An excerpt from my script review for Obsession which will be available 07/07/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Be careful who you wish for…
That’s a great logline, tagline, however you want to pitch it. As long...
An excerpt from my script review for Backrooms which will be available 06/26/26:
2.) Plot Stability
As I watched the “found footage” videos initially, did I kick around the idea of writing a script...
An excerpt from my script review for the Friday the 13th sequel Camp Blood by Swift and Shannon which will be available 06/05/26:
2.) Plot Stability
So this is the second installment for Friday the...
There used to be 2 camps, those who played Mortal Kombat and those who played Killer Instinct. I hated KI, I can’t remember why, I think because of how the characters moved....
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,...
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.
I could have sworn Love and Monsters was another Netflix original. I searched and searched to no avail, it wasn’t there. I was mistaken.
I think I know why I got it confused,...
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....
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Ingrid Goes West which will be available 08/28/17:
2.) Plot Stability
Starting off, I don’t get the whole "Instagram Celebrities" thing.
Personally, I use Instagram for marketing purposes...
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...
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...
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 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...
