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...

Marty Supreme – Was Chalamet stuck in character?

An excerpt from my script review for Marty Supreme which will be available 03/17/26: 3.) Quality of Characters So why didn’t I care about the story? Marty’s a prick, plain and simple. We’re told, as amateur...

The Lost Boys – Gratuitous Sax Done Right.

An excerpt from my script review for The Lost Boys (1987) which will be available 03/09/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description So…my biggest complaint with the script… Page 14: A loud rock group performs. Talk about underselling it!!! This...

Sinners – Two brothers walk into a vampire bar…

An excerpt from my script review for Sinners which will be available 03/03/26: 2.) Plot Stability The script opens a bit differently from the film. Here we’re presented with a burned man running from a...
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The Gift – Less than thrilling?

An excerpt from my script review for The Gift which will be available 11/09/15: 2.) Plot Stability This thriller was less than thrilling. Did it have tense situations? Certainly, but other than the very...

Shadow in the Cloud – New Year, New…inspiration for your next horror thriller?

An excerpt from my script review for Shadow in the Cloud which will be available 01/04/21: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Contained horror thriller. We’re starting this year’s first review off with marketable advice. A few...

Write to Reals – Dead Girl 2006: Reals’ First Produced Female Script Review!

An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Dead Girl (2006) which will be available 07/26/18: Initial Thoughts First, I want to say that it is great to read the work of a female...

Jem and the Holograms – Truly, truly, truly…something?

An excerpt from my script review for Jem and the Holograms which will be available 12/07/15: 4.) Dialogue and Description Aside from the plot, this was probably THE MOST annoying issue I had with...

Legend of Tarzan – Disney’s Jungle Cruise with Abs!

An excerpt from my script review for The Legend of Tarzan which will be available 07/11/16: 2.) Plot Stability Everyone should have caught the HUGE red flag when interviews with Alexander Skarsgård were focused...

The Producers – Farewell, Mr. Wilder

An excerpt from my script review for The Producers which will be available 09/05/16: 5.) Format This portion is extremely important considering this week’s script. While searching for a PDF, before a member was kind...

The Accountant – Over-Connecting Your Characters?

An excerpt from my script review for The Accountant which will be available 10/19/16: 3.) Quality of Characters Two things here. First, the second scene of the script presents YOUNG BOY and LITTLE BROTHER. We’re not...

Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood – The Origins of Captain Peachfuzz

I had plans to break this review up into 2 reviews, one half talking about all of Quentin Tarantino’s other films and saving the second half for my official review of Once...

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