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...
Write to Reel

Providing a step in the write direction

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.

Join our established screenwriting community

Dedicated to expanding the skills of all interested screenwriters

Most Popular

Peppermint – Paint the Picture

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...

Write to Reals – Suspiria (2018 Remake)

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...

Glass – The ending we wanted? Or just what we got?

I think this goes without saying, but spoilers are coming in hot, so maybe skip this review if you haven’t seen Slit or Glass yet.  Now that you’ve been warned, I’m going to...

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...

Write to Reals – Halloween 666

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...

The Mule – Weak. Conflict.

An excerpt from my script review The Mule for which will be available 12/17/18: 2.) Plot Stability Knowing me pretty well by now, 3way told me I’d have this script to review before I even...

Write to Reals: The House That Jack Built

Ah, what is left to say about The House That Jack Built, the latest shocker from director Lars Von Trier which prompted “mass walkouts” at the Cannes Film Festival this year (https://variety.com/2018/film/news/l...es-1202810582/)? If you...

On the First Day of Christmas – 2021 Blood List Script Review

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...

Movie Reviews