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...
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.
Hey Everyone!
Back again with my reviews of the final two Amazon Studios / Blumhouse films for Horror Month!
Nocturne (2020)
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104485..._=nv_sr_srsg_0
Logline: An incredibly gifted pianist makes a Faustian bargain to overtake her older sister at...
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...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018) aka Cadaver which will be available 02/27/19:
What Worked
-- Page 2 - HENRY LEWIS, Lead Pathologist. He’s heavy set and set...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Hereditary which will be available 06/10/18:
What Needs Work
6. Pg. 21 - The support group speech to give exposition is kind of lazy. Think of more...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Crush the Skull which will be available 03/20/19:
What Worked
A super dark, grimy atmosphere - starting with a little girl locked in a room and chained...
An excerpt from my script review for First Man which will be available 10/15/18:
4.) Dialogue and Description
There’s two things you should never do to your reader.
A.) Bore them.
B.) Insult them.
Now, I’ll chalk...
An excerpt from Reals' unproduced script review for Batman: Year One by Frank Miller which will be available 04/03/18:
What Worked
Pg. 1 - White space. That’s always great to see and a good...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Freaky which will be available 11/16/20:
Writer / Director Christopher Landon has made a career out of “Give Me The Same, But Different!” pitches.
Don’t believe me?...
