F Valentine’s Day – What does it remind YOU of?

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...

Superman – Skip the Origin Story!

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 25 Worst Films of 2025

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...

Weapons – Revisited!

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...

Anaconda – Who’s the REAL monster in this story?

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...

KPop Demon Hunters – Were YOU part of this Netflix phenom?

An excerpt from my script review for KPop Demon Hunters which will be available 12/31/25: https://youtu.be/LW9QJIT_T-A Summer 2025. New Smyrna Beach, FL. Now if you remember the previous family summer vacation we witnessed the glory...
Write to Reel

Providing a step in the write direction

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.

Join our established screenwriting community

Dedicated to expanding the skills of all interested screenwriters

Most Popular

Hostiles – What single word will the Captain use to describe it?

I think it was in October I ordered a box of Japanese potato chips. Thinking it would be an interesting Christmas gift to buy myself. However, I didn’t realize it would take...

War Dogs – Don’t Get Lost in Backstory!

An excerpt from my script review for War Dogs which will be available 8/22/16: 2.) Plot Stability Better title? How to be a douchebag Jewish Stereotype. Unsure how the end product turned out, but this script...

Write to Reals: Ben Is Back – Pop that logline!

I was very interested to see this one when I first saw the trailer about a year ago as I was writing a thriller with a few similarities and I wanted to...

Script Links 11-5-12

Hi all. Here's the agenda for next week. Monday 11/5 The Fifth Element by Luc Besson Logline: In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic...

The Happytime Murders – What Noir aspect is as overused as the Wilhelm Scream?

I guess I knew from the trailer that maybe this film wasn’t going to do well in theaters. You usually walk away with one of two feelings after your first screening of...

All the President’s Men – Building Tension…

An excerpt from my script review for All the President's Men which will be available 02/20/17: 2.) Plot Stability “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana (If anyone’s...

Ingrid Goes West – Wrong message sent?

An excerpt from my script review for Ingrid Goes West which will be available 08/28/17: 2.) Plot Stability Starting off, I don’t get the whole "Instagram Celebrities" thing. Personally, I use Instagram for marketing purposes...

Captain America: Civil War – Movie Review

Our Captain reviews Marvel's Captain in his newest installment: https://youtu.be/f4wavWUZFMA Are you guys ready for another slightly vague remembering of a film I saw a few weeks ago?! For this week’s review I’m listening...

Movie Reviews