28 Years Later – Not as bad as everyone says?

An excerpt from my script review for 28 Years Later which will be available 09/02/26: 2.) Plot Stability Truth be told I probably should have seen or read the second installment before the third. By...

The Death of Robin Hood – More A24’s Speed…

An excerpt from my script review for The Death of Robin Hood which will be available 08/24/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea This is Robin at the end of his career, and looking for...

X – Don’t Mess with Pearl!

An excerpt from my script review for X (2022) which will be available 08/18/26: After the "excitement" of Reals' X film review, I had to check the script out for myself... 2.) Plot Stability This...

The Odyssey – Is it YOUR favorite Nolan project?

An excerpt from my script review for The Odyssey which will be available 08/07/26: 2.) Plot Stability I’ll come right out and admit it, this was not my favorite Christopher Nolan project. It wasn’t bad, but similar to...

Mother Mary – Aaron Sorkin level dialogue?

An excerpt from my script review for Mother Mary which will be available 08/03/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description As sharp as the dialogue was when Sam and Mary get together, the description was not...

The Social Network – Learning from Sorkin…

An excerpt from my script review for The Social Network which will be available 07/20/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description Here’s where we’ll be spending a good chunk of our time. Let’s just get the description...
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Avengers: Infinity War – If you haven’t seen it yet…DON’T!

Spoiler warning!!! Right out of the gate with this one, super guys and super gals. I’m not even going to try and side talk my way around some things that go down in...

Mob Ties

Happy 4th one and all! Sorry this is WAYYY late, but with getting stuff done for the holiday today, and fireworks last night, things are a bit busy. Plus most of you probably won't...

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead – Script Analysis

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...

Dunkirk – Unconventional Storytelling that Works

In the US, I don’t think the events of Dunkirk are very well known. Before this film I’ve never even heard of Dunkirk, much less what took place there. The only time...

Sicario – Movie Review

An excerpt from The Captain's film review of Sicario which will be available 11/12/15: The only reason Kate was even asked to join this operation was so she could sign off on a...

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...

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...

Kong: Skull Island – Really? Another Kong Movie?

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...

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