X – Don’t Mess with Pearl!

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...

The Odyssey – Is it YOUR favorite Nolan project?

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...

Mother Mary – Aaron Sorkin level dialogue?

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...

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...
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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....

Mortal Engines – People are strange and this movie is stranger.

Mortal Engines is the most ambitious, original and weirdest movie of 2018. That isn’t to say I liked or hated this movie, in fact, I still have no idea how I...

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...

Happy Halloween (2018) – The Best of All Halloween Sequels?

There are only two Halloween films in the franchise that I love. The original and of course, Season of the Witch, a film I reviewed for horror month a few years back....

Allied – Writing a Period Piece?

An excerpt from my script review for Allied which will be available 11/29/16: 3.) Quality of Characters The individual characters were good, but not what I want to focus on here. For this section let’s...

Murder on the Orient Express – The Virtue of Timeless Mystery

An excerpt from my script review for Murder on the Orient Express which will be available 12/04/17: 2.) Plot Stability Can a novel written in 1934 still be relevant and excite modern day audiences? 3way...

A Day in the Life – Chris Cobb

Another week we're lucky enough to get a bit of insight from someone who's had experience in the industry. Today the Educator of the Forum, Chris Cobb, is giving us a look into...

The Cap’n vs Jem – Truly, Truly, Truly Pissed!

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...

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