What Could Have Been: Friday the 13th – Camp Blood (aka The Death of Jason Voorhees)

An excerpt from my script review for the Friday the 13th sequel Camp Blood by Swift and Shannon which will be available 06/05/26: 2.) Plot Stability So this is the second installment for Friday the...

Mortal Kombat II – Bye Cole!

There used to be 2 camps, those who played Mortal Kombat and those who played Killer Instinct. I hated KI, I can’t remember why, I think because of how the characters moved....

Project Hail Mary – See! Self Publishing DOES Work!

An excerpt from my script review for Project Hail Mary which will be available 05/22/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Based on the novel by Andy Weir. Ah…that elusive “based on” that instantly garners the...

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...
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Gladiator II – It was to the original what Force Awakens was to A New Hope!

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...

Contagion – We’re living it!

An excerpt from my script review for Contagion which will be available 04/06/20: 2.) Plot Stability Over the weekend I had an urge to tweet as I feel the US is relying too much...

All You Need is Kill

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...

Blade Runner – Pro Script Review

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...

The Big Die-Up

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...

Creed – Did we miss something?

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...

Script Links 5-14-12

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...

What Could Have Been: The Marvel of the Haunted Castle – Script Review

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:...

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