Resident Evil – A Nod to the Fans?

An excerpt from my script review for Resident Evil (2026) which will be available 09/29/26: 2.) Plot Stability After reading the initial portions of the Capn’s review, I paused to see if the script...

Resident Evil (2026) A Deconstructed Video Game Movie Adaptation

I would have liked to review this movie on the start of Horror Month, but Sony had other plans, I guess. You could say I’m a longtime Resident Evil game fan, going all...

It Waits – Description that kills…your reader’s interest.

An excerpt from my script review for It Waits which will be available 09/22/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description The main thing we’re going to cover here is reviewing the amateur tendencies to include what...

28 Years Later – Not as bad as everyone says?

An excerpt from my script review for 28 Years Later which will be available 09/02/26: 2.) Plot Stability Truth be told I probably should have seen or read the second installment before the third. By...

The Death of Robin Hood – More A24’s Speed…

An excerpt from my script review for The Death of Robin Hood which will be available 08/24/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea This is Robin at the end of his career, and looking for...

X – Don’t Mess with Pearl!

An excerpt from my script review for X (2022) which will be available 08/18/26: After the "excitement" of Reals' X film review, I had to check the script out for myself... 2.) Plot Stability This...
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Green Book – Period Oscar Bait?

An excerpt from my script review for Green Book which will be available 01/28/19: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Based on a true friendship. Tony “Lip” Vallelonga was a real person, who later became a...

Black Widow – Ranking the MCU

I believe it has been almost a year since the last time I reviewed a Marvel movie. No, wait, I think it was longer than that. It seems the last Marvel superhero movie...

Halloween Double Feature 2021: Paranormal Activity – Next of Kin

Halloween might be over but there’s still time for at least one more horror film to review. And since Army of Thieves was in no way a horror movie, or a good...

Jolt – Don’t Drag Out Dialogue

An excerpt from my script review for Jolt which will be available 07/27/21: 4.) Dialogue and Description Get this out of the way first, the description was fine, if not a bit cheesy at...

Tenet – You ARE NOT Christopher Nolan.

An excerpt from my script review for TENET which will be available 12/28/20: 4.) Dialogue and Description Remember, you are not Chris Nolan. If you’re writing a spec script with a complex plot/twist like Inception, Interstellar, or Tenet you might want to...

Coming 2 America – Spec vs Shooting Scripts

An excerpt from my script review for Coming 2 America which will be available 03/15/21: 5.) Format Coming this week or next, we have an interview 3way did with a screenwriting member of the...

Write to Reals – Invisible Man: Unproduced Goyer Review

An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Invisible Man - Unproduced 2010 David Goyer which will be available 02/27/2020: What Needed Work The Opening - I didn’t like how we started with a voice-over...

Mission: Impossible Fallout – Proper Screenwriting Format?

An excerpt from my script review for Mission: Impossible Fallout which will be available 05/23/22: 5.) Format What is the acceptable format for scripts? Lucky for you there’s no exact structure, just some things that are accepted...

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