Resident Evil (2026) A Deconstructed Video Game Movie Adaptation

I would have liked to review this movie on the start of Horror Month, but Sony had other plans, I guess. You could say I’m a longtime Resident Evil game fan, going all...

It Waits – Description that kills…your reader’s interest.

An excerpt from my script review for It Waits which will be available 09/22/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description The main thing we’re going to cover here is reviewing the amateur tendencies to include what...

28 Years Later – Not as bad as everyone says?

An excerpt from my script review for 28 Years Later which will be available 09/02/26: 2.) Plot Stability Truth be told I probably should have seen or read the second installment before the third. By...

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...
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Come to Daddy – From the folks who brought you Mandy!

Not to be confused with the Aphex Twin song of the same name. https://youtu.be/TZ827lkktYs From the writer of The Greasy Strangler and not much else and technically by the producer of Mandy...

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...

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...

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

Sure, you can call your sequel Parabellum, which I’m guessing means “war” or you could call it John Wick: People Keep Refusing to Learn to Not Fuck with John Wick Part 3. No...

Extraction – Is Netflix getting their money’s worth?

An excerpt from my script review for Extraction which will be available 04/27/20: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Another Netflix project. More than just me, but there’s a certain stigma for these features that are...

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: The Witch in the Window (2018) – Slow Burn Horror Done Right

Now, I know this is not what many would consider a “mainstream’ horror film, as it is a Shudder exclusive (Shudder being a streaming platform that contains only horror… so essentially a...

Da 5 Bloods – Plus 1 Dead Baby

I am not he biggest fan of Spike Lee. I prefer his more Hollywood mainstream films, rather than his I have a message films. Da 5 Bloods is 100% one of those...

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