An excerpt from my script review for Project Hail Mary which will be available 05/22/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Based on the novel by Andy Weir.
Ah…that elusive “based on” that instantly garners the...
An excerpt from my script review for Star Wars First Draft which will be available 05/04/26:
2.) Plot Stability
When he was trying to launch this new universe, I knew George Lucas had trouble,...
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...
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 Our Kind of Traitor which will be available 07/18/16:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
A high level money launderer in the Russian mob races against the clock,...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for the new TV series Yellowstone which will be available 07/09/18:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Yellowstone National Park.
Drive in through the eastern entrance and you’ll find yourself...
An excerpt from my script review for Passengers which will be available 01/03/17:
2.) Plot Stability
Again, this story hits all the marks in a way that entertains us, not including certain beats simply...
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...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Wind River which will be available 08/14/17:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Subtext and tone. Your script should have both.
Both were established early on in this script...
An excerpt from my article on Writing a Query Letter People Will Read which will be available 12/08/14:
Letter Structure
Quick introduction of yourself, past credits, contest wins, etc. (If you don't have...
