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...
An excerpt from my script review for Obsession which will be available 07/07/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Be careful who you wish for…
That’s a great logline, tagline, however you want to pitch it. As long...
An excerpt from my script review for Backrooms which will be available 06/26/26:
2.) Plot Stability
As I watched the “found footage” videos initially, did I kick around the idea of writing a script...
An excerpt from my script review for the Friday the 13th sequel Camp Blood by Swift and Shannon which will be available 06/05/26:
2.) Plot Stability
So this is the second installment for Friday the...
There used to be 2 camps, those who played Mortal Kombat and those who played Killer Instinct. I hated KI, I can’t remember why, I think because of how the characters moved....
An excerpt from my script review for Project Hail Mary which will be available 05/22/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Based on the novel by Andy Weir.
Ah…that elusive “based on” that instantly garners the...
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.
Scary Stories is based on a popular young adult franchise (something that Hank and I have repeatedly mentioned is a huge selling point for a script) which is directed by Andre Ovredal (who...
An excerpt from my script review for Velvet Buzzsaw which will be available 02/11/19:
3.) Quality of
Characters
First off, poor fucking
Coco.
I agree with the Cap’n
one hundred percent on that and the fact that the...
So, after Murder Mystery "allegedly" became one of Netflix’s most streamed original films, I figured that I would check it out. Yes, I know - it’s an Adam Sandler PG-13 comedy. However, I have actually enjoyed many...
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...
I think the trailer tells you everything you need to know about the disaster that is Cats. There’s no hiding how bad the animation looks or how terrifying they all are...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for The Postcard Killings which will be available 06/15/20:
2.) Plot Stability
For the first fifty pages or so I enjoyed the script.
I was engaged. I was interested....
An excerpt from my script review for The Lodge which will be available 02/10/2020:
2.) Plot Stability
“Scary as Hell. The next great horror film is here.”
Meh.
If the finished film follows the script, I’d...
