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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Hail, Caesar! – Wandering Plot Issues

The Captain weighs in on the newest Coen Bros. picture. Will his thoughts mirror my own issues with the script? https://youtu.be/kMqeoW3XRa0 I never got around to seeing this when it came out in...

War and Pain

Hi all. Welcome to another Saturday with your ol' pal Hank. Today we're headed down to HOTlanta and hitting some of the shadier neighborhoods around the city. War and Pain by D.K. Logline: Huck wants to...

What Could Have Been – OR Jurassic World 2?

An excerpt from my script review for Jurassic Park 4 which will be available 6/22/15: 2.) Plot Stability To say that this script is “dead’ isn’t entirely true. Jurassic Park 4 reads like Jurassic World...

Miss Sloane – Everytown Pay Attention

An excerpt from my script review for Miss Sloane which will be available 12/12/16: 2.) Plot Stability This script hit all the points it needed to, and had the necessary twists. But we’re not going...

HORROR MONTH WEEKEND WRAP UP – Week 2!

WEEK 2: (And check out WEEK 1 first.) Terrifier – Surprisingly liked this one a lot. Over the top gore and violence with pretty impressive special effects. Art the Clown makes for a really...

The Shallows – Is Your Description Digestible?

An excerpt from my script review for The Shallows which will be available 06/27/16: 4.) Dialogue and Description First of all this script was almost entirely description. That’s to be expected, because it’s...

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...

Manhunt – Classic Woo, or…not?

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...

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