Hi all.
No review today. Instead I wanted to take a bit of time and discuss something that’s been kicking around upstairs for yours truly, and mentioned more frequently in some of the...
An excerpt from my script review for The Invisible Man (2020) which will be available 04/20/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
To be clear, I’ve never read the novel by H.G. Wells.
I’ve also never...
An excerpt from my script review for Send Help which will be available 04/14/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Give me the same, only different. – Sam Raimi
Misery meets Castaway was in all the comments on the...
An excerpt from my script review for Roofman which will be available 04/06/26:
5.) Format
This Saturday I had absolutely nothing going on.
Brought the boy home from college Friday afternoon, and he spent all...
An excerpt from my script review for Captain Blood (1994) which will be available 04/01/26:
2.) Plot Stability
My biggest complaint, aside from the similarities in the previous section?
Way too many sea battles.
Listen, I...
Here's the Captain's Top 10 Films of 2025!
(With a few Nic Cage special mentions.)
4th Annual Golden Cagey Awards!
Nicholas Cage is here again, celebrating another year of The Golden Cagey Awards. And once...
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.
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....
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 my script review for Me Him Her which will be available 03/29/16:
4.) Dialogue and Description
The lines of description in his scripts are enjoyable for me.
Max Landis has a fun...
Hi all.
As you'll notice below, Roy and I have made a slight change to our weekly schedule.
We're switching to two reviews a week and one article.
Two reasons for this.
First, the return on...
An excerpt from my script review for In the Heart of the Sea which will be available 12/14/15:
3.) Quality of Characters
Chase, a fearless first mate who’s had to work for every inch...
I might need some alcohol to get me through this one because this film is terrible. Chances are you might need a drink or two as well if you plan on continuing...
My script review for The Hateful Eight which will be available 01/04/15:
Hi all.
Happy New Year!
With that fun little greeting out of the way...
You’re not Quentin Tarantino.
Before we start ANYTHING, that needs to...
