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...
An excerpt from my script review for Obsession which will be available 07/07/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Be careful who you wish for…
That’s a great logline, tagline, however you want to pitch it. As long...
An excerpt from my script review for Backrooms which will be available 06/26/26:
2.) Plot Stability
As I watched the “found footage” videos initially, did I kick around the idea of writing a script...
An excerpt from my script review for the Friday the 13th sequel Camp Blood by Swift and Shannon which will be available 06/05/26:
2.) Plot Stability
So this is the second installment for Friday the...
There used to be 2 camps, those who played Mortal Kombat and those who played Killer Instinct. I hated KI, I can’t remember why, I think because of how the characters moved....
An excerpt from my script review for Project Hail Mary which will be available 05/22/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Based on the novel by Andy Weir.
Ah…that elusive “based on” that instantly garners the...
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 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...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Captive State which will be available 03/25/19:
2.) Plot
Stability
The first scene started
out brilliantly.
We open on a man and
his wife trying to navigate through the busy streets...
Hi all.
Here's what's on the agenda for this week.
Wednesday 5/23
Mythical by Charles Martin
Two teens find the burnt corpse of a soldier desert that turns out to be a zombie with super powers....
It’s that time again, time to list the top films of the previous year. For The Best List, I have compiled the TOP 20 of my favorite films of 2019. Like every...
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....
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...
Hi all.
Next week we start our new schedule. With that in mind we want to get these links out early hoping that you can follow along with us next week.
Monday 7/23
Eons...