Resident Evil – A Nod to the Fans?

An excerpt from my script review for Resident Evil (2026) which will be available 09/29/26: 2.) Plot Stability After reading the initial portions of the Capn’s review, I paused to see if the script...

Resident Evil (2026) A Deconstructed Video Game Movie Adaptation

I would have liked to review this movie on the start of Horror Month, but Sony had other plans, I guess. You could say I’m a longtime Resident Evil game fan, going all...

It Waits – Description that kills…your reader’s interest.

An excerpt from my script review for It Waits which will be available 09/22/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description The main thing we’re going to cover here is reviewing the amateur tendencies to include what...

28 Years Later – Not as bad as everyone says?

An excerpt from my script review for 28 Years Later which will be available 09/02/26: 2.) Plot Stability Truth be told I probably should have seen or read the second installment before the third. By...

The Death of Robin Hood – More A24’s Speed…

An excerpt from my script review for The Death of Robin Hood which will be available 08/24/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea This is Robin at the end of his career, and looking for...

X – Don’t Mess with Pearl!

An excerpt from my script review for X (2022) which will be available 08/18/26: After the "excitement" of Reals' X film review, I had to check the script out for myself... 2.) Plot Stability This...
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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...

Ex Machina – What’s the Deus?

An excerpt from my script review for Ex Machina which will be available 4/27/15: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Contained sci-fi thriller. I love it. This might be partial, coming from yours truly, because one of...

Best and Worst of 2016 – Part 2

Part 2, and the one we've all REALLY been waiting for. The Captain defends his choices for THE WORST films of 2016. Spoofs. Sequels NOBODY wanted. Generic horror. Oscar...

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...

Hitman’s Bodyguard – Characters with History

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...

10 Cloverfield Lane – Get in the Box!

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...

Happy 2019! – New Year, New Writer

What do you plan to do this year? Complete your first script? Research potential buyers for your completed spec script? Or just improve your overall craft as a screenwriting? Whatever your goal we're glad to help,...

The Neon Demon – How much of it was Refn?

Hi all. Happy Day of Independence! (Day late on the blog, our apologies.) To all our French readers out there, thank you. And to our English ones…things worked out for the best, right? The Neon...

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