The Captain's List is in!!!
25. The Phoenician Scheme – It was reminding me a lot of Wes Anderson’s older films, before he got heavy into making films that seem more like plays. But I’d...
An excerpt from my script review for Weapons which will be available 01/20/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
Before we go too far into this…
Maddie’s voice over in the beginning.
She opens the story, but then...
An excerpt from my script review for Anaconda which will be available 01/13/26:
2.) Plot Stability
This felt very Jaws like, in that there’s a lot of eerie shit going on and we don’t...
An excerpt from my script review for KPop Demon Hunters which will be available 12/31/25:
https://youtu.be/LW9QJIT_T-A
Summer 2025. New Smyrna Beach, FL.
Now if you remember the previous family summer vacation we witnessed the glory...
An excerpt from my script review for Is This Thing On? which will be available 12/22/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
I forget exactly where I read it, but this is loosely based on...
An excerpt from my script review for The Cabin in the Woods which will be available 12/08/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Have you ever stopped to think that a title works as a...
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.
An excerpt from my script review for Moonlight which will be available 02/13/17:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
So it’s based on a piece of dramatic writing called In the Moonlight Black Boys Look...
Hi all.
Today we're taking a look at Behind the Cellar Wall by Lana Newlin.
We follow the story of Maggie, who's a tough young woman, as she loses her parents, is left a...
https://youtu.be/FMgJ_oprkFA
I can’t remember the first John Woo film I ever saw, was it one of his early English language Hollywood films like Hard Target or one of his many Chinese films, usually...
Hi all, and Happy Memorial Day.
Thanks to those that defend our freedom, whether past, present or future.
Here's what's on the agenda for this week, but also look for changes to the slide...
An excerpt from my script review for It Follows which will be available 03/29/15:
2.) Plot Stability
Before I jump into my critique, I have the following technical questions...
A.) Do blowjobs count?
B.) Do you...
And don't forget to check out Part 1: The Best Movies of 2017.
I ran into the same problem with the worst list as I did with the best. Too many candidates. I...
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,...
An excerpt from my script review for Steve Jobs which will be available 10/19/15:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Description, blah, blah, blah.
You're not here for that. I didn't read Mr. Sorkin's script for...
