Roofman – Could Channing save it?

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...

What Could Have Been: Captain Blood Reboot (1994)

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...

10 Best Films of 2025 – aka 4th Annual Cagey Awards!!!

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...

Marty Supreme – Was Chalamet stuck in character?

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...

The Lost Boys – Gratuitous Sax Done Right.

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...

Sinners – Two brothers walk into a vampire bar…

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...
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Turner and Hooch – Blast from the Screenwriting Past!

An excerpt from my script review for Turner and Hooch which will be available 08/30/16: 3.) Quality of Characters If you’re writing any sort of buddy movie, male and female alike, it’s important to...

Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Fury Road…in Space?

I feel like I always have to start reviews like this off by letting everyone know beforehand that I’m not the biggest fan of a particular fandom. I’m not the biggest fan...

Agent 47 – Nice Action, Cool Visuals

An excerpt from my script review for Agent 47 which will be available 09/14/15: 2.) Plot Stability Based on the reviews, I was expecting A LOT worse. Was anything in this script surprisingly new? ...

The Transfiguration – Realistic Vampires?

Meet Milo. Milo loves vampires. I mean, he REALLY loves vampires. So much so, he thinks he is one. Okay, not the biggest deal, right? I’m sure it’s perfectly normal for any young…...

Independence Day: Resurgence Review

Wait...after all his criticism, The Cap'n actually liked it? https://youtu.be/RfJgT89hEME I’m guessing a lot of you skipped this one at the theaters. A sequel to a film 20 years ago? What is this, Ghostbusters?!...

Archenemy & Songbird: A Cap’n Double Feature Review!

It is no secret how big of a fan I am of the studio SpectreVision and the films they have produced. Those films being Mandy, Cooties, Greasy Strangler, and Color Out of...

10 Tips for Writing Contained Scripts – Video

We go over 10 elements to include in your own writing to keep the plot tense and a reader reading, regardless of limited locations. These techniques may be known by multiple names, but...

The Snowman – Good Example of Clever Dialogue?

An excerpt from my script review for The Snowman which will be available 10/23/17: 4.) Dialogue and Description Sometimes it’s fun how the script for a current week addresses issues mentioned in the previous...

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