May the 4th Be With You! – The Star Wars First (and STILL rough) Draft

An excerpt from my script review for Star Wars First Draft which will be available 05/04/26: 2.) Plot Stability When he was trying to launch this new universe, I knew George Lucas had trouble,...

AI vs. Hollywood – Where are we headed?

Hi all. No review today.  Instead I wanted to take a bit of time and discuss something that’s been kicking around upstairs for yours truly, and mentioned more frequently in some of the...

The Invisible Man – Mine that public domain!

An excerpt from my script review for The Invisible Man (2020) which will be available 04/20/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea To be clear, I’ve never read the novel by H.G. Wells. I’ve also never...

Send Help – The same, only different.

An excerpt from my script review for Send Help which will be available 04/14/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Give me the same, only different. – Sam Raimi Misery meets Castaway was in all the comments on the...

Roofman – Could Channing save it?

An excerpt from my script review for Roofman which will be available 04/06/26: 5.) Format This Saturday I had absolutely nothing going on. Brought the boy home from college Friday afternoon, and he spent all...

What Could Have Been: Captain Blood Reboot (1994)

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...
Write to Reel

Providing a step in the write direction

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.

Join our established screenwriting community

Dedicated to expanding the skills of all interested screenwriters

Most Popular

Creed II – Don’t Undo the Good in YOUR Script

An excerpt from my script review for Creed II which will be available 07/01/19: 4.) Dialogue and Description Okay, so I really hope the whole Peter Petrelli subplot wasn't in Creed II, and here's why. https://youtu.be/mk82j1jQw_8 That...

Becky (2020) – Gruesome little horror thriller spec.

An excerpt from my script review for Becky which will be available 06/08/20: 2.) Plot Stability Let’s start off with what went right. The key. We don’t know what it’s to, but by putting it in...

First Reformed – Intended Plot vs. Plot Reality

An excerpt from my script review for First Reformed which will be available 02/04/19: 2.) Plot Stability Ideas kick around all the time in our heads.  Some good, some bad. The good ones are what drive us to commit...

Replicas – Conflicting Sci-fi Concepts?

An excerpt from SK's script review for Replicas which will be available 01/14/19: What (Really) Doesn't Work -I want to talk about character building for a moment here. Basically all we learn about...

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...

Leprechaun – Avoid Boring “Cat and Mouse” Chase Scenes

An excerpt from my script review for Leprechaun which will be available 03/19/19: 3.) Quality of Characters Monster Rules. This was one aspect of the script I enjoy, particularly in a horror. It’s always a good idea to give...

His House – Can YOU make the ordinary frightening?

An excerpt from my script review for His House which will be available 11/16/20: 2.) Plot Stability Minor spoiler, and what I liked about this story… The “bad guy” is supernatural. We get that out of...

The Loverbirds – Did the Covid-19 pandemic do this movie a favor?

I’ve been rewatching a lot of RLM’s Mr. Plinkett reviews since they dropped a new one for the terrible and embarrassing Picard series. But this isn’t a review of someone who reviewed Picard,...

Movie Reviews