May the 4th Be With You! – The Star Wars First (and STILL rough) Draft

An excerpt from my script review for Star Wars First Draft which will be available 05/04/26: 2.) Plot Stability When he was trying to launch this new universe, I knew George Lucas had trouble,...

AI vs. Hollywood – Where are we headed?

Hi all. No review today.  Instead I wanted to take a bit of time and discuss something that’s been kicking around upstairs for yours truly, and mentioned more frequently in some of the...

The Invisible Man – Mine that public domain!

An excerpt from my script review for The Invisible Man (2020) which will be available 04/20/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea To be clear, I’ve never read the novel by H.G. Wells. I’ve also never...

Send Help – The same, only different.

An excerpt from my script review for Send Help which will be available 04/14/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Give me the same, only different. – Sam Raimi Misery meets Castaway was in all the comments on the...

Roofman – Could Channing save it?

An excerpt from my script review for Roofman which will be available 04/06/26: 5.) Format This Saturday I had absolutely nothing going on. Brought the boy home from college Friday afternoon, and he spent all...

What Could Have Been: Captain Blood Reboot (1994)

An excerpt from my script review for Captain Blood (1994) which will be available 04/01/26: 2.) Plot Stability My biggest complaint, aside from the similarities in the previous section? Way too many sea battles. Listen, I...
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Chappaquiddick – The Kennedy Love Triangle You Weren’t Expecting!

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...

Pokémon Detective Pikachu: How does this universe work exactly?

I shrugged off the embarrassment of seeing a Pokémon movie alone to bring you this review. I know I took another week off, but there really wasn’t much to cover anyway.  I did...

Monster Hunter – Is YOUR Script Original Enough?

An excerpt from my script review for Monster Hunter which will be available 02/08/21: 2.) Plot Stability Before we start…a disclaimer! From what I can gather, this script was an initial concept, and one I’m...

Game Night – Michael Bluth Takes Many Forms!

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...

The Happytime Murders – Detective Noir Archetypes?

An excerpt from my script review for The Happytime Murders which will be available 08/27/18: 3.) Quality of Characters It takes a certain ensemble to fill the “detective noir” character roles. Phil Phillips. The initial voice-overs...

John Wick: Chapter 4 – Was it too long?

Where did we leave off after Parabellum? Does anyone remember? To recap, John Wick, an unstoppable killing machine, gets shot off a building by his trusted friend Winston played by Ian McShane one...

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse – C’mon Sony, another reboot?

An excerpt from my script review for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse which will be available 01/01/19: 3.) Quality of Characters Miles v. Jefferson v. Aaron. This triangle had spectacular possibilities. Miles and his dad, Jefferson, don’t see eye to...

The Aeronauts – Surprising Little Story…

An excerpt from my script review for The Aeronauts which will be available 12/09/19: 2.) Plot Stability Anytime the word “aeronaut” was mentioned, I couldn’t help thinking of this… https://youtu.be/yE9GyJcVCdU In that classic from my childhood, Tom Sawyer consistently...

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