F Valentine’s Day – What does it remind YOU of?

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...

Superman – Skip the Origin Story!

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 25 Worst Films of 2025

The Captain's List is in!!! 25. The Phoenician Scheme â€“ 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...

Weapons – Revisited!

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...

Anaconda – Who’s the REAL monster in this story?

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...

KPop Demon Hunters – Were YOU part of this Netflix phenom?

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...
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Write to Reals: Black Widow – Unproduced David Hayter Script Review

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Black Widow (Unproduced David Hayter) which will be available 8/25/14: New Section - How I Would Have Structured It! Here is a new section of my review...

The Sublime Freedom

Hi all. Today we're taking a look at The Sublime Freedom by Antony Davies. If you remember, Mr. Davies was a coauthor on the Return Fire script we reviewed last week. (Sorry about...

From the World of John Wick: Ballerina – Missed Opportunities?

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...

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich -The Cap’n may have just saved you time and money!

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich is so bad, that it has forced me to come up with a brand new rating. Before, the worst rating I give a film was a SKIP...

Thor Ragna-Roks?

Thor Ragnarok indeed Ragna-Rocks! I saw at least 5 reviews already using that tagline, and I really wanted to be the 6th. Ragnarok not only is the best Thor film, it might...

Nocturnal Animals – Are YOU Trimming the Fat?

An excerpt from my script review for Nocturnal Animals which will be available 11/21/16: 4.) Dialogue and Description Overdescription – Excessive detail about a character, scene, or action that bogs down a reader as...

The Spectre Behind Sony’s Spy Story

An excerpt from our new Weekly Beat section brought to us by ScreenBeats, here's Part One of the Sony Hack which will be available 12/26/14: What follows is the first course to a...

Down Range – Amateur Monday Review

Here's the script review for our FIRST Amateur Monday winner, Down Range: Hi all. Our first ever Amateur Monday Contest ended Friday. Votes were tallied. And the winner is… Down Range by our...

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