F Valentine’s Day – What does it remind YOU of?

God, what is that smell? Did you shit yourself? Something is in the air. Oh wait, I know what it is. It’s love. Love is in the air again and it smells...

Superman – Skip the Origin Story!

An excerpt from my script review for Superman (2025) which will be available 02/09/26: 2.) Plot Stability The thing I liked about this, and Matt Reeves The Batman, is that we’re moving away from including...

The 25 Worst Films of 2025

The Captain's List is in!!! 25. The Phoenician Scheme â€“ It was reminding me a lot of Wes Anderson’s older films, before he got heavy into making films that seem more like plays. But I’d...

Weapons – Revisited!

An excerpt from my script review for Weapons which will be available 01/20/26: 3.) Quality of Characters Before we go too far into this… Maddie’s voice over in the beginning. She opens the story, but then...

Anaconda – Who’s the REAL monster in this story?

An excerpt from my script review for Anaconda which will be available 01/13/26: 2.) Plot Stability This felt very Jaws like, in that there’s a lot of eerie shit going on and we don’t...

KPop Demon Hunters – Were YOU part of this Netflix phenom?

An excerpt from my script review for KPop Demon Hunters which will be available 12/31/25: https://youtu.be/LW9QJIT_T-A Summer 2025. New Smyrna Beach, FL. Now if you remember the previous family summer vacation we witnessed the glory...
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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...

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...

Terrifier 3 – Tis the Season!

What makes a Christmas movie, a Christmas movie? It has long been debated if classics like Die Hard is a Christmas movie. It is. And the same goes to The Nightmare Before...

Horror Month 2020: Week 1

HORROR MONTH WEEKLY WRAP-UP Week 1 Alone – First film to kick off Horror Month and to my surprise, it was pretty fantastic. It’s an intense thriller with a lead actress we want to...

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...

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...

Stuber – Is entertaining your audience enough?

An excerpt from my script review for Stuber which will be available 07/15/19: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Going to come right out and say it. I enjoyed this script. A comedy that’s a reverse Collateral. Knowing...

Mortal Kombat – As good as video game movies get?

Mortal Kombat More like Mortal Borebat. No, wait... I can do better than that. Hold on. I know. Mortal Kombat? More like Mortal Mehbat. There. Nailed it. https://youtu.be/NYH2sLid0Zc Originally, my expectations for this movie being any good were...

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