lot to say about it. but on the other, I really don’t want to spoil anything for you,...
