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...
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...
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...
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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An excerpt from my script review for The Sleepover which will be available 09/21/20:
3.) Quality of Characters
First and foremost…Glen.
Now I’m rooting for Ken Marino. Mother fucker still has the wife and I...
An excerpt from my article about Using AI to write Screenplays which will be available 04/24/23:
Prediction: Writing a screenplay is about to get a whole lot easier, but selling it…a whole lot...
I guess it was inevitable that I’d have to review the second half, right? I know no one was actually requesting I do this, and the pain, the suffering I endured, I...
An excerpt from my script review for Wrath of Man which will be available 10/04/21:
1.) Marketability of the IdeaThank God for Guy Ritchie dialogue.A few weeks back, I was waiting for the...
An excerpt from my script review for Maleficent which will be available 03/31/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
So this one came up as the Boss and I were discussing the new “live action”...
An excerpt from my script review for Joker which will be available 10/7/19:
3.) Quality of Characters
The Captain raised the question in our 4 way email group (that ironically has a member named...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Countdown which will be available 10/28/19:
What Worked
The Length - It is good that this was only a 95 page script. For a horror, typically you should...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Animal House II by Michael, Matty & Andrew B. Simmons (Unproduced) which will be available 06/21/18:
What Needs Work
Pg. 2 - I’m not sure they are...
