An excerpt from my script review for the Friday the 13th sequel Camp Blood by Swift and Shannon which will be available 06/05/26:
2.) Plot Stability
So this is the second installment for Friday the...
There used to be 2 camps, those who played Mortal Kombat and those who played Killer Instinct. I hated KI, I can’t remember why, I think because of how the characters moved....
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...
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.
Nothing says, "Happy Thanksgiving" like a new video!
Do you have a great idea you're ready to get started on? Is there enough "meat" on the project's bones to go from FADE IN...
Hi all, and Happy New Year!
Is this the year you break into the screenwriting industry?
Do any of your resolutions include the following:
A.) Complete your first script
B.) Land an agent or manager
C.) Option...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City which will be available 04/27/25:
What Worked
The Woman on the Road - This, I believe, is a scene from the game Resident...
Hi all.
Good morning and happy Saturday.
I'm going to get this out of the way early. As you know, our author today, Randall Hahn, wrote a gem of a script called Gideon,...
I’m still trying to decide if I liked this movie or not. I love Chris Pratt. He’s one of those actors I noticed going back all the way to Everwood. He has...
An excerpt from my script review for Birdman which will be available 11/17/14:
3.) Quality of Characters
Matt vs. Riggan
Found it very interesting how they were more or less two peas in the same...
An excerpt from my script review for Boltneck which will be available 03/03/2020:
Boltneck was a masterpiece!
https://youtu.be/uxbQATBAXf8
Did you ever wonder what Boltneck was exactly? Wonder no more!
3.) Quality of
Characters
More than a decade
ago the...
Hi all.
It's two weeks in a row that I've been lucky enough to start Wednesday with fast moving scripts.
This week it's:
The Days Never Know by Taylor McCleve
Logline - With their ten-year high...
