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...

Send Help – The same, only different.

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...

Roofman – Could Channing save it?

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...

What Could Have Been: Captain Blood Reboot (1994)

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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Rebel Moon: Part 2 – The Scargiver

With zero fanfare, or buzz or anticipation whatsoever, Netflix has released the second half of Rebel Moon, giving it the ridiculous title The Scargiver. https://youtu.be/UEJuNHOd8Dw If you thought now your questions would finally be...

Spider-Man: Far From Home – Is the Cap’n the Only One with Marvel Fatigue?

As much as I like Marvel films, the fatigue has fully set in now. I forget which review I mentioned this already in, possibly the Dark Phoenix review but to recap, I’m...

Vice – Entertain Your Reader!

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...

Overlord – Lovable Meat for the Grinder!

An excerpt from my script review for Overlord which will be available 11/20/18: 3.) Quality of Characters The Captain mentioned this also in his review of the film. Lovable meat for the grinder. All You Need...

Avengers: Endgame Review (And BONUS Game of Thrones Rant!)

This weekend might be too much to handle, as not only is Endgame here, so is the epic battle in Game of Thrones where I’m sure numerous characters are about to meet...

I Think We’re Alone Now – Importance of Conflicting Characters in Contained Pieces

An excerpt from my script review for I Think We're Alone Now which will be available 10/01/18: 3.) Quality of Characters If we’re going any sort of contained route (or limited budget) we must...

Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga – Does your script respect your reader?

An excerpt from my script review for Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga which will be available 07/06/20: 4.) Dialogue and Description Let’s get the bad out of the way first. Huge blocks...

The Old Man and the Gun – Format that Values Your Reader’s Time

An excerpt from my script review for The Old Man and the Gun which will be available 02/18/19: 5.) Format If I’m counting them all correctly there were 6 revisions. Now, that’s not a horrible thing, but...

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