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...

10 Best Films of 2025 – aka 4th Annual Cagey Awards!!!

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...
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Red Notice – Don’t call him The Rock!

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...

Without Remorse – Make It Readable

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...

Hustlers – Characters audiences hate?

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...

Unicorn Store – Captin Marvel and Nick Fury’s OTHER April Movie

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,...

Nomadland – Glad You Made It

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...

Horror Month 2020: Week 1

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Fantasy Island – String us along a bit?

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...

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