The Odyssey – Is it YOUR favorite Nolan project?

An excerpt from my script review for The Odyssey which will be available 08/07/26: 2.) Plot Stability I’ll come right out and admit it, this was not my favorite Christopher Nolan project. It wasn’t bad, but similar to...

Mother Mary – Aaron Sorkin level dialogue?

An excerpt from my script review for Mother Mary which will be available 08/03/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description As sharp as the dialogue was when Sam and Mary get together, the description was not...

The Social Network – Learning from Sorkin…

An excerpt from my script review for The Social Network which will be available 07/20/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description Here’s where we’ll be spending a good chunk of our time. Let’s just get the description...

Obsession – An argument for why you DON’T need college to be successful in screenwriting…

An excerpt from my script review for Obsession which will be available 07/07/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Be careful who you wish for… That’s a great logline, tagline, however you want to pitch it. As long...

Backrooms – Why an A24 sequel will (most likely) flop.

An excerpt from my script review for Backrooms which will be available 06/26/26: 2.) Plot Stability As I watched the “found footage” videos initially, did I kick around the idea of writing a script...

What Could Have Been: Friday the 13th – Camp Blood (aka The Death of Jason Voorhees)

An excerpt from my script review for the Friday the 13th sequel Camp Blood by Swift and Shannon which will be available 06/05/26: 2.) Plot Stability So this is the second installment for Friday the...
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His House – Can YOU make the ordinary frightening?

An excerpt from my script review for His House which will be available 11/16/20: 2.) Plot Stability Minor spoiler, and what I liked about this story… The “bad guy” is supernatural. We get that out of...

Leprechaun – Avoid Boring “Cat and Mouse” Chase Scenes

An excerpt from my script review for Leprechaun which will be available 03/19/19: 3.) Quality of Characters Monster Rules. This was one aspect of the script I enjoy, particularly in a horror. It’s always a good idea to give...

What Could Have Been: Ghostbusters 3 – Hellbent

An excerpt from my script review for the unproduced Ghostbusters III - Hellbent which will be available 02/13/23: 2.) Plot Stability Following along with that Nick Cave Gladiator 2 thought from above, it was like a...

The Loverbirds – Did the Covid-19 pandemic do this movie a favor?

I’ve been rewatching a lot of RLM’s Mr. Plinkett reviews since they dropped a new one for the terrible and embarrassing Picard series. But this isn’t a review of someone who reviewed Picard,...

Passing (2021) – 3way’s Take

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: Clare and Irene were two childhood friends. They lost...

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,...

The Capn’s Worst Films of 2024.

I think 2024 was kind of a meh year for movies. It was really hard to compile my Best of 2024 List, which I haven’t even started writing yet, however as you...

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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