The Social Network – Learning from Sorkin…

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...

Obsession – An argument for why you DON’T need college to be successful in screenwriting…

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...

Backrooms – Why an A24 sequel will (most likely) flop.

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...

What Could Have Been: Friday the 13th – Camp Blood (aka The Death of Jason Voorhees)

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...

Mortal Kombat II – Bye Cole!

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....

Project Hail Mary – See! Self Publishing DOES Work!

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...
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Focus – Always Drop Long Dialogue

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...

Bone Movie – Happy Cannibal-ween?

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...

Captive State – Such a thing as “too cryptic”?

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...

Script Links 5-21-12

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....

The Cap’n’s Top 20 Films of 2019!

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...

Amazon Studios: The Next Major Hollywood Player

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....

London Has Fallen – Building Tension

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...

Script Links 7-23-12

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...

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