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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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...

Velvet Buzzsaw – Should Mr. Gilroy stick to writing only?

Oh boy.  Velvet Buzzsaw is a goddamn muddled mess of a film and another example of Dan Gilroy’s lack of directorial talent.  https://youtu.be/XdAR-lK43YU I’ve come to the conclusion that he’s a fantastic writer, but he...

Write to Reals: Power of the Dog – Script Review

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...

Truth or Dare – Know the Rules!

An excerpt from my script review for Truth or Dare which will be available 04/20/20: 2.) Plot Stability What’s with recent scripts and all the bad stuff happening in Mexico? This one had a burnt...

Tomb Raider – Compelling Plot or just random Video Game Levels?

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...

Hellboy (2019) – Too many cooks in the kitchen?

Out of curiosity, before I went to go see Hellboy in theaters, I searched around on Hellboy’s imdb page first since I didn’t even know who directed it. To my surprise, Neil Marshall...

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...

Terrifier 2 – Fan Funded…Fun?

If there was a horror movie this month, I was most excited to see, it would be Terrifier 2. I’m not the biggest fan of the first film, though I did enjoy...

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