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...
An excerpt from my script review for Marty Supreme which will be available 03/17/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
So why didn’t I care about the story?
Marty’s a prick, plain and simple.
We’re told, as amateur...
An excerpt from my script review for The Lost Boys (1987) which will be available 03/09/26:
4.) Dialogue and Description
So…my biggest complaint with the script…
Page 14:
A loud rock group performs.
Talk about underselling it!!!
This...
An excerpt from my script review for Sinners which will be available 03/03/26:
2.) Plot Stability
The script opens a bit differently from the film.
Here we’re presented with a burned man running from a...
An excerpt from my script review for A Minecraft Movie which will be available 02/24/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Minecraft.
My kids played it. You or your kids probably played it.
I tried playing it...
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.
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Today I'm taking a look at Life Sucks and Then You Die by Brenton Lonkey.
Before we start, I have to say I really like the title. It's catchy and reminds...
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Today I wanted to take some time and chat about rewrites.
You've digested serious notes on your project, and realized that although you're not the greatest writer ever, this is a story...
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My apologies for the unannounced schedule change.
If you're following along in your books, you'll see today was supposed to be William Goodrich's Shutter Me.
As I mentioned, we're going to be getting...
Our thanks to Jordan for taking the time to review Jurassic Park with me today.
Here we take a detailed look at the story and how it relates to Magical Realism.
Enjoy!
Hey guys. This...
Hi all, and welcome to our FIRST Monday review.
Hopefully you all know by now Roy and I have switched to a Monday through Friday schedule. We did this since views seemed...
The Captain reviews The Hateful Eight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnRbXn4-Yis
My first review of 2016! And it happens to be for a film I loved. Jeez, it has been so long since I’ve even reviewed a film...
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Today we're taking a look at Return Fire by Joe Dinicola and Anthony Davies.
Before I start, I want to give my two cents here. I'm confused why this is on the...
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It's that time of the month again, and we FINALLY have the entries needed for our next Amateur Monday segment.
Here's the loglines for the contest. Remember, most votes wins, via the...
