KPop Demon Hunters – Were YOU part of this Netflix phenom?

An excerpt from my script review for KPop Demon Hunters which will be available 12/31/25: https://youtu.be/LW9QJIT_T-A Summer 2025. New Smyrna Beach, FL. Now if you remember the previous family summer vacation we witnessed the glory...

Is This Thing On? – Is this thing original enough?

An excerpt from my script review for Is This Thing On? which will be available 12/22/25: 1.) Marketability of the Idea I forget exactly where I read it, but this is loosely based on...

The Cabin in the Woods – Is YOUR title a mini-logline?

An excerpt from my script review for The Cabin in the Woods which will be available 12/08/25: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Have you ever stopped to think that a title works as a...

The Running Man – Still a classic.

An excerpt from my script review for The Running Man which will be available 11/19/25: 2.) Plot Stability With a few minor exceptions, this script follows the 1987 version of the film pretty closely. One...

Prey – Can you reboot an original?

An excerpt from my script review for Prey which will be available 11/10/25: 2.) Plot Stability This came out during that magical time after Covid that the Cap’n and I were so fond of. Theaters...

Black Phone 2 – Did we need it?

I really didn’t think I’d like the first Black Phone movie as much as I did. I don’t know if it was the trailers or the fact it was another Blumhouse film,...
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Best and Worst of 2016 – Part 1

Part 1 of the Captain's take on what films he most enjoyed in 2016. Enjoy! BEST FILMS OF 2016 There was this guy, name not remembered, who went on amazon studio’s forum to brag about...

Zootopia? More like Pooptopia.

The Captain takes a look at Zootopia. Will you share his thoughts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY73vFGhSVk Zootopia is a fetishist film for furries. Please direct all hate mail to Hank. I guess technically any film featuring...

Dragged Across Concrete – Another S. Craig Zahler Success?

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...

November Man – Script Review

An excerpt from my script review for November Man which will be available 9/1/14: 3.) Quality of Characters After what had to be missing plot, there were missing character relationships. Devereaux and Mason had the...

Army of the Dead – Zombies and Dead Pixels

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...

Revenge – A Rape Revenge film that’s…Good?

I could never really get into rape revenge movies. Though I’d hate to see what the diehard rape revenge film fan would even look like. The only rape revenge film I actually...

Death Note – Another Anime Adaptation Fail?

It is starting to look like live action adaptations of anime are about at the same level as videogame adaptations. Meaning they're all fucking terrible! I think I went down the list of...

Upgrade – Likable Film with an Unexpected Twist?

Upgrade stars Logan Marshall-Green, not Tom Hardy as some have mistakenly believed. And no, this is not the Venom movie. Logan Marshall-Green has the unfortunate fate of looking almost identical to Tom...

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