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...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for A Minecraft Movie which will be available 02/24/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Minecraft.
My kids played it. You or your kids probably played it.
I tried playing it...
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...
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 London Has Fallen which will be available 8/25/14:
2.) Plot Stability
Building tension is key in any movie, and for action there’s no exception.
The script started out...
An excerpt from The Captain's film review of Bone Tomahawk which will be available 8/25/14:
Back to the film. Oddly enough, a lot of the dialogue I had issue with really worked in...
Who do I have to blame for this atrocity? The most obvious answer would be Marlon Wayans. Actually, most questions asked why this horrible thing is happening could simply be answered, because...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Hell Fest which will be available 04/12/21:
What Needs Work
The Killer - This is part of what I believe made my initial viewing of the film so...
An excerpt from our Weekly Beat article on Amazon Studios which will be available 1/23/15:
...Roy Price is the executive in charge of Amazon Studios and will be overseeing Ted Hope’s development team....
I was planning on reviewing Sharky’s Machine, the Burt Reynolds directed movie, starring himself. But… I fell asleep during the long stretch of time spent on Burt Reynolds’ character watching a hooker...
An excerpt from my script review for Get Out which will be available 02/27/17:
SPOILERS AHEAD!
2.) Plot Stability
Before I go too far into this, I must state that I DID enjoy this script.
But...
Hi all, and as another week begins (or ends depending on your point of view) you're left hanging out with me.
Today we're taking a look at My Father's House by Alex Greenfield...
