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25. The Phoenician Scheme – It was reminding me a lot of Wes Anderson’s older films, before he got heavy into making films that seem more like plays. But I’d...
An excerpt from my script review for Weapons which will be available 01/20/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
Before we go too far into this…
Maddie’s voice over in the beginning.
She opens the story, but then...
An excerpt from my script review for Anaconda which will be available 01/13/26:
2.) Plot Stability
This felt very Jaws like, in that there’s a lot of eerie shit going on and we don’t...
An excerpt from my script review for KPop Demon Hunters which will be available 12/31/25:
https://youtu.be/LW9QJIT_T-A
Summer 2025. New Smyrna Beach, FL.
Now if you remember the previous family summer vacation we witnessed the glory...
An excerpt from my script review for Is This Thing On? which will be available 12/22/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
I forget exactly where I read it, but this is loosely based on...
An excerpt from my script review for The Cabin in the Woods which will be available 12/08/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Have you ever stopped to think that a title works as 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.
Long time no see! It’s been awhile since you’ve had to endure one of my movie reviews. So to ease back into things, I thought first I’d talk about everything I’ve been...
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 PiÄ…tek - Screenwriters: Jakub...
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 Lost River which will be available 5/4/15:
3.) Quality of Characters
Underdeveloped. All of them.
Bones and Billy especially.
Bones comes across as a whiny bitch, who’s afraid...
An excerpt from my script review for American Made which will be available 10/02/17:
3.) Quality of Characters
Having clever characters is good.
The one thing they can’t be is too clever, however.
In contrast to...
An excerpt from my script review for Leave No Trace which will be available 11/12/18:
2.) Plot Stability
Episodic.
That’s a term I’ve not used in a long time. A long time.
Continuing what I said...
An excerpt from my script review for Wilder Than Her (Blood List 2020: Fresh Blood) which will be available 11/09/20:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Today we’re taking a look at one of the...
Initial Thoughts
So, the logline is pretty bland - Woman’s husband and son are killed, so she goes after the killers.
However, a couple of things grabbed by interest about this picture:
It won the...
