Horror Month 2025: Week 1

The first week of Horror Month is complete! Here is everything I watched. Feel free to list every horror related movie or series you watched as well, I'm always on the hunt...

What Could Have Been: Vanderbilt’s The Long Walk Adaptation

An excerpt from my script review for The Long Walk (unproduced by James Vanderbilt) which will be available 10/06/25: 2.) Plot Stability Just a reminder, this is for Vanderbilt’s unproduced version and not the...

Horror Month 2025!

It’s that time again, the month of all things spooky, creepy and stinky. Because like every year, I know a majority of the films on this list are going to be real...

Him (2025) – WTF?!…but in a GOOD way!

An excerpt from my script review for Him (aka The Goat) which will be available 09/29/25: 2.) Plot Stability I thoroughly enjoyed this script. Benny is entering Connor’s world, and he feels like he’s by himself, but...

The Sting – Does it still hold up? (…and RIP Robert Redford)

An excerpt from my script review for The Sting (1973) which will be available 09/23/25: 1.) Marketability of the Idea So…this was started yesterday, but mom is visiting from Florida all week. Over the weekend we...

What Could Have Been – Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon

An excerpt from my script review for Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon which will be available 09/15/25: 2.) Plot Stability Admittedly I did minimal research before reading this script so as not to persuade my...
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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...

Velvet Buzzsaw – Should Mr. Gilroy stick to writing only?

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...

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...

Write to Reasl – Preacher – Unproduced John August Version: What can we take away?

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...

The House with a Clock in its Walls – Long title. Longer description.

An excerpt from my script review for The House with a Clock in its Walls which will be available 12/10/18: 4.) Dialogue and Description Similar to the “mental sigh” I had last week, I...

Ad Astra – How much is “too much” in regards to character intros in your script?

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...

Peppermint – Paint the Picture

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...

Write to Reals – Halloween 666

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...

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