AI vs. Hollywood – Where are we headed?

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...

The Invisible Man – Mine that public domain!

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...

Send Help – The same, only different.

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...

Roofman – Could Channing save it?

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...

What Could Have Been: Captain Blood Reboot (1994)

An excerpt from my script review for Captain Blood (1994) which will be available 04/01/26: 2.) Plot Stability My biggest complaint, aside from the similarities in the previous section? Way too many sea battles. Listen, I...

10 Best Films of 2025 – aka 4th Annual Cagey Awards!!!

Here's the Captain's Top 10 Films of 2025! (With a few Nic Cage special mentions.) 4th Annual Golden Cagey Awards! Nicholas Cage is here again, celebrating another year of The Golden Cagey Awards. And once...
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Super – NOT a Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Script Review

An excerpt from my script review for Super which will be available 05/08/17: 3.) Quality of Characters Where one can make the argument that Starlord doesn’t really change in the Guardians movies, the opposite...

Horror Month 2020: Week 3 and Top 10 New Horror Movies!

Kind of a dead final week for me in terms of movie watching. I still had a few left I wanted to check out, but nothing was really screaming to be watched....

No One Will Save You – Limited to No Dialogue? No Problem!

An excerpt from my script review for No One Will Save You (Hulu) which will be available 09/25/23: 4.) Dialogue and Description What do you do if you’re not going to have any dialogue? This! This...

Mr. Right – Landis is On Fire!

https://youtu.be/2TatqilQ8rI Max is on fire! And his rainbow hair looks delicious. The guy is a spec selling fool. But let’s talk about the last of his pitched films. So Max pitched a bunch...

Passengers – Good Sci-fi Fun

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...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – Differentiate Your Characters

An excerpt from my script review for which will be available 11/27/17: 3.) Quality of Characters Feel bad going over this after the Captain did so as well, but the supporting cast was...

Using an Intercut – Video

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...

Sunday Spotlight – The Playground 15-55 Hank’s Take

Hi all. Once again, thanks for coming over to see your buddy Hank's review for this week's Sunday Spotlight. (I wonder if Brad even reads this, lol.) I'm sure Roy mentioned it, but...

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