An excerpt from my script review for The Running Man which will be available 11/19/25:
2.) Plot Stability
With a few minor exceptions, this script follows the 1987 version of the film pretty closely.
One...
An excerpt from my script review for Prey which will be available 11/10/25:
2.) Plot Stability
This came out during that magical time after Covid that the Cap’n and I were so fond of.
Theaters...
I really didn’t think I’d like the first Black Phone movie as much as I did. I don’t know if it was the trailers or the fact it was another Blumhouse film,...
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Coyotes - I was hoping for a bit more humor and a lot more gore. Instead, I got annoyed by the...
While trying to come up with a movie to team up with Hank with, I ran into a YouTube video talking about horror movies no one has seen. Usually I’ve seen every...
Hi all.
Happy Halloween!!!
It’s the last day of the month that our beloved Cap’n looks forward to all year long…which also means it’s time for another Halloween Double Feature!!!
1.) Marketability of the Idea
The...
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.
Hey, ladies and gentlemen - I’m here with a super-review of the entire 3rd season of Scream - titled Scream: Resurrection! Now, slashers (as you longtime readers know) are near and dear to...
An excerpt from my script review for The Banker which will be available 03/09/20:
3.) Quality of Characters
Bernard.
Our main character who, from an early age, was destined to be a success. He’s not...
An excerpt from my script review for Doctor Sleep which will be available 11/12/19:
3.) Quality of Characters
Understand the medium you’re working in.
When writing a novel you can take all the time in...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Brightburn which will be available 05/27/19:
5.) Format
MINI SLUGLINES
Every now and then we have writers asking about quick and efficient ways to switch what the reader...
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:Â Clare and Irene were two childhood friends. They lost...
I got distracted by reading all the audience reviews for this film. I wondered why it had a score of 2 out of 5. And the reasons are hilarious.
I’m not going to...
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...
