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 – Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

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...

Boltneck – A Ryan Reynolds Masterpiece!

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...

Birdman – Script Analysis

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...

The Days Never Know

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...

The Adam Project – Is Ryan Reynolds the new Adam Sandler?

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the title The Adam Project? For me maybe Project Runway or some other really dumb Bravo network series. The title really...

Write to Reals: Killers of the Flower Moon – Script Review

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Killers of the Flower Moon which will be available 12/11/23: What Worked An Important Subject - The treatment of the Osage people and how their tribe was attacked...

Me Him Her…And the Cap’n!

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....

The Revenant – Hardy > DiCaprio?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRfj1VCg16Y When Hank said I should do a review of The Revenant, I was a bit puzzled. I already did a review of The Revenant a couple of years ago. It was awesome!...

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