What Could Have Been – Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon

An excerpt from my script review for Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon which will be available 09/15/25: 2.) Plot Stability Admittedly I did minimal research before reading this script so as not to persuade my...

The Addams Family – Character Expectations

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...

World War Z – Write description, not prose.

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....

Weapons – Can the Cap’n NOT spoil it?

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,...

Long Distance (aka Distant) – Implementing Realistic Escalation

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...

Weapons – Write to Reals Script Review

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....
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Cabin Fever 2 – Is the script “Low Budget” or “Contained”?

An excerpt from my script review for Cabin Fever 2 (2009) which will be available 05/11/20: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Right off the bat, know nothing about this script aside from the Cap’n...

A 3way Take: The Many Saints of Newark

An excerpt from 3way's script review for The Many Saints of Newark which will be available 07/19/22: Let’s take a gander… Logline:Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras...

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...

Misery – Or “Happy New Year, Writers!”

An excerpt from my script review for Misery which will be available 01/01/20: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Words to paper. Fingers to keyboard. However you want to think about it, consider me your Annie Wilkes...

Come to Daddy – From the folks who brought you Mandy!

Not to be confused with the Aphex Twin song of the same name. https://youtu.be/TZ827lkktYs From the writer of The Greasy Strangler and not much else and technically by the producer of Mandy...

The Postcard Killings – Entertain your audience for all, not just half, of your story.

An excerpt from my script review for The Postcard Killings which will be available 06/15/20: 2.) Plot Stability For the first fifty pages or so I enjoyed the script. I was engaged. I was interested....

Songbird – Time to Retire a Stereotype

An excerpt from my script review for Songbird which will be available 02/22/21: 3.) Quality of Characters Similar to Crash, it was good how all the characters’ lives and stories were interconnected. That enhances your...

Write to Reals: Double Feature – Black Box and The Lie (Part 1)

Hey Everyone! I thought for The Captain's Super-Special Horror Month I would do something a bit different! This month, Amazon Studios teamed up with Blumhouse to release 4 new horror films directly to...

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