Hi all.
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...
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...
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 Hot Pursuit which will be available 05/21/15:
2.) Plot Stability
In a word? Forgettable.
The story wasn’t really bad, and hit all the points we needed it...
The Captain's List is in!!!
25. The Phoenician Scheme – 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...
One of my favorite graphic novels is the comic A God Somewhere. It’s about an average beach bum who is a bit Jesus freaky, but nothing too troublesome, that is until an...
Reals was kind enough to share an essay he wrote for Mitch Smith Media.
What’s In A Name?
Let Us Prey and the Importance of Titles
Hello dear friends and readers!
After discussing limited-location scripts with...
Part 4 of The Captain's FAVORITE time of year is up next with... DON'T BREATHE!
It’s time to play the game of NAME THAT GENERIC BLONDE ACTRESS!
Jane Levy is the star of Don’t...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for In the Tall Grass which will be available 06/22/20:
What Needed Work
The Length - The script is 112 pages, while the film is only 90 minutes, which...
An excerpt from my script review for The Imitation Game which will be available 12/15/14:
2.) Plot Stability
Going to focus on a single element for this.
Three linear stories.
A Story - Alan and his...
Certain words and phrases don't score you anything extra with readers, and using them too frequently may cause you to actually lose points.
Here are a few suggestions of what to edit out...
