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...
An excerpt from my script review for Send Help which will be available 04/14/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Give me the same, only different. – Sam Raimi
Misery meets Castaway was in all the comments on the...
An excerpt from my script review for Roofman which will be available 04/06/26:
5.) Format
This Saturday I had absolutely nothing going on.
Brought the boy home from college Friday afternoon, and he spent all...
An excerpt from my script review for Captain Blood (1994) which will be available 04/01/26:
2.) Plot Stability
My biggest complaint, aside from the similarities in the previous section?
Way too many sea battles.
Listen, I...
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...
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 Fury which will be available 10/27/14:
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3.) Quality of Characters
Characters were a bit overwhelming...
I love the original Planet of the Apes film. There’s even kind of a soft spot in my heart for that dumb Tim Burton directed Mark Wahlberg one. What can I say,...
An excerpt from my script review for American Assassin which will be available 09/25/17:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Dialogue that is blunt, and to the point.
And this stuff was good, not “matter-of-fact” style that...
One last leftover from Horror Month from an extremely disappointed Captain...
Hey, kids. Are you sick and tired of seeing those big kids getting in to see R rated slasher horror films? Well...
Hi all.
You've read Roy's review of Brad's first 15 revised pages, so thanks for coming over to mine.
Keep in mind we haven't really discussed this, so hopefully we're not at polar opposites...
Kong is back, baby! And he don't give no fucks!
You got helicopters? He'll fuck them up with a tree!
You got napalm? Fuck your napalm! Kong will toss it back at you!
This...
An excerpt from my script review for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead which will be available 04/04/16:
5.) Format
The non-linear structure of this script really kept my interest, because it jumped back/around...
Sequel Spooking: Who Ya Gonna Call?
An Open Letter to Donald Trump
By ScreenBeats™
***Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones Spoilers ahead ***
Today ScreenBeats™ addresses Donald Trump’s question from his instagram video that was picked up and...
