Here's the Captain's Top 10 Films of 2025!
(With a few Nic Cage special mentions.)
4th Annual Golden Cagey Awards!
Nicholas Cage is here again, celebrating another year of The Golden Cagey Awards. And once...
An excerpt from my script review for Marty Supreme which will be available 03/17/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
So why didn’t I care about the story?
Marty’s a prick, plain and simple.
We’re told, as amateur...
An excerpt from my script review for The Lost Boys (1987) which will be available 03/09/26:
4.) Dialogue and Description
So…my biggest complaint with the script…
Page 14:
A loud rock group performs.
Talk about underselling it!!!
This...
An excerpt from my script review for Sinners which will be available 03/03/26:
2.) Plot Stability
The script opens a bit differently from the film.
Here we’re presented with a burned man running from a...
An excerpt from my script review for A Minecraft Movie which will be available 02/24/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Minecraft.
My kids played it. You or your kids probably played it.
I tried playing it...
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...
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 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...
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 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...
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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If my memory serves me right, which it rarely ever does, I believe I reviewed almost every John Wick movie, so when it came time to watch the new spin off from...
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...
