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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Where are they now – 5/18

Today I wanted to take a look back at some of our earlier reviews. When Roy and I started, we had no clue if this would be beneficial or not. We knew...

Evil Dead Rise – And the PROBLEM with Remakes.

I want to take a second of two to talk about the state of remakes these days. At the same time, I think also maybe touch on why it upsets a group...

Training Day Script Review

Script: Training Day by David Ayer Logline: On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears. King Kong...

Agent 47 – Why Skip Woods is Awesome

An excerpt from The Captain's review of the Hitman: Agent 47 film which will be available 9/20/15: I hate Skip Woods. I’ve never met him, I don’t know who he is, but just...

The Empire Strikes Back Script Review

Hi all. It's Thursday, and you all know what that means, we're taking a look at a professional script to see how the pros do things right, and occasionally wrong. This Thursday it's my...

Storm Dragons

Today we're taking a look at Storm Dragons by Leonardo Reis. Since Leonardo is more or less creating an entire world from scratch, here's the logline: The ancient Covenant of the Dragon decrees that...

Oz the Great and Powerful – Script Review

Hi all. Today's script caught me a bit off guard. I hadn't even known it was an idea for a film, let alone a script until I saw it during a preview with the...

My Friend Dahmer – Fact or Fiction?

An excerpt from my script review for My Friend Dahmer which will be available 11/13/17: 2.) Plot Stability Before we take a look at the previous two questions, one thing concerns me with the...

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