Horror Month 2026 – Week 1

It's the Capn's favorite time of year!!! Don't forget you can follow along with him in real time via X: https://x.com/CPeachfuzz And new this year, he does YouTube Shorts reviews for some of his...

Motor City: No Dialogue – good storytelling or cheap gimmick?

An excerpt from my script review for Motor City which will be available 10/04/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description You read it in the title of this review… Is the “no dialogue” a worthy storytelling method...

Resident Evil – A Nod to the Fans?

An excerpt from my script review for Resident Evil (2026) which will be available 09/29/26: 2.) Plot Stability After reading the initial portions of the Capn’s review, I paused to see if the script...

Resident Evil (2026) A Deconstructed Video Game Movie Adaptation

I would have liked to review this movie on the start of Horror Month, but Sony had other plans, I guess. You could say I’m a longtime Resident Evil game fan, going all...

It Waits – Description that kills…your reader’s interest.

An excerpt from my script review for It Waits which will be available 09/22/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description The main thing we’re going to cover here is reviewing the amateur tendencies to include what...

28 Years Later – Not as bad as everyone says?

An excerpt from my script review for 28 Years Later which will be available 09/02/26: 2.) Plot Stability Truth be told I probably should have seen or read the second installment before the third. By...
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The Little Things – Trimming the fat from script to screen!

An excerpt from my script review for The Little Things which will be available 02/01/21: 2.) Plot Stability Just like 3way, I too enjoyed this script. So much so, in fact, that no sooner had...

Captain Marvel – Our Captain gets a few things off his chest!

So of course like any movie starring a female lead these days, there now has to be a controversy surrounding it. Because we live in a world of butthurt people who love...

Write to Reals: Countdown (2019) – What it did Right!

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Countdown which will be available 10/28/19: What Worked The Length - It is good that this was only a 95 page script. For a horror, typically you should...

Write to Reals: A Vigilante (2019) – The Importance of Delivering on a Premise

I hadn’t heard much about this film until it popped up on my Suggested List on Amazon Prime. After doing a bit of research (mainly watching the TRAILER), I was in. I mean, it...

The Sleepover – Are your characters annoying readers?

An excerpt from my script review for The Sleepover which will be available 09/21/20: 3.) Quality of Characters First and foremost…Glen. Now I’m rooting for Ken Marino. Mother fucker still has the wife and I...

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...

Knock at the Cabin – The Cap’n asks, “Is no twist a good twist for M. Night?”

For some reason I can’t remember the name of this movie. Knock at the Door? Knock at the Cabin Door? Something about the title “Knock at the Cabin” just feels off to me. Anyway,...

The Predator – Respect Your Reader, Please!

An excerpt from my script review for The Predator (2018) which will be available 09/17/18: 4.) Dialogue and Description Typical Shane Black description and dialogue. Some of it works, some of it doesn’t. One good trait...

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