What Could Have Been – Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon

An excerpt from my script review for Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon which will be available 09/15/25: 2.) Plot Stability Admittedly I did minimal research before reading this script so as not to persuade my...

The Addams Family – Character Expectations

An excerpt from my script review for The Addams Family which will be available 09/08/25: 3.) Quality of Characters One of my favorite aspects of this reboot, not having seen much of the original...

World War Z – Write description, not prose.

An excerpt from my script review for World War Z which will be available 08/26/25: 4.) Dialogue and Description Alright, here’s the main focus of discussion. So this script was 120 pages of actual text....

Weapons – Can the Cap’n NOT spoil it?

On one hand I want to talk about this movie, because I have a lot to say about it. but on the other, I really don’t want to spoil anything for you,...

Long Distance (aka Distant) – Implementing Realistic Escalation

An excerpt from my script review for Long Distance which will be available 08/19/25: 2.) Plot Stability The premise of the story is solid. What we’re going to focus on in this section however is...

Weapons – Write to Reals Script Review

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Weapons (2025) which will be available 08/11/25: What Worked The Hook - This film has a fantastic hook, which is important because it makes for a great logline....
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Sony Part II – From North Korea, With Love

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...

Bone Tomahawk – Presently Absent Necessary Horror

An excerpt from my script review for Bone Tomahawk which will be available 10/26/15: 3.) Quality of Characters Aside from the dramatically over detailed intros given for characters, which we’ll cover in a second,...

Best Movies of 2017!

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...

Black Panther -Time to move on?

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...

2024 – New Year, New Screenwriter!

It's DAY 1 of the New Year, and you're making resolutions... What do you plan to do in 2024? Complete your first script? Polish a rewrite and start querying producers, agents and managers? Or just improve...

Venom – The Cap’n steals more than just your attention in this one!

I know this isn’t exactly a horror film, but it is about a monster going around eating people, so I say it counts. One thing I can say about the film right...

The Unseen – Forcing Two Plot-lines Together Doesn’t Always Pan Out

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...

Wild – Guest Script Review

An excerpt from our guest script review for Wild which will be available 12/31/14: 1.) Marketability of Idea Kudos to Reese Witherspoon and her producing partner Bruna Papandrea. They are batting 1000% after acquiring...

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