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.
Hi all.
I’ve decided to make this review public in its entirety.
Not as some conceited or boastful gesture, thinking my writing will benefit those in the Lafayette Theater Shooting, although the thoughts, prayers,...
An excerpt from my script review for Aloha which will be available 06/29/15:
4.) Dialogue and Description
This description set an excellent tone.
There were a bunch of comparisons throughout, but the overall sense was...
The Captain reviews the fresh ti digital version of BvS:
https://youtu.be/8AO19XY2rqc
I opted out of seeing this at the theater, I’m not the biggest fan of Man of Steel and by not the biggest...
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...
Hi all.
Back to pro scripts next week, so hopefully you enjoyed/are enjoying the "back to our roots" feel of this week.
Here's what's up for next week.
Monday 9/24
Green Lantern by Greg Berlanti, Michael...
Can you answer these questions for all of your characters?
Knowing who they are is important. so they LEAP off the page for your reader!
https://youtu.be/C9ulWZuRtco
Hi all.
Here's what's on the agenda for next week.
Monday 10/15
Moon by Duncan Jones and Nathan Parker
Logline: Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on...
An excerpt from my script review for The Magnificent Seven which will be available 10/24/16:
2.) Plot Stability
This script was entertaining.
My question here is, by itself, is entertaining the audience, with minimal twists,...
