Here's the Captain's Top 10 Films of 2025!
(With a few Nic Cage special mentions.)
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...
An excerpt from my script review for A Minecraft Movie which will be available 02/24/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Minecraft.
My kids played it. You or your kids probably played it.
I tried playing it...
God, what is that smell? Did you shit yourself? Something is in the air. Oh wait, I know what it is. It’s love. Love is in the air again and it smells...
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 God Particle (aka Cloverfield Paradox) which will be available 02/12/18:
2.) Plot Stability
Good, old fashioned contained murder/mystery.
Murder on the Orient Express but on a space station.
No...
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,...
Hello one and all.
Interesting week this week. Roy's taking the family on a bit of a short vacation. If he seems like he's ignoring you, he's not, but if you...
An excerpt from my script review for Wonder which will be available 02/19/18:
5.) Format
Watch the name dropping.
I just discussed with my children, two of whom saw the movie on a field trip,...
It feels so long ago since I’ve reviewed a DC superhero movie. I believe the last one was Joker. Of course that isn’t part of this cinematic universe.
Though I’m pretty sure they...
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 Reals' script review for Harrow Alley which will be available 03/16/18:
What Needs Work
-- Wow. HUGE chunks of text. I realize this was written at a different time, but steer...
An excerpt from my script review for Den of Thieves which will be available 01/29/18:
5.) Format
One of the best compliments you can receive as a writer, aside from having your script optioned...
