An excerpt from my script review for The Cabin in the Woods which will be available 12/08/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Have you ever stopped to think that a title works as a...
An excerpt from my script review for The Running Man which will be available 11/19/25:
2.) Plot Stability
With a few minor exceptions, this script follows the 1987 version of the film pretty closely.
One...
An excerpt from my script review for Prey which will be available 11/10/25:
2.) Plot Stability
This came out during that magical time after Covid that the Cap’n and I were so fond of.
Theaters...
I really didn’t think I’d like the first Black Phone movie as much as I did. I don’t know if it was the trailers or the fact it was another Blumhouse film,...
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Coyotes - I was hoping for a bit more humor and a lot more gore. Instead, I got annoyed by the...
While trying to come up with a movie to team up with Hank with, I ran into a YouTube video talking about horror movies no one has seen. Usually I’ve seen every...
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.
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 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...
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 The Weekly Beat by ScreenBeatsâ„¢ 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...
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...
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 our guest script review for Non-Stop which will be available 01/11/15:
Plot/Structure
Bill Marks is a former cop and aging federal air marshal on a flight from Hawaii to San Francisco....
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...
