An excerpt from my review for the Elementary (unproduced script) by Brian Helgeland which will be available 06/30/25:
2.) Plot Stability
Was a very fun and engaging story.
If you’re looking for an entertaining tale set in...
An excerpt from my script review for Wag the Dog which will be available 06/23/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Of course it’s true. I saw it on TV.
This is a line that Brean...
If my memory serves me right, which it rarely ever does, I believe I reviewed almost every John Wick movie, so when it came time to watch the new spin off from...
An excerpt from my script review for The 2017 Bloodlist Script: The Swallow which will be available 06/16/25:
2.) Plot Stability
For me, the idea of a sentient “monster” in the form of these...
An excerpt from my script review for Elevator Game which will be available 06/02/25:
2.) Plot Stability
First and foremost, the beauty of the script is we’re presented the “rules” clearly and early.
The legend...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Flight 180 (X-Files Spec Script) which will be available 05/25/25:
What Worked
The Page Count - Right off the bat I like that this thing comes in under...
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 Reals' script review for Power of the Dog which will be available 03/14/22:
What Needs Work
The Marriage - Strangely enough, George and Rose happen to get married OFF-SCREEN and kind of...
An excerpt from my script review for The Predator (2018) which will be available 09/17/18:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Typical Shane Black description and dialogue.
Some of it works, some of it doesn’t.
One good trait...
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...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Slender Man which will be available 08/13/18:
What Needs Work
-- Pg. 3 - They all died. That's a pretty boring way to start because now I...
So of course like any movie starring a female lead these days, there now has to be a controversy surrounding it. Because we live in a world of butthurt people who love...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Suspiria which will be available 11/05/18:
What Worked
-- Pg. 28 - 29 - This is a little bit creepy - the scene with Olga stuck in...
An excerpt from my script review for Angel Has Fallen which will be available 08/27/19:
4.) Dialogue and Description
The banter between Banning and Davis/Trumbull was all pretty good and lent to why I...
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...
