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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
I was very interested to see this one when I first saw the trailer about a year ago as I was writing a thriller with a few similarities and I wanted to...
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...
(Thanks to our friend in the forums, SolomonKane, for weighing in on this much discussed, yet still unproduced, screenplay!!!)
Smoke and Mirrors
Writers: Lee Batchler and Janet Scott Batchler
Plot/Logline: In 1856, Jean-Pierre Robert-Houdin, inventor...
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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:...
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...
In case you’re wondering, I’m going to try to be as spoiler free as possible during this review. There’s only one big twist in this film and I don’t want to give...
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...
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Half and half week next week.
Roy's sticking pro, but I'm in the mood to take a peak at another amateur script. Since I'm writing and digesting everything I can regarding...
