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...

The Odyssey – Is it YOUR favorite Nolan project?

An excerpt from my script review for The Odyssey which will be available 08/07/26: 2.) Plot Stability I’ll come right out and admit it, this was not my favorite Christopher Nolan project. It wasn’t bad, but similar to...

Mother Mary – Aaron Sorkin level dialogue?

An excerpt from my script review for Mother Mary which will be available 08/03/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description As sharp as the dialogue was when Sam and Mary get together, the description was not...

The Social Network – Learning from Sorkin…

An excerpt from my script review for The Social Network which will be available 07/20/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description Here’s where we’ll be spending a good chunk of our time. Let’s just get the description...
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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,...

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...

Write to Reals: Relic (2020)

From IMDB: A daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home. Relic, not to be confused with the 1997 film titled THE Relic, was released on VOD...

The United States vs. Billie Holiday – Was there enough in it?

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...

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...

Black Panther – Are your script’s visuals “mentally digestible”?

An excerpt from my script review for Black Panther which will be available 01/07/19: 4.) Dialogue and Description This was a very visual dependent project. The issue, for us as novices at least, is that...

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...

Write to Reals: Reals Reads Stuber, Punches Hank in Mouth

Hank reviewed the script above, so I am going to talk about the film that came from it. I specifically went to the theater this past weekend interested to see what they...

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