The Addams Family – Character Expectations

An excerpt from my script review for The Addams Family which will be available 09/08/25: 3.) Quality of Characters One of my favorite aspects of this reboot, not having seen much of the original...

World War Z – Write description, not prose.

An excerpt from my script review for World War Z which will be available 08/26/25: 4.) Dialogue and Description Alright, here’s the main focus of discussion. So this script was 120 pages of actual text....

Weapons – Can the Cap’n NOT spoil it?

On one hand I want to talk about this movie, because I have a lot to say about it. but on the other, I really don’t want to spoil anything for you,...

Long Distance (aka Distant) – Implementing Realistic Escalation

An excerpt from my script review for Long Distance which will be available 08/19/25: 2.) Plot Stability The premise of the story is solid. What we’re going to focus on in this section however is...

Weapons – Write to Reals Script Review

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Weapons (2025) which will be available 08/11/25: What Worked The Hook - This film has a fantastic hook, which is important because it makes for a great logline....

Write to Reals: Eddington – Another Ari Aster Stinker?

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Eddington which will be available 07/21/25: What Needs Work A COVID-19 Western - Look, it says this on the title page, and that description does not really inspire...
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Mortal Engines – People are strange and this movie is stranger.

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...

Baywatch – Reboot the Tone too!

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...

And the Oscar Goes to…Not Diversity.

An excerpt from The Weekly Beat by ScreenBeats™ Hooray for Hollywood? which will be available 1/16/15: Sabes que? It’s that time of year again. No, not the breaking of your new year’s resolution...

Get Hard – Buddy the Elf 2?

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...

Sept. Amateur Monday Winner – Part 1

My script review for our September 2015 Amateur Winner, Black Swarm reviewed 09/28/15: Hi all. Winner of our September Amateur Monday Contest has been chosen, and for those of you who haven’t already checked...

Arrival – Are your characters unbelievable?

An excerpt from my script review for ARRIVAL which will be available 11/14/16: 3.) Quality of Characters Louise is completely unbelievable. A woman can’t be an intelligent linguistics professor? Certainly she can. She can’t then...

IT: Chapter 2 – Left with too many frustrating questions, not enough satisfied answers.

I was not a fan of the first IT film. My main grievances were as followed, too many characters that seemed interchangeable, I mean, I constantly confused the Jewish kid with...

The Zookeeper’s Wife – Too Many Near Misses?

An excerpt from my script review for The Zookeeper's Wife which will be available 04/10/17: 2.) Plot Stability Near Miss Just what the name implies, this is where you put your character into a dangerous...

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