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 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...
An excerpt from my script review for Annihilation which will be available 02/26/18:
2.) Plot Stability
Keeping your audience guessing throughout the entire script and/or film is a crucial portion of your job as...
An excerpt from my script review for Atomic Blonde which will be available 07/31/17:
2.) Plot Stability
So before we get too far…
“Watch out for spoilers. You will get SPOILERS!”
https://youtu.be/eYM6qv-za8w
Warning administered.
This plot felt...
An excerpt from our ScreenBeats article From North Korea, With Love: Insights into the Next Bond Film which will be available 1/2/15:
"A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail...
An excerpt from my script review for Love and Monsters which will be available 10/19/20:
3.) Quality of Characters
Quality of monsters!
Okay, I called Joel’s run-ins with these monsters “episodic” in regards to the plot,...
An excerpt from my script review for The Road which will be available 12/13/20:
3.) Quality of Characters
Three dimensional personalities tucked behind generic names.
Man and Boy.
We’re with them for well over one hundred...
Has the comic book superhero film fatigue finally started to set in? Is it on its way out like zombies? Before Walking Dead killed it and World War Z pushed it into...
An excerpt from my script review for The Interview which will be available 01/05/15:
6.) What I liked...
As an early version of the story, it was nice to see the finished product. ...
