What Could Have Been – Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon

An excerpt from my script review for Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon which will be available 09/15/25: 2.) Plot Stability Admittedly I did minimal research before reading this script so as not to persuade my...

The Addams Family – Character Expectations

An excerpt from my script review for The Addams Family which will be available 09/08/25: 3.) Quality of Characters One of my favorite aspects of this reboot, not having seen much of the original...

World War Z – Write description, not prose.

An excerpt from my script review for World War Z which will be available 08/26/25: 4.) Dialogue and Description Alright, here’s the main focus of discussion. So this script was 120 pages of actual text....

Weapons – Can the Cap’n NOT spoil it?

On one hand I want to talk about this movie, because I have a lot to say about it. but on the other, I really don’t want to spoil anything for you,...

Long Distance (aka Distant) – Implementing Realistic Escalation

An excerpt from my script review for Long Distance which will be available 08/19/25: 2.) Plot Stability The premise of the story is solid. What we’re going to focus on in this section however is...

Weapons – Write to Reals Script Review

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Weapons (2025) which will be available 08/11/25: What Worked The Hook - This film has a fantastic hook, which is important because it makes for a great logline....
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Write to Reals: Moonfall – Script Review

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...

Horror Month 2020: Week 1

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...

What Could Have Been – Star Wars: Episode IX – Duel of the Fates

An excerpt from my script review for Star Wars: Episode IX - Duel of the Fates which will be available 02/18/20: 2.) Plot Stability This story suffered from the same major issue as the two others...

Write to Reals: The Witch in the Window (2018) – Slow Burn Horror Done Right

Now, I know this is not what many would consider a “mainstream’ horror film, as it is a Shudder exclusive (Shudder being a streaming platform that contains only horror… so essentially a...

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...

Unicorn Store – Captin Marvel and Nick Fury’s OTHER April Movie

An excerpt from my script review for Unicorn Store which will be available 04/29/19: 3.) Quality of Characters Following the line of thinking from above, as serious as some of these situations could have been for Kit,...

The Loverbirds – Did the Covid-19 pandemic do this movie a favor?

I’ve been rewatching a lot of RLM’s Mr. Plinkett reviews since they dropped a new one for the terrible and embarrassing Picard series. But this isn’t a review of someone who reviewed Picard,...

Creed II – Don’t Undo the Good in YOUR Script

An excerpt from my script review for Creed II which will be available 07/01/19: 4.) Dialogue and Description Okay, so I really hope the whole Peter Petrelli subplot wasn't in Creed II, and here's why. https://youtu.be/mk82j1jQw_8 That...

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