An excerpt from my script review for The Addams Family which will be available 09/08/25:
3.) Quality of Characters
One of my favorite aspects of this reboot, not having seen much of the original...
An excerpt from my script review for World War Z which will be available 08/26/25:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Alright, here’s the main focus of discussion.
So this script was 120 pages of actual text....
On one hand I want to talk about this movie, because I have a lot to say about it. but on the other, I really don’t want to spoil anything for you,...
An excerpt from my script review for Long Distance which will be available 08/19/25:
2.) Plot Stability
The premise of the story is solid.
What we’re going to focus on in this section however is...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Weapons (2025) which will be available 08/11/25:
What Worked
The Hook - This film has a fantastic hook, which is important because it makes for a great logline....
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Eddington which will be available 07/21/25:
What Needs Work
A COVID-19 Western - Look, it says this on the title page, and that description does not really inspire...
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.
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...
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...
I guess it was inevitable that I’d have to review the second half, right? I know no one was actually requesting I do this, and the pain, the suffering I endured, I...
An excerpt from my script review for Knives Out which will be available 12/02/19:
4.) Dialogue and Description
We’re going to skip past the description since it was decent enough to get the job...
An excerpt from my script review for Vice which will be available 12/24/18:
4.) Dialogue and
Description
The tone of this
script is what entertained me the most.
From the opening
caveat of being as true as they...
An excerpt from my script review for TENET which will be available 12/28/20:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Remember, you are not Chris Nolan.
If you’re writing a spec script with a complex plot/twist like Inception, Interstellar, or Tenet you might want to...
An excerpt from my script review for Coming 2 America which will be available 03/15/21:
5.) Format
Coming this week or next, we have an interview 3way did with a screenwriting member of the...
An excerpt from my script review for Jolt which will be available 07/27/21:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Get this out of the way first, the description was fine, if not a bit cheesy at...
