Warfare – Can your script be mostly description and still work?

An excerpt from my script review for Warfare which will be available 05/12/25: 4.) Dialogue and Description Can you write an interesting story without any dialogue? It’s not until page 12 before we have our...

Final Destination – THIS is what launched the franchise?

An excerpt from my script review for Final Destination which will be available 05/05/25: 2.) Plot Stability With Final Destination: Bloodlines coming out later this month, I wanted to take a look at the original. In fact,...

Write to Reals – Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City which will be available 04/27/25: What Worked The Woman on the Road - This, I believe, is a scene from the game Resident...

Noah – Could this biblical tale be true?

An excerpt from my script review for Noah which will be available 04/23/25: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Noah is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the...

Let’s Be Cops – Act 2…begin the Fun and Games!

An excerpt from my script review for Let's Be Cops which will be available 04/14/25: 2.) Plot Stability What I want to focus on is the “fun and games” aspect of this script, because...

A Minecraft Movie – Too late to be relevant?

It’s been a while since I’ve done a movie review. I’ve never been all that good at them, so bear with me while I try to remember how this is done. I...
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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...

Avatar: Way of Water – Space Free Willy?

I missed out seeing the first Avatar film in theaters, so this time I really wanted to do it right, in a theater with 3D glasses uncomfortably fitted over my eyeglasses. The...

Write to Reals – Invisible Man: Unproduced Goyer Review

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...

Gemini Man – Needs Less of the Same, More of the Different

An excerpt from my script review for Gemini Man which will be available 10/14/19: 3.) Quality of Characters Imagine if the A-Team had to fight younger versions of themselves. Now imagine if everyone except Hannibal...

An American Pickle – Gross Love Triangle…Even for a Seth Rogen Comedy

An excerpt from my script review for An American Pickle which will be available 08/10/20: 3.) Quality of Characters After the whole “pickling process” concern, this was the second biggest pill to swallow. The weird...

21 Bridges – More than just dirty cops to clean up.

An excerpt from my script review for 21 Bridges which will be available 11/25/19: 4.) Dialogue and Description The dialogue was forced NYC dialect with all the slang and abbreviations. In addition to that, it was hard to...

Terrifier 2 – Fan Funded…Fun?

If there was a horror movie this month, I was most excited to see, it would be Terrifier 2. I’m not the biggest fan of the first film, though I did enjoy...

Passing (2021) – 3way’s Take

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...

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