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...
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...
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...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for A Minecraft Movie which will be available 02/24/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Minecraft.
My kids played it. You or your kids probably played it.
I tried playing it...
God, what is that smell? Did you shit yourself? Something is in the air. Oh wait, I know what it is. It’s love. Love is in the air again and it smells...
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.
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...
Before we get down to the top 10 films I thought where the best, I thought I’d talk a little about some runner-ups that didn’t make the cut. 2017 had a ton...
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...
It’s the 4th of July and what better way to celebrate than to review a Canadian film.
Meet Bob.
Saying Bob’s life sucks is a bit of an understatement. His wife has left...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for The Witch which will be available 03/21/16:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Description had its moments, and was decent overall.
Page 12, after the witch kills Baby Sam:
She grinds...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for which will be available 11/23/15:
4.) Dialogue and Description
The description was so unoriginal it had to use famous tricks or shots from other movies, referencing...
