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...
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4th Annual Golden Cagey Awards!
Nicholas Cage is here again, celebrating another year of The Golden Cagey Awards. And once...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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It’s time to play the game of NAME THAT GENERIC BLONDE ACTRESS!
Jane Levy is the star of Don’t...
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...
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...
Hi all.
Today we're taking a look at a drama where the protagonist falls for the man who's taking care of her dead cousin's body, in a discreet manner.
Sound cool? We'll see.
Logline:...
An excerpt from my script review for Dope which will be available 09/08/15:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Both were filled with (mostly) smart cultural references.
It was surprisingly fun to hear characters say things that...
