An excerpt from my script review for The Running Man which will be available 11/19/25:
2.) Plot Stability
With a few minor exceptions, this script follows the 1987 version of the film pretty closely.
One...
An excerpt from my script review for Prey which will be available 11/10/25:
2.) Plot Stability
This came out during that magical time after Covid that the Cap’n and I were so fond of.
Theaters...
I really didn’t think I’d like the first Black Phone movie as much as I did. I don’t know if it was the trailers or the fact it was another Blumhouse film,...
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Coyotes - I was hoping for a bit more humor and a lot more gore. Instead, I got annoyed by the...
While trying to come up with a movie to team up with Hank with, I ran into a YouTube video talking about horror movies no one has seen. Usually I’ve seen every...
Hi all.
Happy Halloween!!!
It’s the last day of the month that our beloved Cap’n looks forward to all year long…which also means it’s time for another Halloween Double Feature!!!
1.) Marketability of the Idea
The...
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 my script review for Sherlock Holmes and the Vengeance of Dracula which will be available 12/03/18:
4.) Dialogue and Description
We’ll focus on the description first.
The Good
The writer did an excellent...
An excerpt from my script review for Antebellum which will be available 10/05/20:
4.) Dialogue and Description
We’ve said it before on here that screenwriting “rules” are more like “guidelines”.
https://youtu.be/jl0hMfqNQ-g
Sometimes you can break these...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Run which will be available 12/01/20:
What Worked
Mother’s Introduction: In a church group, we meet a woman whose child is going off to college soon. The...
An excerpt from my script review for The Martian which will be available 10/06/15:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Similar to earlier argument, the sassy, sarcastic dialogue never really made me think Mark was in...
An excerpt from my script review for Money Monster which will be available 05/16/16:
4.) Dialogue and Description
The description.
One thing we should avoid is jumping back and forth between “side scenes”. By...
Surprise last minute Valentine’s Day review!
This special day deserves a very special review of a very special movie. Unfortunately all I have to offer is The Competition. A garbage romantic comedy...
You may or may not remember me mentioning that before Infinity War came out, I wanted to rewatched a few of the Marvel films. But not included in my epic binge watch...
An excerpt from my script review for The Disaster Artist which will be available 12/11/17:
3.) Quality of Characters
Greg is both Lisa and Mark.
Think about that for a second…
Amber could be Mark, but...
