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...

The Odyssey – Is it YOUR favorite Nolan project?

An excerpt from my script review for The Odyssey which will be available 08/07/26: 2.) Plot Stability I’ll come right out and admit it, this was not my favorite Christopher Nolan project. It wasn’t bad, but similar to...

Mother Mary – Aaron Sorkin level dialogue?

An excerpt from my script review for Mother Mary which will be available 08/03/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description As sharp as the dialogue was when Sam and Mary get together, the description was not...

The Social Network – Learning from Sorkin…

An excerpt from my script review for The Social Network which will be available 07/20/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description Here’s where we’ll be spending a good chunk of our time. Let’s just get the description...
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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...

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...

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...

The Christmas Chronicles – An instant classic for years to come?

A slight change of plans, as I wasn’t able to see Creed 2 over the weekend like I had planned. But I thought why not kick Christmas month off with a Christmas...

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...

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 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...

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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