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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.
This piece comes to us from none other than Ireland. Now, I haven’t seen many Irish horror films (that I can think of) but the plot sounded interesting and it got some...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Runner,
Runner which will be available 02/07/18:
MOMENTS THAT WORKED WELL:
-- Pg. 1 - I like the line "Smart comes off him like airstrip heat waves."...
It’s been 11 long years since the last Rambo film, which I thought concluded the saga of Rambo pretty well. But this is Stallone we’re talking about here, if there’s a chance...
An excerpt from my script review for The Commuter which will be available 01/22/18:
3.) Quality of Characters
Holy commuters, Batman!
But given that this is an updated version of Orient Express, we need suspects...
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 Game Night which will be available 03/27/18:
3.) Quality of Characters
Recently my sister’s family talked with me about something they saw on cable about The Hero’s...
An excerpt from my script review for Harriet which will be available 11/04/19:
4.) Dialogue and Description
The description was fine, but what hit me was some of the dialogue.
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HARRIET & SLAVES (OVER)So...
