Horror Month 2025: Week 1

The first week of Horror Month is complete! Here is everything I watched. Feel free to list every horror related movie or series you watched as well, I'm always on the hunt...

What Could Have Been: Vanderbilt’s The Long Walk Adaptation

An excerpt from my script review for The Long Walk (unproduced by James Vanderbilt) which will be available 10/06/25: 2.) Plot Stability Just a reminder, this is for Vanderbilt’s unproduced version and not the...

Horror Month 2025!

It’s that time again, the month of all things spooky, creepy and stinky. Because like every year, I know a majority of the films on this list are going to be real...

Him (2025) – WTF?!…but in a GOOD way!

An excerpt from my script review for Him (aka The Goat) which will be available 09/29/25: 2.) Plot Stability I thoroughly enjoyed this script. Benny is entering Connor’s world, and he feels like he’s by himself, but...

The Sting – Does it still hold up? (…and RIP Robert Redford)

An excerpt from my script review for The Sting (1973) which will be available 09/23/25: 1.) Marketability of the Idea So…this was started yesterday, but mom is visiting from Florida all week. Over the weekend we...

What Could Have Been – Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon

An excerpt from my script review for Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon which will be available 09/15/25: 2.) Plot Stability Admittedly I did minimal research before reading this script so as not to persuade my...
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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...

Write to Reals: Everything Everywhere All At Once

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Everything Everywhere All At Once which will be available 04/17/22: What Needs Work The Title - First things first, let’s talk about that title. It’s awful. It tells me...

Spontaneous – Consistent Tone (Part 2)

An excerpt from my script review for Spontaneous which will be available 10/12/20: 4.) Dialogue and Description Set the tone for your genre, and set it early. Never underestimate the power of a spec being a “quick...

Ready or Not – Two Dimensional Characters in Horror?

An excerpt from my script review for Ready or Not which will be available 09/02/19: 3.) Quality of Characters The one thing this script had going for it were the character relationships, and how some of...

The Outpost – Avoid Bulky Description

An excerpt from my script review for The Outpost which will be available 07/27/20: 4.) Dialogue and Description This script caused me to nod off twice as I was reading. Why? The extremely bulky and...

Write to Reals: Vox Lux – Know your Genre!

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Vox Lux which will be available 03/12/19: The film didn't do super well as you can see here: BOX OFFICE NUMBERS and I think that was due...

The Professor and the Madman – Use caution when being hired to write on assignment?

An excerpt from my script review for The Professor and the Madman which will be available 05/20/19: 1.) Marketability of the Idea It was toss up on whether to put this part of my...

Dune (2021) – Game of Thrones…in Space!

It had been a good while since I’ve seen the original 1984 film version of Dune. I think what got my interested in seeing it in the first place was that scene...

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