Let’s Be Cops – Act 2…begin the Fun and Games!

An excerpt from my script review for Let's Be Cops which will be available 04/14/25: 2.) Plot Stability What I want to focus on is the “fun and games” aspect of this script, because...

A Minecraft Movie – Too late to be relevant?

It’s been a while since I’ve done a movie review. I’ve never been all that good at them, so bear with me while I try to remember how this is done. I...

Lake Placid – Should you read this script?

An excerpt from my script review for Lake Placid which will be available 04/07/25: 5.) Format We’ve discussed it before, but know what you’re reading. By that, I mean you should be reading several scripts...

Maleficent – In regards to Snow White and Disney “live action”…

An excerpt from my script review for Maleficent which will be available 03/31/25: 1.) Marketability of the Idea So this one came up as the Boss and I were discussing the new “live action”...

Wind Chill – Fun Early Emily Blunt Horror

An excerpt from my script review for Wind Chill which will be available 03/24/25: 2.) Plot Stability Despite the lackluster performance at the box office, this story did a lot of things right in...

Homefront – Originally Rambo 4?

An excerpt from my script review for Homefront (Rambo 4) which will be available 03/17/25: Hi all. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! (Click here if you’re looking for a Leprechaun review.) 1.) Marketability of the Idea Before we get too...
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I Am Mother – Set Rules for Your Antagonist and Stick to Them!

An excerpt from my script review for I Am Mother which will be available 06/18/19: 3.) Quality of Characters The All Seeing Eye. You can’t pick and choose when your antagonist is omnipotent. Sometimes Mother can...

Velvet Buzzsaw – Are we all Morfs?

An excerpt from my script review for Velvet Buzzsaw which will be available 02/11/19: 3.) Quality of Characters First off, poor fucking Coco. I agree with the Cap’n one hundred percent on that and the fact that the...

Best F(r)iends: Volume 2 – Wise(au) way to start your weekend?

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...

Write to Reals: The Wind (2019) – What makes a modern Gothic film?

Alright, ladies and gentlemen, back again today with another horror piece that may have slipped under the radar a bit - The Wind. Since it came quietly to VOD, I thought I should place...

Write to Reals: Murder Mystery – Can Netflix just STOP with Mr. Sandler already?

So, after Murder Mystery "allegedly" became one of Netflix’s most streamed original films, I figured that I would check it out. Yes, I know - it’s an Adam Sandler PG-13 comedy. However, I have actually enjoyed many...

Coming 2 America – Spec vs Shooting Scripts

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...

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...

Black Panther – Are your script’s visuals “mentally digestible”?

An excerpt from my script review for Black Panther which will be available 01/07/19: 4.) Dialogue and Description This was a very visual dependent project. The issue, for us as novices at least, is that...

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