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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4th Annual Golden Cagey Awards!
Nicholas Cage is here again, celebrating another year of The Golden Cagey Awards. And once...
An excerpt from my script review for Marty Supreme which will be available 03/17/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
So why didn’t I care about the story?
Marty’s a prick, plain and simple.
We’re told, as amateur...
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An excerpt from my script review for Gladiator 2 which will be available 01/07/25:
2.) Plot Stability
Apologies in advance to those that have read this story before…
I remember sitting in the theater for...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre which will be available 06/04/23:
What Needs Work
The Title - We have talked a lot about titles recently, particularly because I’ve begun...
Hi. Another Hank review here. Before we start getting into the nitty-gritty though, I need to get something out of the way.
This script (or movie if Tom Cruise has his...
Hi all.
Today we're looking at one of those movies I've seen beginning to end, but never in order and never in one sitting.
On a whim, I thought it might be fun to...
An excerpt from my script review for Creed which will be available 01/18/16:
2.) Plot Stability
First, let me start off by saying I'm a HUGE Rocky fan, and of Mr. Stallone for that...
Hi all.
Sorry folks, you're stuck with me for the first review of the week.
Just a quick housekeeping note before we get started, if you haven't seen it already, we've now got a...
An excerpt from SK's script review for The Marvel of the Haunted Castle which will be available 04/28/19:
So I'm back again, this time reviewing a somewhat well known unproduced script. Here goes.
Plot:...
After some discussion, Roy and I have altered our selection process.
First off, the number of submissions we currently have puts us about 4 months out. That's a solid workload.
In addition to...
