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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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...

Non-Stop – Guest Review

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....

Manchester by the Sea – An Unreadable Mess

An excerpt from my script review for Manchester by the Sea which will be available 12/06/16: 5.) Format .00025% of the human population has a disorder with their Corpus Callosum, the part of the...

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...

Mr. Right – Max Landis Hat Trick!

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...

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...

Ray Gunn – Script Analysis

An excerpt from my script review for Ray Gunn which will be available 9/08/14: Want the full review? Follow this link to the Ray Gunn Script Review. 4.) Dialogue and Description The description was...

Script Links 8-27-12

Hi all. Kids back to school and leaves starting to turn. Summers ending, which is sad since I hate cold weather. There is college football, so at least there's that. Here's what's...

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