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...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Marty Supreme which will be available 03/17/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
So why didn’t I care about the story?
Marty’s a prick, plain and simple.
We’re told, as amateur...
An excerpt from my script review for The Lost Boys (1987) which will be available 03/09/26:
4.) Dialogue and Description
So…my biggest complaint with the script…
Page 14:
A loud rock group performs.
Talk about underselling it!!!
This...
An excerpt from my script review for Sinners which will be available 03/03/26:
2.) Plot Stability
The script opens a bit differently from the film.
Here we’re presented with a burned man running from a...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 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 The First Purge which will be available 05/14/19:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
The Purge is one of those cool ideas that create profitable franchises.
Similar to Saw you take a...
