An excerpt from my script review for Roofman which will be available 04/06/26:
5.) Format
This Saturday I had absolutely nothing going on.
Brought the boy home from college Friday afternoon, and he spent all...
An excerpt from my script review for Captain Blood (1994) which will be available 04/01/26:
2.) Plot Stability
My biggest complaint, aside from the similarities in the previous section?
Way too many sea battles.
Listen, I...
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4th Annual Golden Cagey Awards!
Nicholas Cage is here again, celebrating another year of The Golden Cagey Awards. And once...
An excerpt from my script review for Marty Supreme which will be available 03/17/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
So why didn’t I care about the story?
Marty’s a prick, plain and simple.
We’re told, as amateur...
An excerpt from my script review for The Lost Boys (1987) which will be available 03/09/26:
4.) Dialogue and Description
So…my biggest complaint with the script…
Page 14:
A loud rock group performs.
Talk about underselling it!!!
This...
An excerpt from my script review for Sinners which will be available 03/03/26:
2.) Plot Stability
The script opens a bit differently from the film.
Here we’re presented with a burned man running from a...
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 Reals' script review for The Blind Rage of Peacoat Miller which will be available 03/01/18:
Hey guys,
The Write to Reals series will now be taking on the wonderful world of...
An excerpt from my script review for The Nice Guys which will be available 05/23/16:
2.) Plot Stability
Let’s be honest. This is a Lethal Weapon reboot.
As I read, I could easily see...
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 Fatman which will be available 11/30/20:
2.) Plot Stability
So the twist…
As the Cap’n mentioned in his movie review you have Chris who’s down on his luck,...
An excerpt from my script review for The Circle which will be available 05/01/17:
2.) Plot Stability
Delivering on the premise.
A woman lands a dream job at a powerful tech company called the Circle,...
An excerpt from my script review for Triangle which will be available 10/16/17:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Proper use of an establishing shot!
As I read, and our group was on the ocean liner, this...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Shadow of the Colossus by Justin Marks which will be available 09/20/18:
What Worked
Pg. 1 - The way that Justin Marks writes is a style that...
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. ...
