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...

The Death of Robin Hood – More A24’s Speed…

An excerpt from my script review for The Death of Robin Hood which will be available 08/24/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea This is Robin at the end of his career, and looking for...

X – Don’t Mess with Pearl!

An excerpt from my script review for X (2022) which will be available 08/18/26: After the "excitement" of Reals' X film review, I had to check the script out for myself... 2.) Plot Stability This...
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Knives Out – Structure Amateurs Shouldn’t Emulate

An excerpt from my script review for Knives Out which will be available 12/02/19: 4.) Dialogue and Description We’re going to skip past the description since it was decent enough to get the job...

Where the Crawdads Sing – Not Woke Enough for Critics?

An excerpt from my script review for Where the Crawdads Sing which will be available 09/19/22: 2.) Plot Stability This was an enjoyable read. Was it the most revolutionary script or story my eyes will...

Write to Reals: The Curse of La Llorona – The Conjuring’s Latina Prima!

An excerpt from Reals script review for The Curse of La Llorona (2019) which will be available 04/29/19: What Worked The Concept - This is a creepy idea - a ghostly figure steals children -...

Joker – Congrats and thank you, Mr. Phillips.

Just recently, Martin Scorsese has come out against superhero movies, calling them more theme parks than cinematic cinema. On one hand, I do agree with him. But I don’t exactly see what...

Terrifier 3 – Tis the Season!

What makes a Christmas movie, a Christmas movie? It has long been debated if classics like Die Hard is a Christmas movie. It is. And the same goes to The Nightmare Before...

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...

Write to Reals: Dolly Dearest – Script Review

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...

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...

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