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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Here's the Captain's Top 10 Films of 2025!
(With a few Nic Cage special mentions.)
4th Annual Golden Cagey Awards!
Nicholas Cage is here again, celebrating another year of The Golden Cagey Awards. And once...
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 United States vs. Billie Holiday which will be available 03/29/21:
5.) Format
80 pages for any script feels light, especially one that’s based on a book...
It had been a good while since I’ve seen the original 1984 film version of Dune. I think what got my interested in seeing it in the first place was that scene...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Everything Everywhere All At Once which will be available 04/17/22:
What Needs Work
The Title - First things first, let’s talk about that title. It’s awful.
It tells me...
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...
Hey everyone! Today I’m taking a look at the 2019 film version of Pet Sematary (by the way, the film never explains why it is spelled like that, but a quick Google...
Everyone is ready to celebrate Thanksgiving!
At least, if you’re American, you are. I know Canadians have their own festivities. What do the Brits have? Is it Boxing Day? No, that’s Christmas. I...
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...
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...
