In the expansive realm of cinematic storytelling, "Madame Web" emerges as a beacon of creativity, weaving together a tapestry of intrigue, adventure, and existential exploration. Directed by a visionary filmmaker and brought...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Strangers 2 (Prey at Night) which will be available 04/07/24:
What Worked
The Opening - Man, what a way to open this! Sure, killing the previous final...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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An excerpt from my script review for Tomb Raider which will be available 03/19/18:
2.) Plot Stability
Aside from the fact that the World’s G8est Actor, Mr. Walton Goggins, should make this an instant...
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 Standoff at Sparrow Creek which will be available 01/21/19:
2.) Plot
Stability
The title of this
review says it all.
Escalate right out (of)
the gate!
There was zero
downtime in this, aside...
Oh boy.
Velvet Buzzsaw is a goddamn muddled mess of a film and another example of Dan Gilroy’s lack of directorial talent.
https://youtu.be/XdAR-lK43YU
I’ve come to the conclusion that he’s a fantastic writer, but he...
It’s finally that time again when I list all the great and maybe not so great films I’d seen that year. I don’t know about you, but 2018 wasn’t too bad for...
An excerpt from my script review for Peppermint which will be available 09/24/18:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Paint your reader a mental picture.
Page 2:
WE MOVE over LA. At CHRISTMAS. Tinsel on the HOOKERS.
Santa hats...
Out of curiosity, before I went to go see Hellboy in theaters, I searched around on Hellboy’s imdb page first since I didn’t even know who directed it.
To my surprise, Neil Marshall...
An excerpt from my script review The Mule for which will be available 12/17/18:
2.) Plot
Stability
Knowing me pretty
well by now, 3way told me I’d have this script to review before I even...
