The Death of Robin Hood – More A24’s Speed…

An excerpt from my script review for The Death of Robin Hood which will be available 08/24/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea This is Robin at the end of his career, and looking for...

X – Don’t Mess with Pearl!

An excerpt from my script review for X (2022) which will be available 08/18/26: After the "excitement" of Reals' X film review, I had to check the script out for myself... 2.) Plot Stability This...

The Odyssey – Is it YOUR favorite Nolan project?

An excerpt from my script review for The Odyssey which will be available 08/07/26: 2.) Plot Stability I’ll come right out and admit it, this was not my favorite Christopher Nolan project. It wasn’t bad, but similar to...

Mother Mary – Aaron Sorkin level dialogue?

An excerpt from my script review for Mother Mary which will be available 08/03/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description As sharp as the dialogue was when Sam and Mary get together, the description was not...

The Social Network – Learning from Sorkin…

An excerpt from my script review for The Social Network which will be available 07/20/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description Here’s where we’ll be spending a good chunk of our time. Let’s just get the description...

Obsession – An argument for why you DON’T need college to be successful in screenwriting…

An excerpt from my script review for Obsession which will be available 07/07/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Be careful who you wish for… That’s a great logline, tagline, however you want to pitch it. As long...
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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...

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...

Best Films of 2018!

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...

Harriet – Dialogue that makes you truly consider where we’ve come from.

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. Page 72: HARRIET & SLAVES (OVER)So...

The Commuter – Do you have enough characters?

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...

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 Man from U.N.C.L.E. – Clichés and Buddies!

An excerpt from my script review for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) which will be available 05/04/20: 2.) Plot Stability A buddy spy film with a lot of clichés. The first part of that statement...

Green Street Hooligans – An American Explains English Football

An excerpt from my script review for Green Street Hooligans which will be available 02/21/23: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Proper. Football. Now, I’m not here to argue you shouldn’t love American football over “soccer”...

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