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...
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...
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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Coyotes - I was hoping for a bit more humor and a lot more gore. Instead, I got annoyed by the...
While trying to come up with a movie to team up with Hank with, I ran into a YouTube video talking about horror movies no one has seen. Usually I’ve seen every...
Hi all.
Happy Halloween!!!
It’s the last day of the month that our beloved Cap’n looks forward to all year long…which also means it’s time for another Halloween Double Feature!!!
1.) Marketability of the Idea
The...
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.
The Captain gives his thoughts on Max Landis's directorial debut! Will he like it?
https://youtu.be/ihoO3T0MUxk
I’m gay for this movie! I loved it. But I know there are some who will hate it....
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Bad Moms which will be available 08/09/16:
2.) Plot Stability
Blake’s Beats. 3 Act Structure. Whatever.
This comedy script proves you can do the whole “cookie cutter” plot...
https://youtu.be/CmRih_VtVAs
Here we go again, another DC Universe film. Granted this only makes three, but still.
So how does this one stack up?
It’s better than Man of Steel and Batman v. Superman,...
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...
An excerpt from The Captain's thoughts on Straight Outta Compton which will be available 09/7/15:
The film starts out in the late 80’s, Dr. Dre is having a hard time trying to make...
That's right.
We've got them, and hopefully you want them.
As Roy and I are always saying, our overall goal is to create a supportive screenwriting community, and part of that is having a...
This week the Captain takes a look at something he admits he's not a fanboy of...Star Wars.
Will he be able to stomach the newest installment of the franchise?
Rogue One: A Star Wars...
