What Could Have Been: Friday the 13th – Camp Blood (aka The Death of Jason Voorhees)

An excerpt from my script review for the Friday the 13th sequel Camp Blood by Swift and Shannon which will be available 06/05/26: 2.) Plot Stability So this is the second installment for Friday the...

Mortal Kombat II – Bye Cole!

There used to be 2 camps, those who played Mortal Kombat and those who played Killer Instinct. I hated KI, I can’t remember why, I think because of how the characters moved....

Project Hail Mary – See! Self Publishing DOES Work!

An excerpt from my script review for Project Hail Mary which will be available 05/22/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Based on the novel by Andy Weir. Ah…that elusive “based on” that instantly garners the...

May the 4th Be With You! – The Star Wars First (and STILL rough) Draft

An excerpt from my script review for Star Wars First Draft which will be available 05/04/26: 2.) Plot Stability When he was trying to launch this new universe, I knew George Lucas had trouble,...

AI vs. Hollywood – Where are we headed?

Hi all. No review today.  Instead I wanted to take a bit of time and discuss something that’s been kicking around upstairs for yours truly, and mentioned more frequently in some of the...

The Invisible Man – Mine that public domain!

An excerpt from my script review for The Invisible Man (2020) which will be available 04/20/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea To be clear, I’ve never read the novel by H.G. Wells. I’ve also never...
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Write to Reals – Wonder Woman (2004) – Unproduced – Laeta Kalogridis: Parts used for the film?

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Wonder Woman (2004) - Unproduced - Laeta Kalogridis which will be available 05/04/18: Initial Thoughts I personally thought Wonder Woman (2017) was an important, but flawed, film....

A Quiet Place – Is Your Horror “Practical”?

An excerpt from my script review for A Quiet Place which will be available 04/10/18: 2.) Plot Stability Is your horror “practical”? And we’re not talking about monsters, ghosts, aliens, etc. Audiences suspend their disbelief for...

Logan Lucky – Building Support Networks for Your Characters

An excerpt from my script review for Logan Lucky which will be available 08/21/17: 3.) Quality of Characters Build a network of support for your characters. Whether blood relations or not, this genre needs to...

Alita: Battle Angel – Can Anime be adapted to Live Action successfully?

I’m starting this review off telling you that I loved this movie. And that is shocking for a bunch of different reasons. One being the trailers for this looked ridiculous. That mostly...

Criminal – “Too Perfect” Characters?

An excerpt from my script review for Criminal which will be available 04/18/16: 3.) Quality of Characters Following the argument that a decent amount of the plot is too convenient, it’s our duty to...

Script Links 10-8-12

Hi all. Bit of a change up next week. Monday 10/8 Training Day by David Ayer Logline: On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue...

Hail Caesar! – Are We Being Fooled?

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...

Tusk – Script Analysis

An excerpt from my script review for Tusk which will be available 10/06/14: Want the full review? Follow this link to the Tusk Script Review. 6.) What I liked... The idea of Kevin Smith...

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