May the 4th Be With You! – The Star Wars First (and STILL rough) Draft

An excerpt from my script review for Star Wars First Draft which will be available 05/04/26: 2.) Plot Stability When he was trying to launch this new universe, I knew George Lucas had trouble,...

AI vs. Hollywood – Where are we headed?

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...

The Invisible Man – Mine that public domain!

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...

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...
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Prey – Is Predator lore outside the films canon?

Apparently, there is a whole bunch of lore surrounding The Predator that I wasn’t aware of. Much like Star Wars, the universe was expanded on with videogames (which I never played), books...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tenet – You ARE NOT Christopher Nolan.

An excerpt from my script review for TENET which will be available 12/28/20: 4.) Dialogue and Description Remember, you are not Chris Nolan. If you’re writing a spec script with a complex plot/twist like Inception, Interstellar, or Tenet you might want to...

Write to Reals: Relic (2020)

From IMDB: A daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home. Relic, not to be confused with the 1997 film titled THE Relic, was released on VOD...

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