Horror Month 2026 – Week 1

It's the Capn's favorite time of year!!! Don't forget you can follow along with him in real time via X: https://x.com/CPeachfuzz And new this year, he does YouTube Shorts reviews for some of his...

Motor City: No Dialogue – good storytelling or cheap gimmick?

An excerpt from my script review for Motor City which will be available 10/04/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description You read it in the title of this review… Is the “no dialogue” a worthy storytelling method...

Resident Evil – A Nod to the Fans?

An excerpt from my script review for Resident Evil (2026) which will be available 09/29/26: 2.) Plot Stability After reading the initial portions of the Capn’s review, I paused to see if the script...

Resident Evil (2026) A Deconstructed Video Game Movie Adaptation

I would have liked to review this movie on the start of Horror Month, but Sony had other plans, I guess. You could say I’m a longtime Resident Evil game fan, going all...

It Waits – Description that kills…your reader’s interest.

An excerpt from my script review for It Waits which will be available 09/22/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description The main thing we’re going to cover here is reviewing the amateur tendencies to include what...

28 Years Later – Not as bad as everyone says?

An excerpt from my script review for 28 Years Later which will be available 09/02/26: 2.) Plot Stability Truth be told I probably should have seen or read the second installment before the third. By...
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An excerpt from Reals' script review for Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre which will be available 06/04/23: What Needs Work The Title - We have talked a lot about titles recently, particularly because I’ve begun...

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The 25 Worst Films of 2025

The Captain's List is in!!! 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...

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Escape Room (2019) – Do Thrillers Need Stock Characters?

Remember, self, say Escape Room, not Escape Plan. Escape ROOM not Escape PLAN. One ticket for Escape Plan- Fuck! https://youtu.be/6dSKUoV0SNI While googling Escape Room I was shocked to find so many actual escape rooms in my...

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