Horror Month 2025: Week 1

The first week of Horror Month is complete! Here is everything I watched. Feel free to list every horror related movie or series you watched as well, I'm always on the hunt...

What Could Have Been: Vanderbilt’s The Long Walk Adaptation

An excerpt from my script review for The Long Walk (unproduced by James Vanderbilt) which will be available 10/06/25: 2.) Plot Stability Just a reminder, this is for Vanderbilt’s unproduced version and not the...

Horror Month 2025!

It’s that time again, the month of all things spooky, creepy and stinky. Because like every year, I know a majority of the films on this list are going to be real...

Him (2025) – WTF?!…but in a GOOD way!

An excerpt from my script review for Him (aka The Goat) which will be available 09/29/25: 2.) Plot Stability I thoroughly enjoyed this script. Benny is entering Connor’s world, and he feels like he’s by himself, but...

The Sting – Does it still hold up? (…and RIP Robert Redford)

An excerpt from my script review for The Sting (1973) which will be available 09/23/25: 1.) Marketability of the Idea So…this was started yesterday, but mom is visiting from Florida all week. Over the weekend we...

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...
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Nomadland – Glad You Made It

An excerpt from my script review for Nomadland which will be available 03/01/21: 2.) Plot Stability The story? Fern visits places, meets new people, and works the odd seasonal job. What drew me in? Wall Drug. South Dakota...

Palm Springs – Film Review and Two Bonuses!

We went from having nothing to watch and review, to a single day having at least 6 films worth watching and reviewing. Movies might not be coming to theaters, but they are...

Satanic Panic – When all else fails, go for dark visuals.

An excerpt from my script review for Satanic Panic which will be available 09/09/19: 4.) Dialogue and Description We’ll skip dialogue because it didn’t really do much either good or bad. It served its...

Capone – What’s the point of the script? Don’t catch syphilis?

An excerpt from my script review for Capone (2020) which will be available 05/18/20: 2.) Plot Stability Two main concerns here. First and foremost, I thought this was going to be a “treasure hunt” while...

Captive State – Such a thing as “too cryptic”?

An excerpt from my script review for Captive State which will be available 03/25/19: 2.) Plot Stability The first scene started out brilliantly. We open on a man and his wife trying to navigate through the busy streets...

Hustlers – Characters audiences hate?

An excerpt from my script review for Hustlers which will be available 09/17/19: 3.) Quality of Characters What made me interested in this script was a review of the film on NPR. Here the male host talked about...

Barb and Star Go to Del Vista Mar – Focus your story

An excerpt from my script review for Barb and Star Go to Del Vista Mar which will be available 04/05/21: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Aside from consistently saying they were going to Del...

The Banker – Good Characters, Good Conflict

An excerpt from my script review for The Banker which will be available 03/09/20: 3.) Quality of Characters Bernard. Our main character who, from an early age, was destined to be a success. He’s not...

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