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...
An excerpt from my script review for Send Help which will be available 04/14/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Give me the same, only different. – Sam Raimi
Misery meets Castaway was in all the comments on the...
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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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 Reals' script review for Dagon by David Michael Quiroz, Jr. which will be available 11/26/18:
The Script
-- I like that it is only 101 pages (including the Bloodlist cover page...
Line up, boys! It’s time for those who aren’t wearing green to get pinched! My eyes are green so I’m immune to the pinching!
Actually, is that a custom where you are from,...
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. ...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Trumbo which will be available 04/25/16:
6.) What I liked...
Besides being a well written screenplay, the tangents with today’s political climate are astonishing.
In this script we’re...
An excerpt from my script review for Downsizing which will be available 01/15/18:
2.) Plot Stability
Don’t complicate your story.
Before starting a script, you should have a good idea of what your main plot...
An excerpt from my script review for Entourage which will be available 06/08/15:
3.) Quality of Characters
Vince – The movie star, who despite having box office hits, still hasn’t reached that next level...
