An excerpt from my script review for Elevator Game which will be available 06/02/25:
2.) Plot Stability
First and foremost, the beauty of the script is we’re presented the “rules” clearly and early.
The legend...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Flight 180 (X-Files Spec Script) which will be available 05/25/25:
What Worked
The Page Count - Right off the bat I like that this thing comes in under...
An excerpt from my script review for Elysium which will be available 05/19/25:
3.) Quality of Characters
Wow…I was really surprised that this script wasn’t reviewed before…
Going back through the thread for it, there’s...
An excerpt from my script review for Warfare which will be available 05/12/25:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Can you write an interesting story without any dialogue?
It’s not until page 12 before we have our...
An excerpt from my script review for Final Destination which will be available 05/05/25:
2.) Plot Stability
With Final Destination: Bloodlines coming out later this month, I wanted to take a look at the original.
In fact,...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City which will be available 04/27/25:
What Worked
The Woman on the Road - This, I believe, is a scene from the game Resident...
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.
Script: 127 HOURS by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
Logline: A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.
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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...
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Today Roy and I want to take a look at one thing, the importance of the first 15 pages.
This is one of the reasons we broke up the Sunday Spotlight the...
The Captain reviews The Hateful Eight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnRbXn4-Yis
My first review of 2016! And it happens to be for a film I loved. Jeez, it has been so long since I’ve even reviewed a film...
We're back with our second person "in the biz." Today we're speaking with Dale Zawada, who's going to tell us what it's like to see one of our babies on the...
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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...
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...
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Today I wanted to take some time and chat about rewrites.
You've digested serious notes on your project, and realized that although you're not the greatest writer ever, this is a story...
