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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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.
I could have sworn I reviewed the first Creed movie, but I guess I was mistaken as it was Hank who reviewed only the script.
I’ve had Creed 2 on the docket to see...
An excerpt from my script review for Flatliners which will be available 10/09/17:
2.) Plot Stability
This was one of those that scripts that, even at over 100 pages, I didn’t constantly check what...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Anon which will be available 05/10/18:
What Needs Work
-- I am also writing a similar noir-like detective story (though mine is a comic series, not a...
While watching Rise of Skywalker, one thing became very clear almost right from the start, this film was going to be a mess. It was like they were trying to cram in...
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 Theory of Everything which will be available 12/02/14:
3.) Quality of Characters
Stephen.
Introduced as an awkward, yet charming, individual.
Enjoyed him very much for most of the...
Hi all and here's what's happening this week.
Wednesday 5/9
Condesa by H.L. Wheeler
Precocious Lisa, at 7, can recite anything she reads and fly her Father’s plane. At 10, her parents die in a...
I’m a pretty big Child’s Play/Chucky fan. Out of all the horror icon franchises, Chucky is still one of my favorites. I can’t say out of the 7 films any of them...