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…
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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...
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...
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 Barbie which will be available 01/01/24:
4.) Dialogue and Description
The dialogue was fine, especially because of things like the above point.
For instance on page 8 where...
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If you remember, Roy went on and on about philosophy and great screenwriting last week with his review of The Matrix.
You know he's the smert one, but here's a bit of...
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Okay, so the wife and I didn't want to watch The Walking Dead initially, since we're BIG BABIES and get frightened easy. Due to lack of the DVR being empty...
Script: Buried by Chris Sparling
Logline: Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a...
An excerpt from my script review for Inherit the Viper which will be available 03/16/20:
3.) Quality of Characters
If you’ve seen Ozark and Ruth Langmore, you’ve more or less seen Josie and the Conley clan.
Damn...
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I wanted to take a break from reviews today, and present an idea that I've been wanting to discuss for some time.
Lately, I've had quite a few more requests on my...
Hank here.
Tip of the day:
An "isle" is what we all hope to buy once we sell our scripts for millions of dollars, while an "aisle" is where we buy the Ramen Noodles...
An excerpt from The Captain's review of the Hitman: Agent 47 film which will be available 9/20/15:
I hate Skip Woods. I’ve never met him, I don’t know who he is, but just...
