The Death of Robin Hood – More A24’s Speed…

An excerpt from my script review for The Death of Robin Hood which will be available 08/24/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea This is Robin at the end of his career, and looking for...

X – Don’t Mess with Pearl!

An excerpt from my script review for X (2022) which will be available 08/18/26: After the "excitement" of Reals' X film review, I had to check the script out for myself... 2.) Plot Stability This...

The Odyssey – Is it YOUR favorite Nolan project?

An excerpt from my script review for The Odyssey which will be available 08/07/26: 2.) Plot Stability I’ll come right out and admit it, this was not my favorite Christopher Nolan project. It wasn’t bad, but similar to...

Mother Mary – Aaron Sorkin level dialogue?

An excerpt from my script review for Mother Mary which will be available 08/03/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description As sharp as the dialogue was when Sam and Mary get together, the description was not...

The Social Network – Learning from Sorkin…

An excerpt from my script review for The Social Network which will be available 07/20/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description Here’s where we’ll be spending a good chunk of our time. Let’s just get the description...

Obsession – An argument for why you DON’T need college to be successful in screenwriting…

An excerpt from my script review for Obsession which will be available 07/07/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Be careful who you wish for… That’s a great logline, tagline, however you want to pitch it. As long...
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Write to Reals: Masters of the Universe (2010) Jeff Wadlow – Unproduced

An excerpt from Reals' unproduced script review for Masters of the Universe by Jeff Wadlow which will be available 06/01/18: What Worked -- Pg 0/1 - I really like to do this in my...

Lethal Weapon – The Early Draft…

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...

Willy’s Wonderland – Was it Big Enough?

So I planned on having this review out a couple of weeks ago when the movie was released, but my computer made the bright decision to kill itself on me in the...

The Witch, and Ye Olde Cap’n!

The Captain weighs in on the film portion of The Witch: https://youtu.be/iQXmlf3Sefg The Witch! Burn the witch! Or I guess I should call it Vitch since it seems to be spelled with two V’s....

Script Links 7-2-12

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...

Drago – Does the idea have merit?

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,...

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...

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DEADLINE December 15, 2014!!! Hi all. Some of you have asked for opportunities for a shot at a free membership, and we've listened. For the rest of this month, and sometime mid-December, we'll be hosting...

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