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25. The Phoenician Scheme – It was reminding me a lot of Wes Anderson’s older films, before he got heavy into making films that seem more like plays. But I’d...
An excerpt from my script review for Weapons which will be available 01/20/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
Before we go too far into this…
Maddie’s voice over in the beginning.
She opens the story, but then...
An excerpt from my script review for Anaconda which will be available 01/13/26:
2.) Plot Stability
This felt very Jaws like, in that there’s a lot of eerie shit going on and we don’t...
An excerpt from my script review for KPop Demon Hunters which will be available 12/31/25:
https://youtu.be/LW9QJIT_T-A
Summer 2025. New Smyrna Beach, FL.
Now if you remember the previous family summer vacation we witnessed the glory...
An excerpt from my script review for Is This Thing On? which will be available 12/22/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
I forget exactly where I read it, but this is loosely based on...
An excerpt from my script review for The Cabin in the Woods which will be available 12/08/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Have you ever stopped to think that a title works as a...
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 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...
An excerpt from my script review for Tomb Raider which will be available 03/19/18:
2.) Plot Stability
Aside from the fact that the World’s G8est Actor, Mr. Walton Goggins, should make this an instant...
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 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...
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...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for On the First Day of Christmas which will be available 12/13/21:
2.) Plot Stability
Taking a page out of Reals’ style…
(Because I think it’s appropriate for this...
