An excerpt from my script review for Project Hail Mary which will be available 05/22/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Based on the novel by Andy Weir.
Ah…that elusive “based on” that instantly garners the...
An excerpt from my script review for Star Wars First Draft which will be available 05/04/26:
2.) Plot Stability
When he was trying to launch this new universe, I knew George Lucas had trouble,...
Hi all.
No review today. Instead I wanted to take a bit of time and discuss something that’s been kicking around upstairs for yours truly, and mentioned more frequently in some of the...
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...
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.
Hi all.
Two quick bits of housekeeping before we get to the links for this week.
First, starting Monday July 23 Roy and I have decided to switch to a Monday through Friday script...
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. ...
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,...
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https://youtu.be/A8NGqvYm0Pg
Hey, it'’s October, where’s Horror Month? Doesn’t it start now? And yes, imaginary person in my head who is asking this question. Horror Month starts right after this review. It kind of...
Zack Snyder has managed to garner some good will with me after Justice League, but I know how he can be and how easy it can be to lose that good will.
https://youtu.be/tI1JGPhYBS8
Overindulgent...
The Captain's List is in!!!
25. The Phoenician Scheme – It was reminding me a lot of Wes Anderson’s older films, before he got heavy into making films that seem more like plays. But I’d...
Hi all. (Does that annoy anyone yet? I wanted to go with "hello, hello" but that's already taken.)
Here's the schedule for this week. Walker's gracing I with another reader...
