An excerpt from my review for the Elementary (unproduced script) by Brian Helgeland which will be available 06/30/25:
2.) Plot Stability
Was a very fun and engaging story.
If you’re looking for an entertaining tale set in...
An excerpt from my script review for Wag the Dog which will be available 06/23/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Of course it’s true. I saw it on TV.
This is a line that Brean...
If my memory serves me right, which it rarely ever does, I believe I reviewed almost every John Wick movie, so when it came time to watch the new spin off from...
An excerpt from my script review for The 2017 Bloodlist Script: The Swallow which will be available 06/16/25:
2.) Plot Stability
For me, the idea of a sentient “monster” in the form of these...
An excerpt from my script review for Elevator Game which will be available 06/02/25:
2.) Plot Stability
First and foremost, the beauty of the script is we’re presented the “rules” clearly and early.
The legend...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Flight 180 (X-Files Spec Script) which will be available 05/25/25:
What Worked
The Page Count - Right off the bat I like that this thing comes in under...
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 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...
An excerpt from my unproduced script review for The Jungle Cruise which will be available 08/09/21:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Page 84:
MACGREGOR
...Whatever you and that monster
are planning, you won’t catch
Captain Wolfe. He’s a master
mariner....
An excerpt from my script review for Baywatch which will be available 05/30/17:
4.) Dialogue and Description
This is the gem of the discussion.
Where the TV series was more drama, despite some of the...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Get Hard which will be available 04/06/15:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Blocks of description. Not walls of it, just mostly blocks, but you all know better.
Break...
Hi all.
Next week starts our first pro week. We've decided to take a break from amateur scripts for a bit to see if you, the readers, take more away from stories...
Are you, like I was, afraid of using technical screenwriting techniques like an intercut?
Not to worry, we go over that and more (like using V.O. and O.S.) in this quick and easy...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Drive Away Dykes by Ethan Coen and Tricia Coen which will be available 04/13/18:
What We Can Learn
1.) I always encourage finding your own voice...
