An excerpt from my script review for Star Wars First Draft which will be available 05/04/26:
2.) Plot Stability
When he was trying to launch this new universe, I knew George Lucas had trouble,...
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No review today. Instead I wanted to take a bit of time and discuss something that’s been kicking around upstairs for yours truly, and mentioned more frequently in some of the...
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...
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 the Wednesday Netflix Series which will be available 01/30/23:
4.) Dialogue and Description
This is one of the things that stands out about the project…the tone.
Even if...
Back with Hank on another Amazon Studios request.
This time we're headed deep into Sawtooth Canyon to find ourselves a Bigfoot. Justin Buettner's Sawtooth does a good job in some places of...
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Today we're taking a look at that fiend of the forum, CE Martin. If I remember correctly, CE comes over to us from novels, and by what's he's written here...
After my Buried review I wanted to take a look at what goes into creating suspense in genres similar to the contained thriller. THEN I remember Roy's forum post on "How...
3waystopsign takes a look at the script for this 1986 revenge classic!
(And don't miss Part 1: The Wraith movie Review here.)
I did not read CP's review prior to posting this. I will...
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You are in for a treat, as this year the Sundance Film Festival was presented virtually for people all around the world to enjoy, and I managed to get tickets to...
The Captain takes a look at one of his childhood favorites from the 80s...The Wraith!
(Part 2 is the a follow-up from our newest mod, 3waystopsign, reviewing the script!)
Enjoy.
Easter time is here and...
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Today's article is a discussion Roy started in our forum, which several of you have added to.
We wanted to take a bit of time to expand on his initial seven (and...
