God, what is that smell? Did you shit yourself? Something is in the air. Oh wait, I know what it is. It’s love. Love is in the air again and it smells...
An excerpt from my script review for Superman (2025) which will be available 02/09/26:
2.) Plot Stability
The thing I liked about this, and Matt Reeves The Batman, is that we’re moving away from including...
The Captain's List is in!!!
25. The Phoenician Scheme – It was reminding me a lot of Wes Anderson’s older films, before he got heavy into making films that seem more like plays. But I’d...
An excerpt from my script review for Weapons which will be available 01/20/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
Before we go too far into this…
Maddie’s voice over in the beginning.
She opens the story, but then...
An excerpt from my script review for Anaconda which will be available 01/13/26:
2.) Plot Stability
This felt very Jaws like, in that there’s a lot of eerie shit going on and we don’t...
An excerpt from my script review for KPop Demon Hunters which will be available 12/31/25:
https://youtu.be/LW9QJIT_T-A
Summer 2025. New Smyrna Beach, FL.
Now if you remember the previous family summer vacation we witnessed the glory...
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 Mr. Right which will be available 04/11/16.
(And don't forget to check out Goals One and Two!):
3.) Quality of Characters
An appreciation is beginning to grow for...
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 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...
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 Annihilation which will be available 02/26/18:
2.) Plot Stability
Keeping your audience guessing throughout the entire script and/or film is a crucial portion of your job as...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for 10 Cloverfield Lane which will be available 03/14/16:
***SPOILERS***
2.) Plot Stability
Going to come right out and say it, I loved this script!
(What’s more, I wrote a...
An excerpt from my script review for Hitman's Bodyguard which will be available 09/04/17:
3.) Quality of Characters
We mention it a lot on this site, but the more connections your characters have, the...