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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
