In the expansive realm of cinematic storytelling, "Madame Web" emerges as a beacon of creativity, weaving together a tapestry of intrigue, adventure, and existential exploration. Directed by a visionary filmmaker and brought...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Strangers 2 (Prey at Night) which will be available 04/07/24:
What Worked
The Opening - Man, what a way to open this! Sure, killing the previous final...
An excerpt from my script review for Road House which will be available 03/25/24:
2.) Plot Stability
Okay, before we get into the original, did anyone watch the remake?
Don’t let me ruin it for...
If given the option, I never go with IMAX, as it costs a whole hell of a lot more and I hate assigned seating like you’re attending a baseball game or you’re...
An excerpt from my script review for Shutter Island (2010) which will be available 03/12/24:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
We’re constantly telling you to consider writing a contained horror.
Why? Because it’s one of...
An excerpt from my script review for No One Lives (2012) which will be available 03/05/24:
3.) Quality of Characters
Emma and Driver.
We’re presented with this really weird dynamic, which is good, but it’s...
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 Triple 9 which will be available 8/25/14:
3.) Quality of Characters
If your story has a large list of characters, remember to serve them to your reader...
Hi all.
This will be the first official Write to Reel screenplay contest, and we're still hammering out the details.
We know this though...10 entrants.
That's it.
I wanted to email the info out ahead of...
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 Fatman which will be available 11/30/20:
2.) Plot Stability
So the twist…
As the Cap’n mentioned in his movie review you have Chris who’s down on his luck,...
Hi all.
Here's what we've got on the agenda for this week.
Wednesday 4/18/12
The Sublime Freedom by Antony Davies
When a single-father cop spies on his daughter’s internet use, he discovers a previously undetected killer...
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...
I mentioned in my last review that I started getting into anime again and the anime that did it was Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters on Netflix. The plot got me. Godzilla...
An excerpt from my script review for Hail Caesar! which will be available 02/08/16:
5.) Format
You’re not Quentin Tarantino.
But neither are the Coen Brothers, either.
Not in terms of success, mind you, but that...
