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...
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....
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...
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....
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Eddington which will be available 07/21/25:
What Needs Work
A COVID-19 Western - Look, it says this on the title page, and that description does not really inspire...
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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,...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Willy's Wonderland which will be available 02/15/21:
4.) Dialogue and Description
The teenage banter was just so painful.
It’s probably meant to be, to show how naïve they are that they’d...
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...
Here's a brief look at my review of the Gladiator 2 script available 9/15/14.
Feel free to check out my full Gladiator 2 Script Review
6.) What I liked...
Like many of my previous reviews,...
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. ...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Alien 3 which will be available 08/20/24:
What Worked
The Length - 96 pages (including the title page) was a pretty solid length for this story. I will...
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...
