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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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...

Mosul – Characters Strengths and Arc

An excerpt from my script review for Mosul which will be available 12/07/20: 3.) Quality of Characters Jasem. A hard as nails father figure to a band of vengeful soldiers in Iraq. He’s tough. Mostly fair. And understands...

The Worst Films of 2018?

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....

Death Wish – From Hero to Anti

An excerpt from my script review for Death Wish which will be available 03/05/18: 3.) Quality of Characters Converting your hero into an antihero. We’re presented with Paul Kersey as a giver of life right...

Beirut – Are 100% of your characters “ON” 100% of the time?

An excerpt from my script review for Beirut which will be available 05/21/18: 4.) Dialogue and Description The dialogue had its moments, but unfortunately was too mundane for the most part. Why do we enjoy...

Write to Reals – Mute (Netflix Film)

An excerpt from Reals' script review for MUTE which will be available 02/24/18: What Needs Work Pg. 1 - 2 - I don't think we really needed to spend 2 pages showing that he...

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...

Write to Reals: Doctor Sleep on the Big Screen

It has been the year of Stephen King! We have had so many of his stories turned into films and television shows in just 2019 alone. I thought some were really good: In...

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