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.
An excerpt from my script review for Ad Astra which will be available 09/23/19:
3.) Quality of Characters
What is “too much” when introducing characters?
This script can answer that.
Page 3:
Roy McBride: forties, handsome. His...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Hate Night by the Boyd Brothers which will be available 04/06/18:
Initial Thoughts
I always love reading horror scripts because the horror genre is one that has...
An excerpt from my script review for Hellboy (2019) which will be available 04/15/19:
3.) Quality of
Characters
The character
relationships felt rather contrived.
Hellboy fought with
Broom for no other reason than teenage angst?
Is he even still...
It has been a while since my last review. Mainly due to the fact there really hasn’t been much of anything worth reviewing.
However this month is special. Because if you don’t know,...
An excerpt from my script review for The Death of Stalin which will be available 03/12/18:
5.) Format
We all have that friend on Facebook with the “perfect” life. Constant posts about how...
An excerpt from my script review for Operation Finale which will be available 09/10/18:
2.) Plot Stability
Whether this is the first review you’ve read here, or one of many, one thing’s certain as...
I feel like I missed a week, since we are close to the end now. But I've been keeping pretty good track of my movie watching over on my twitter account. And...
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...
