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.
With blockbusters like Spider-Man: Homecoming, War for the Planet of the Apes, Dunkirk, Atomic Blonde and The Emoji Movie coming this out month, July is looking to be quite the theater going...
An excerpt from my script analysis for Focus which will be available 03/02/15:
4.) Dialogue and Description
First up, the dialogue. As you might discern from the title, I wasn't a fan.
I was reminded...
The Captain takes a look at Jem and the Holograms. Here's a bit of what he thought, and fyi, he's angry:
But seriously, how do you adapt this?
I mean, at one...
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...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Brick which will be available 02/01/16:
2.) Plot Stability
The story plays out like a detective novel.
One word. Fun.
It’s good, and if you don’t think too hard...
An excerpt from my script review for Spy which will be available 06/15/15:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Write several other hits, then get Melissa McCarthy attached to yet another one of your scripts,...
I do enjoy the Marvel movies. I like them a lot, but I find they don’t really have much repeat value, meaning I’m basically one and done afterwards. But there is that...
