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25. The Phoenician Scheme – It was reminding me a lot of Wes Anderson’s older films, before he got heavy into making films that seem more like plays. But I’d...
An excerpt from my script review for Weapons which will be available 01/20/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
Before we go too far into this…
Maddie’s voice over in the beginning.
She opens the story, but then...
An excerpt from my script review for Anaconda which will be available 01/13/26:
2.) Plot Stability
This felt very Jaws like, in that there’s a lot of eerie shit going on and we don’t...
An excerpt from my script review for KPop Demon Hunters which will be available 12/31/25:
https://youtu.be/LW9QJIT_T-A
Summer 2025. New Smyrna Beach, FL.
Now if you remember the previous family summer vacation we witnessed the glory...
An excerpt from my script review for Is This Thing On? which will be available 12/22/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
I forget exactly where I read it, but this is loosely based on...
An excerpt from my script review for The Cabin in the Woods which will be available 12/08/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Have you ever stopped to think that a title works as a...
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.
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Pet Sematary (2019) which will be available 04/08/19:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Get ready for a reboot of all things horror from the 80s and 90s!
As...
An excerpt from my script review for I Am Mother which will be available 06/18/19:
3.) Quality of Characters
The All Seeing Eye.
You can’t pick and choose when your antagonist is omnipotent.
Sometimes Mother can...
An excerpt from my script review for Synchronic which will be available 10/26/20:
3.) Quality of Characters
Here’s where we’re going to spend a bit of time.
Character introductions.
Page 13:
Mary Kay Latorno meets Tanya Harding,...
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...
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...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Rental (2020) which will be available 09/27/20:
What Needed Work
Spelling-It-All-Out
For example, on Page 2, we are treated to this line in the description section:
Josh is...
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....
