God, what is that smell? Did you shit yourself? Something is in the air. Oh wait, I know what it is. It’s love. Love is in the air again and it smells...
An excerpt from my script review for Superman (2025) which will be available 02/09/26:
2.) Plot Stability
The thing I liked about this, and Matt Reeves The Batman, is that we’re moving away from including...
The Captain's List is in!!!
25. The Phoenician Scheme – It was reminding me a lot of Wes Anderson’s older films, before he got heavy into making films that seem more like plays. But I’d...
An excerpt from my script review for Weapons which will be available 01/20/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
Before we go too far into this…
Maddie’s voice over in the beginning.
She opens the story, but then...
An excerpt from my script review for Anaconda which will be available 01/13/26:
2.) Plot Stability
This felt very Jaws like, in that there’s a lot of eerie shit going on and we don’t...
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...
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.
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,...
The Captain takes a look at Bad Robot's 10 Cloverfield Lane. Will he enjoy it as much as I did the script?
https://youtu.be/yQy-ANhnUpE
Saint Patrick's Day special review!
Okay, maybe it’s just a coincidence this...
I was debating if I should review this one or not. Mainly because every single review I’ve seen of this film has torn it apart. Critics hate this movie so much it...
An excerpt from my script review for Southpaw which will be available 08/03/15:
2.) Plot Stability*
Congrats on writing a mediocre Rocky 3 script.
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An excerpt from Reals' script review for Shadow Company by Black & Dekker which will be available 04/20/18:
Initial Thoughts
Today is a very special day for me because I get to review a...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for True Lies 2 (Unproduced) by Jeff Eastin which will be available 08/24/18:
What Needs Work
-- Pg. 1 - Already some massive walls of text and dialogue....
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