In the expansive realm of cinematic storytelling, "Madame Web" emerges as a beacon of creativity, weaving together a tapestry of intrigue, adventure, and existential exploration. Directed by a visionary filmmaker and brought...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Strangers 2 (Prey at Night) which will be available 04/07/24:
What Worked
The Opening - Man, what a way to open this! Sure, killing the previous final...
An excerpt from my script review for Road House which will be available 03/25/24:
2.) Plot Stability
Okay, before we get into the original, did anyone watch the remake?
Don’t let me ruin it for...
If given the option, I never go with IMAX, as it costs a whole hell of a lot more and I hate assigned seating like you’re attending a baseball game or you’re...
An excerpt from my script review for Shutter Island (2010) which will be available 03/12/24:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
We’re constantly telling you to consider writing a contained horror.
Why? Because it’s one of...
An excerpt from my script review for No One Lives (2012) which will be available 03/05/24:
3.) Quality of Characters
Emma and Driver.
We’re presented with this really weird dynamic, which is good, but it’s...
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.
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...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Invisible Man - Unproduced 2010 David Goyer which will be available 02/27/2020:
What Needed Work
The Opening - I didn’t like how we started with a voice-over...
An excerpt from my script review for The Group (2008 unproduced) which will be available 03/04/19:
3.) Quality of Characters
As Reals like to mention my pet peeves, it’s my turn to mention one...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for The Professor and the Madman which will be available 05/20/19:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
It was toss up on whether to put this part of my...
Passing by Rebecca HallBased on the Novella of the same name by Nella Larsen, published in 1929Second draft revisions, dated July 26, 2017
https://youtu.be/trwq3CNCMkU
Book Description: Clare and Irene were two childhood friends. They lost...
An excerpt from my script review for The Rhythm Section which will be available 02/03/2020:
1.) Marketability
of the Idea
So this is Daniel
Craig’s last Bond flick.
Who’s going to
replace him?
Is Blake Lively
throwing her hat into...
An excerpt from my script review for Tolkien which will be available 08/05/19:
2.) Plot Stability
What I’d like to focus on here is the idea of…
Flashing back inside a flashback.
Normally I’d warn writers...
