May the 4th Be With You! – The Star Wars First (and STILL rough) Draft

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,...

AI vs. Hollywood – Where are we headed?

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...

The Invisible Man – Mine that public domain!

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...

Send Help – The same, only different.

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...

Roofman – Could Channing save it?

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...

What Could Have Been: Captain Blood Reboot (1994)

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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Sundance 2021 (Part 2): Prime Time and Eight For Silver Film Reviews

I told you there was more to come from my Sundance experience, didn’t I? Well, here is the second part of my two-part Sundance 2021 review! Enjoy! Prime Time (Director: Jakub Piątek - Screenwriters: Jakub...

Script Link 9-10-12

Hi all. Here's the schedule for next week. Monday 9/10 Buried by Chris Sparling Logline: Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find...

A Kid Like Jake – Millennials Raising Kids…

An excerpt from my script review for A Kid Like Jake which will be available 06/04/18: 2.) Plot Stability Part of me grows tired of these lazily written projects that think because they’re tackling...

Write to Reals: Run – Script Review

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...

The Road (2009) – Generic Names, 3D Characters

An excerpt from my script review for The Road which will be available 12/13/20: 3.) Quality of Characters Three dimensional personalities tucked behind generic names. Man and Boy. We’re with them for well over one hundred...

Master – Tie it all together!

An excerpt from my script review for Master (2022) which will be available 04/03/23: 2.) Plot StabilityWe’re going to spend a good chunk of our time in this section.Was the script creepy and...

Write to Reals: So Help Me God by Larry Cohen (Revisions by Tom Holland) – Trim the fat, then add some meat!

An excerpt from Reals' script review for So Help Me God which will be available 07/14/18: What Needs Work -- Pg. 1 - We don’t need the D.A.’s name if the writer is just...

Molly’s Game – Coming to the end of the Biopic Trend?

An excerpt from my script review for Molly's Game which will be available 01/08/17: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Bottom of the barrel. I could be completely off on this prediction, but it seems to...

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