Deadpool and Wolverine – Got what we deserved.

An excerpt from my script review for Deadpool and Wolverine which will be available 12/10/24: 2.) Plot Stability It’s said that the line is blurred on where Ryan Reynolds ends and Deadpool begins. Although both...

Red One – Know who and what you’re writing for.

An excerpt from my script review for Red One which will be available 12/02/24: 1.) Marketability of the Idea For some reason, after the cat waking us up and me putting him downstairs, I...

Heretic – Anticipate your audience.

An excerpt from my script review for Heretic which will be available 11/18/24: 2.) Plot Stability Having run long in my complaints in the first section, I’m going to try and be more focused...

Twisters – Which side to root for?

An excerpt from my script review for Twisters which will be available 11/11/24: 3.) Quality of Characters There is one character that returns, that I forgot to mention. The Twister. This time it even brings along...

Terrifier 3 – Tis the Season!

What makes a Christmas movie, a Christmas movie? It has long been debated if classics like Die Hard is a Christmas movie. It is. And the same goes to The Nightmare Before...

Species – Sooner or later you gotta CATCH your monster!

An excerpt from my script review for Species which will be available 11/05/24: 2.) Plot StabilityTwo major issues here I wanted to discuss.The first is what I referred to as I read as...
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Write to Reals – A Nightmare on Elm Street 6 (Unproduced) Stephen Lebowitz: Worth the read?

An excerpt from my script review for A Nightmare on Elm Street 6 (Unproduced) which will be available 04/27/18: What Needs Work ...​​​​​​Note - A fun game to play with this script is to...

What Could Have Been: The Marvel of the Haunted Castle – Script Review

An excerpt from SK's script review for The Marvel of the Haunted Castle which will be available 04/28/19: So I'm back again, this time reviewing a somewhat well known unproduced script. Here goes. Plot:...

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Hi all. For those few of you smart enough to stumble onto the front end of the site here, I wanted to let you know what's going on. Our forums are down for a...

The Irishman – OK, boomer…

I love mobster movies and no one makes a mobster movie the way Martin Scorsese can make a mobster movie. He unfortunately hasn’t made a mob movie since The Departed, which finally...

Madame Web – A new review style for the Cap’n?

In the expansive realm of cinematic storytelling, "Madame Web" emerges as a beacon of creativity, weaving together a tapestry of intrigue, adventure, and existential exploration. Directed by a visionary filmmaker and brought...

Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire

Here we are again, another Netflix original Zack Snyder film. The last time we found ourselves in this predicament, it was with Army of the Dead, a film he shot with an...

Anatomy of a Contained Thriller

After my Buried review I wanted to take a look at what goes into creating suspense in genres similar to the contained thriller. THEN I remember Roy's forum post on "How...

Sawtooth

Back with Hank on another Amazon Studios request. This time we're headed deep into Sawtooth Canyon to find ourselves a Bigfoot. Justin Buettner's Sawtooth does a good job in some places of...

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