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25. The Phoenician Scheme – It was reminding me a lot of Wes Anderson’s older films, before he got heavy into making films that seem more like plays. But I’d...
An excerpt from my script review for Weapons which will be available 01/20/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
Before we go too far into this…
Maddie’s voice over in the beginning.
She opens the story, but then...
An excerpt from my script review for Anaconda which will be available 01/13/26:
2.) Plot Stability
This felt very Jaws like, in that there’s a lot of eerie shit going on and we don’t...
An excerpt from my script review for KPop Demon Hunters which will be available 12/31/25:
https://youtu.be/LW9QJIT_T-A
Summer 2025. New Smyrna Beach, FL.
Now if you remember the previous family summer vacation we witnessed the glory...
An excerpt from my script review for Is This Thing On? which will be available 12/22/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
I forget exactly where I read it, but this is loosely based on...
An excerpt from my script review for The Cabin in the Woods which will be available 12/08/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Have you ever stopped to think that a title works as a...
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.
An excerpt from my script review for Tesla which will be available 09/14/20:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
The Current War.
I can remember watching something on the History Channel (maybe The Men Who Built America)...
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 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...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for the 2015 unproduced Gambit script which will be available 08/08/24:
2.) Plot Stability
Okay, so here’s a little background from SK’s review of the Gambit script…
Gambit was...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Silk Road which will be available 03/22/21:
2.) Plot Stability
Simply put, it was a less fun version of Catch Me If You Can.
Now, that’s one of the...
An excerpt from my script review for Overlord which will be available 11/20/18:
3.) Quality of Characters
The Captain mentioned this also in his review of the film.
Lovable meat for the grinder.
All You Need...
