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...
An excerpt from my script review for Weapons which will be available 01/20/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
Before we go too far into this…
Maddie’s voice over in the beginning.
She opens the story, but then...
An excerpt from my script review for Anaconda which will be available 01/13/26:
2.) Plot Stability
This felt very Jaws like, in that there’s a lot of eerie shit going on and we don’t...
An excerpt from my script review for KPop Demon Hunters which will be available 12/31/25:
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Summer 2025. New Smyrna Beach, FL.
Now if you remember the previous family summer vacation we witnessed the glory...
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.
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 Stir of Echoes which will be available 08/15/16:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Are horror scripts selling?
Today I want to take a genuine look at this question.
After...
An excerpt from my script review for The Space Between Us which will be available 02/06/17:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Dialogue.
It’s never polite to take a dump on your reader.
(I’m, of course, speaking of...
An excerpt from my script review for which will be available 06/21/16:
2.) Plot Stability
The political story works.
The part that doesn’t, necessarily, is that McKay isn’t as good a guy as he...
Hi all.
Quick note, Roy and I are thinking about doing an all pro scripts week starting 8/6/12. Reason being we get a lot of interest both to the site and newer...
An excerpt from my script review for La La Land which will be available 01/16/17:
5.) Format
So you want to sell your musical?
Make sure to write the music first.
Sure you’ll probably rewrite the...
This marks the 6th Terminator film and the 6th film to repeat the exact same damn plot. That begs the question, exactly how long can a long running franchise keep repeating the same plot...
An excerpt from my article Utilizing LinkedIn and the Art of the Follow-Up which will be available 12/22/14:
Ah, the Follow-Up
So you've queried via the example I mentioned in the Quick and Easy...
