An excerpt from my review for the Elementary (unproduced script) by Brian Helgeland which will be available 06/30/25:
2.) Plot Stability
Was a very fun and engaging story.
If you’re looking for an entertaining tale set in...
An excerpt from my script review for Wag the Dog which will be available 06/23/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Of course it’s true. I saw it on TV.
This is a line that Brean...
If my memory serves me right, which it rarely ever does, I believe I reviewed almost every John Wick movie, so when it came time to watch the new spin off from...
An excerpt from my script review for The 2017 Bloodlist Script: The Swallow which will be available 06/16/25:
2.) Plot Stability
For me, the idea of a sentient “monster” in the form of these...
An excerpt from my script review for Elevator Game which will be available 06/02/25:
2.) Plot Stability
First and foremost, the beauty of the script is we’re presented the “rules” clearly and early.
The legend...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Flight 180 (X-Files Spec Script) which will be available 05/25/25:
What Worked
The Page Count - Right off the bat I like that this thing comes in under...
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.
The Hunt is one of 2019’s most controversial films… well, not really, but the release was originally pulled from the Universal Pictures release schedule due to the backlash from social media because of the content...
An excerpt from my script review for Stuber which will be available 07/15/19:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Going to come right out and say it. I enjoyed this script.
A comedy that’s a reverse Collateral.
Knowing...
HORROR MONTH WEEKLY WRAP-UP
Week 1
Alone – First film to kick off Horror Month and to my surprise, it was pretty fantastic. It’s an intense thriller with a lead actress we want to...
An excerpt from my script review for The Gentleman which will be available 01/26/20:
4.) Dialogue and Description
The description was fine except for the overuse of the word “skunk” when referring to weed.
Supper...
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...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Moonfall which will be available 02/15/22:
What Needed Work
Lots of “We See”, “We Do”, etc. - Even in just the first page I counted four instances of...
Ah, what is left to say about The House That Jack Built, the latest shocker from director Lars Von Trier which prompted “mass walkouts” at the Cannes Film Festival this year (https://variety.com/2018/film/news/l...es-1202810582/)?
If you...
An excerpt from my script review for First Reformed which will be available 02/04/19:
2.) Plot
Stability
Ideas kick around all
the time in our heads. Some good, some
bad.
The good ones are
what drive us to commit...