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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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I might be wrong, but I think this is the third Ryan Reynolds film he’s done for Netflix. Or maybe this is just his second, with 6 Underground being his first. Which...
An excerpt from my script review for Without Remorse which will be available 05/03/21:
4.) Dialogue and Description
(NOTE - For whatever reason John Clark is called "John Kelly" in the script.)
Honestly, the dialogue...
I’ve never been the biggest fan of candycorn, but for some reason, I have really been wanting some. I also had no idea it would be so hard to get ahold of...
An excerpt from my script review for Hustlers which will be available 09/17/19:
3.) Quality of
Characters
What made me
interested in this script was a review of the film on NPR.
Here the male host
talked about...
An excerpt from my script review for Nomadland which will be available 03/01/21:
2.) Plot Stability
The story?
Fern visits places, meets new people, and works the odd seasonal job.
What drew me in?
Wall Drug.
South Dakota...
An excerpt from my script review for Unicorn Store which will be available 04/29/19:
3.) Quality of
Characters
Following the line
of thinking from above, as serious as some of these situations could have been
for Kit,...
An excerpt from my script review for Elevator Game which will be available 06/02/25:
2.) Plot Stability
First and foremost, the beauty of the script is we’re presented the “rules” clearly and early.
The legend...
An excerpt from my script review for Fantasy Island (2020) which will be available 05/25/20:
2.) Plot Stability
It didn’t scare me silly, and with the light horror it’s probably something I can watch...
