An excerpt from my script review for Warfare which will be available 05/12/25:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Can you write an interesting story without any dialogue?
It’s not until page 12 before we have our...
An excerpt from my script review for Final Destination which will be available 05/05/25:
2.) Plot Stability
With Final Destination: Bloodlines coming out later this month, I wanted to take a look at the original.
In fact,...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City which will be available 04/27/25:
What Worked
The Woman on the Road - This, I believe, is a scene from the game Resident...
An excerpt from my script review for Noah which will be available 04/23/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Noah is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the...
An excerpt from my script review for Let's Be Cops which will be available 04/14/25:
2.) Plot Stability
What I want to focus on is the “fun and games” aspect of this script, because...
It’s been a while since I’ve done a movie review. I’ve never been all that good at them, so bear with me while I try to remember how this is done. I...
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.
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...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Underwater which will be available 01/13/2020:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Here’s the nuts and bolts of the problems.
Remember, the tone of your script should be uniform throughout.
Meaning your description...
An excerpt from my script review for Hunter Killer which will be available 02/25/19:
3.) Quality of
Characters
Most of us know by
now the importance of well drawn, “three dimensional” characters in a stories.
These characters
should...
An excerpt from my script review for Tolkien which will be available 08/05/19:
2.) Plot Stability
What I’d like to focus on here is the idea of…
Flashing back inside a flashback.
Normally I’d warn writers...
An excerpt from my script review for Hustlers which will be available 09/17/19:
3.) Quality of
Characters
What made me
interested in this script was a review of the film on NPR.
Here the male host
talked about...
We all have weird family traditions, right? Some of us throw celebrations for odd events/milestones, some of us celebrate in unusual ways (which can get a bit overwhelming to some people) and some of...
An excerpt from my script review for Da 5 Bloods which will be available 06/29/30:
5.) Format
This script is why I suggest new writers always read a group of popular scripts of varying...
