An excerpt from my script review for The Addams Family which will be available 09/08/25:
3.) Quality of Characters
One of my favorite aspects of this reboot, not having seen much of the original...
An excerpt from my script review for World War Z which will be available 08/26/25:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Alright, here’s the main focus of discussion.
So this script was 120 pages of actual text....
On one hand I want to talk about this movie, because I have a lot to say about it. but on the other, I really don’t want to spoil anything for you,...
An excerpt from my script review for Long Distance which will be available 08/19/25:
2.) Plot Stability
The premise of the story is solid.
What we’re going to focus on in this section however is...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Weapons (2025) which will be available 08/11/25:
What Worked
The Hook - This film has a fantastic hook, which is important because it makes for a great logline....
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Eddington which will be available 07/21/25:
What Needs Work
A COVID-19 Western - Look, it says this on the title page, and that description does not really inspire...
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 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...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Preacher (2010) Unproduced John August which will be available 05/18/18:
What Worked
Lots of white space - that is great!
This is a cool line (and likely visual):
DEBLANC...
An excerpt from Reals script review for Halloween 666: The Origin (Unproduced) which will be available 02/15/18:
What We Can Learn
1. It may be an overused saying, but make your setting (s) feel...
Oh boy.
Velvet Buzzsaw is a goddamn muddled mess of a film and another example of Dan Gilroy’s lack of directorial talent.Â
https://youtu.be/XdAR-lK43YU
I’ve come to the conclusion that he’s a fantastic writer, but he...
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...
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 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...
One look at my worst list and you might confuse it for just about everyone’s best list. I really tried to like these films that others were raving about, I really did....
