In the expansive realm of cinematic storytelling, "Madame Web" emerges as a beacon of creativity, weaving together a tapestry of intrigue, adventure, and existential exploration. Directed by a visionary filmmaker and brought...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Strangers 2 (Prey at Night) which will be available 04/07/24:
What Worked
The Opening - Man, what a way to open this! Sure, killing the previous final...
An excerpt from my script review for Road House which will be available 03/25/24:
2.) Plot Stability
Okay, before we get into the original, did anyone watch the remake?
Don’t let me ruin it for...
If given the option, I never go with IMAX, as it costs a whole hell of a lot more and I hate assigned seating like you’re attending a baseball game or you’re...
An excerpt from my script review for Shutter Island (2010) which will be available 03/12/24:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
We’re constantly telling you to consider writing a contained horror.
Why? Because it’s one of...
An excerpt from my script review for No One Lives (2012) which will be available 03/05/24:
3.) Quality of Characters
Emma and Driver.
We’re presented with this really weird dynamic, which is good, but it’s...
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.
The last week of HORROR MONTH is regrettably here. I still have a few days left, but I wanted to get this out there in case you see something you were thinking...
An excerpt from my script review for House of Mourning which will be available 01/03/22:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
We’re reviewing a horror today.
By now you should know the argument (and hopefully see...
An excerpt from my script review for Midsommar which will be available 07/08/19:
4.) Dialogue and Description
The dialogue was dreadful.
So. Many. Filler. Words.
If this is your first review with us, let me elaborate. “Filler” refers...
Hey All,
Happy (belated) New Year! I hope that you haven’t missed me too much (traveling all over the world, but now I’m back and rarin’ to get reviewin’!)
I thought I would make...
I don’t know what happened to this movie. It feels like something went wrong along the way, and they tried their best to fix it but ended up making things worse.
I’d even...
An excerpt from my script review for The Laundromat which will be available 10/1/19:
2.) Plot
Stability
Okay, the Big Short-esque plot…
Logline: A widow investigates an insurance fraud, chasing leads to a
pair of Panama City...
An excerpt from my script review for Blair Witch 2 which will be available 10/03/22:
2.) Plot Stability
“The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and...
An excerpt from my script review for Crawl which will be available 07/22/19:
2.) Plot
Stability
Initially, as the
gator was chasing Haley around, I’m thinking, “There’s only so much ‘cat and
mouse’ you can do under...
