Sinners – Two brothers walk into a vampire bar…

An excerpt from my script review for Sinners which will be available 03/03/26: 2.) Plot Stability The script opens a bit differently from the film. Here we’re presented with a burned man running from a...

A Minecraft Movie – Are Fads a Risky Bet?

An excerpt from my script review for A Minecraft Movie which will be available 02/24/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Minecraft. My kids played it.  You or your kids probably played it. I tried playing it...

F Valentine’s Day – What does it remind YOU of?

God, what is that smell? Did you shit yourself? Something is in the air. Oh wait, I know what it is. It’s love. Love is in the air again and it smells...

Superman – Skip the Origin Story!

An excerpt from my script review for Superman (2025) which will be available 02/09/26: 2.) Plot Stability The thing I liked about this, and Matt Reeves The Batman, is that we’re moving away from including...

The 25 Worst Films of 2025

The Captain's List is in!!! 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...

Weapons – Revisited!

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...
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Bloodshot – Time to hunker down!

An excerpt from my script review for Bloodshot which will be available 03/23/20: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Based on a Valiant comic. (Gotta make use of those properties from the 90s not yet spoken...

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...

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,...

Richard Jewell – A Character We Care About

An excerpt from my script review for Richard Jewell which will be available 12/16/19: 3.) Quality of Characters It might not sound like it from the previous section, but I did enjoy this script. Right...

Pet Sematary (2019) – Stereotypical Stephen Story?

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...

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....

Synchronic – Character Intros

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,...

I Am Mother – Set Rules for Your Antagonist and Stick to Them!

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...

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