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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Here's the Captain's Top 10 Films of 2025!
(With a few Nic Cage special mentions.)
4th Annual Golden Cagey Awards!
Nicholas Cage is here again, celebrating another year of The Golden Cagey Awards. And once...
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 really need to stop mentioning which film I’ll be tackling next week after my reviews. If you read my review for Dragged Across Concrete, you might be wondering why I’m not...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Star Wars: Episode IX - Duel of the Fates which will be available 02/18/20:
2.) Plot
Stability
This story suffered
from the same major issue as the two others...
An excerpt from my script review for Long Shot which will be available 05/06/19:
2.) Plot Stability
The Seven Year Itch is a real phenomenon.
Sure it might not be right at seven years to the day,...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Chaos Walking which will be available 03/08/21:
What Is It Even About?
Good question, dear reader!
From Chaos Walking’s IMDB Homepage: A dystopian world where there are no women...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Dolly Dearest which will be available 04/17/20:
Hey All!
Glad to be checking back in with everyone - hope you all are staying safe and healthy during...
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...
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...
