Backrooms – Why an A24 sequel will (most likely) flop.

An excerpt from my script review for Backrooms which will be available 06/26/26: 2.) Plot Stability As I watched the “found footage” videos initially, did I kick around the idea of writing a script...

What Could Have Been: Friday the 13th – Camp Blood (aka The Death of Jason Voorhees)

An excerpt from my script review for the Friday the 13th sequel Camp Blood by Swift and Shannon which will be available 06/05/26: 2.) Plot Stability So this is the second installment for Friday the...

Mortal Kombat II – Bye Cole!

There used to be 2 camps, those who played Mortal Kombat and those who played Killer Instinct. I hated KI, I can’t remember why, I think because of how the characters moved....

Project Hail Mary – See! Self Publishing DOES Work!

An excerpt from my script review for Project Hail Mary which will be available 05/22/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Based on the novel by Andy Weir. Ah…that elusive “based on” that instantly garners the...

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...
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Write to Reasl – Preacher – Unproduced John August Version: What can we take away?

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Preacher (2010) Unproduced John August which will be available 05/18/18: What Worked Lots of white space - that is great! This is a cool line (and likely visual): DEBLANC...

Triple Frontier – Conflicting Character Arcs

An excerpt from my script review for Triple Frontier which will be available 03/12/19: 3.) Quality of Characters The one thing this script did well was present the argument of murder on one’s own...

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...

All Inclusive – Fresh Blood Before Halloween

An excerpt from my script review for All Inclusive by Kyle Bowler from this year's Fresh Blood Selects which will be available 10/29/18 (the review, not the list): 2.) Plot Stability Any story is...

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...

The House with a Clock in its Walls – Long title. Longer description.

An excerpt from my script review for The House with a Clock in its Walls which will be available 12/10/18: 4.) Dialogue and Description Similar to the “mental sigh” I had last week, I...

Point Blank – A Tried and True Story Formula?

I know I said I’d be tackling a review for Crawl last week in my Spider-Man: Far from Home review, but honestly… I kind of forgot that movie even came out, so...

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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