Road House: Remake vs Original

An excerpt from my script review for Road House which will be available 03/25/24: 2.) Plot Stability Okay, before we get into the original, did anyone watch the remake? Don’t let me ruin it for...

Dune: Part 2 – The Cap’n Weighs In!

If given the option, I never go with IMAX, as it costs a whole hell of a lot more and I hate assigned seating like you’re attending a baseball game or you’re...

Shutter Island – NOT the kind of contained we mean.

An excerpt from my script review for Shutter Island (2010) which will be available 03/12/24: 1.) Marketability of the Idea We’re constantly telling you to consider writing a contained horror. Why? Because it’s one of...

No One Lives – Need more than “weird for weird’s sake”?

An excerpt from my script review for No One Lives (2012) which will be available 03/05/24: 3.) Quality of Characters Emma and Driver. We’re presented with this really weird dynamic, which is good, but it’s...

What Could Have Been: A McG/Marsilii 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Prequel?

An excerpt from my script review for What Could Have Been: Captain Nemo origin story which will be available 02/19/24: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Did you know Disney+ was rebooting 20,000 Leagues Under the...

The 23 Worst Movies of 2023.

It looks like 2023 was the year for bad movies. And it was the year of movies that people loved and for some reason I hated. But really that could be said...
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Hotel Artemis – A Film that’s…Forgettable?

If Hotel Artemis has one thing going against it, it’s that I found the film very forgettable. It almost seemed to vanish from my mind as soon as I left the theater....

HORROR MONTH WEEKEND WRAP UP – Week 3!

(Before you start, make sure to catch up on Horror Week 1 and Week 2.) Apostle - Did a great job at atmosphere, felt almost like a prequel to Wicker Man. Not as...

Chappaquiddick – The Kennedy Love Triangle You Weren’t Expecting!

An excerpt from my script review for Chappaquiddick which will be available 05/14/18: 3.) Quality of Characters Good old fashioned love triangle. And I’m not talking romance, but bromance! Joey Gargan loves Ted Kennedy who loves...

Death Wish – From Hero to Anti

An excerpt from my script review for Death Wish which will be available 03/05/18: 3.) Quality of Characters Converting your hero into an antihero. We’re presented with Paul Kersey as a giver of life right...

Write to Reals: Mercy Black Film Review!

Here we go, ladies and gentlemen, back with another horror film review for you! This time, we have a piece called Mercy Black, which I was planning to rent on Amazon, until it came...

Write to Reals – Halloween 666

An excerpt from Reals script review for Halloween 666: The Origin (Unproduced) which will be available 02/15/18: What We Can Learn 1. It may be an overused saying, but make your setting (s) feel...

Rampage – Cool adaptation or just The Rock doing what he does?

An excerpt from my script review for Rampage which will be available 04/16/18: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Rampage. Not going to lie. This was the first game I purchased for the NES, or...

Bill and Ted Face the Music – Script with Time Travel Issues

An excerpt from my script review for Bill and Ted Face the Music which will be available 09/07/20: 2.) Plot Stability So Bill and Ted became major flops after Bogus. That’s a lot of pressure to write the one...

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