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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Hi all.
Here's what's on the agenda for this week.
Something NEW (which I believe Roy will be talking more about tomorrow) is scripts will no longer be linked to on other sites, especially...
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...
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...
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...
An excerpt from our Weekly Beat article Oscar Micheaux: A Symbol of the Unconquered which will be available 2/09/15:
Because it’s Oscar season and also Black history month, ScreenBeats™ takes a look at...
So I planned on having this review out a couple of weeks ago when the movie was released, but my computer made the bright decision to kill itself on me in the...
An excerpt from my script review for The Duff which will be available 03/23/15:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
It makes sense that we spend a little time with this topic.
When writing a script,...
You're being offered financial compensation for your writing. Congratulations.
Should the digits in black be the only thing to worry about? (Hint, hint. No.)
https://youtu.be/tZCAVdUnEZ0
