Prey – Can you reboot an original?

An excerpt from my script review for Prey which will be available 11/10/25: 2.) Plot Stability This came out during that magical time after Covid that the Cap’n and I were so fond of. Theaters...

Black Phone 2 – Did we need it?

I really didn’t think I’d like the first Black Phone movie as much as I did. I don’t know if it was the trailers or the fact it was another Blumhouse film,...

Horror Month 2025: Week 4

Feel free to check out Week 3 and make sure to follow along on Twitter: http://x.com/CPeachfuzz Coyotes - I was hoping for a bit more humor and a lot more gore. Instead, I got annoyed by the...

Halloween Double Feature 2025 (Part 2): Cherry Falls – Editing From Hell?

While trying to come up with a movie to team up with Hank with, I ran into a YouTube video talking about horror movies no one has seen. Usually I’ve seen every...

Halloween Double Feature 2025 (Part 1): Cherry Falls – The greatest slasher you’ve never heard of?

Hi all. Happy Halloween!!! It’s the last day of the month that our beloved Cap’n looks forward to all year long…which also means it’s time for another Halloween Double Feature!!! 1.) Marketability of the Idea The...

Happy Death Day – Should YOU give up on screenwriting?

An excerpt from my script review for Happy Death Day which will be available 10/27/25: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Groundhog Day, but it’s horror. The main character is brutally murdered each day and every...
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Rocketman – Too Short for a Worthy Biopic?

An excerpt from my script review for Rocketman which will be available 07/28/19: 2.) Plot Stability Abbreviated. That’s the word that kept coming to mind as I read this 89 page script. This tour was a...

Archenemy – Value your reader’s time, please.

An excerpt from my script review for Archenemy which will be available 01/11/21: 4.) Dialogue and Description First and foremost… Hamster’s intro dialogue?  Not great, especially when he’s trying to convince Melissa to give him...

Green Book – Period Oscar Bait?

An excerpt from my script review for Green Book which will be available 01/28/19: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Based on a true friendship. Tony “Lip” Vallelonga was a real person, who later became a...

The Beach Bum – Self-Indulged Nonsense.

Hi all. Today we're taking an "in-depth" look at The Beach Bum. 1.) Marketability of the Idea https://youtu.be/kxJPQlPIzKI 2.) Plot Stability https://youtu.be/8QEAA94FjHc 3.) Quality of Characters https://youtu.be/iggA6dHDK5o 4.) Dialogue and Description https://youtu.be/Dvi8P-lhJmE 5.) Format https://youtu.be/wD2cVhC-63I 6.) What I liked... Alright.  Alright. 7.) What needs work... Needs one more “alright”. Rating: Read it if you can...

If you’re writing a spec script…STOP!

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...

Shazam! – And a few other things the Cap’n gets off his chest…

I had the worst nightmare recently, where I got an advance copy of Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time in Hollywood and it was this PG-13 unwatchable garbage. Also, it might have...

Mile 22 – Good Writers Make Decisions!

An excerpt from my script review for Mile 22 which will be available 08/20/18: 4.) Dialogue and Description You’re the writer, so make a fucking decision! Page 69: During the FIGHT, Jett needs to get SLASHED...

The Front Runner – 1988’s #MeToo Movement?

An excerpt from my script review for The Front Runner which will be available 11/27/18: 4.) Dialogue and Description I mentioned in the marketability section that the second half of this story felt very...

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