Send Help – The same, only different.

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...

Roofman – Could Channing save it?

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...

What Could Have Been: Captain Blood Reboot (1994)

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...

10 Best Films of 2025 – aka 4th Annual Cagey Awards!!!

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...

Marty Supreme – Was Chalamet stuck in character?

An excerpt from my script review for Marty Supreme which will be available 03/17/26: 3.) Quality of Characters So why didn’t I care about the story? Marty’s a prick, plain and simple. We’re told, as amateur...

The Lost Boys – Gratuitous Sax Done Right.

An excerpt from my script review for The Lost Boys (1987) which will be available 03/09/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description So…my biggest complaint with the script… Page 14: A loud rock group performs. Talk about underselling it!!! This...
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US – Does Horrible Ending mean Horrible Film?

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...

Mile 22 – Good Writers Make Decisions!

An excerpt from my script review for Mile 22 which will be available 08/20/18: 4.) Dialogue and Description You’re the writer, so make a fucking decision! Page 69: During the FIGHT, Jett needs to get SLASHED...

Write to Reals: Headcount – A Contained Horror Brainstorming Session

So, as you all know (or those of you who regularly read the reviews and comments on W2R) I was not a fan of Ari Aster's recent film, Midsommar. I won't get into...

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...

The Tax Collector – Get to the Good Stuff!

An excerpt from my script review for The Tax Collector which will be available 08/24/20: 2.) Plot Stability The idea we’re going to focus on here is the importance of getting to the “good...

Write to Reals: The Perfection (2019)

Today what I have for you is a horror movie (are you really surprised?) that comes to us courtesy of Netflix called The Perfection. Now, this is not just any horror film, but...

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...

Encanto – Don’t accidentally make your cast evil!

An excerpt from my script review for Encanto which will be available 02/07/22: 3.) Quality of Characters Here’s where I want to focus most of my time. Mainly on Abuela. The writers inadvertently gave us an...

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