Warfare – Can your script be mostly description and still work?

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...

Final Destination – THIS is what launched the franchise?

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,...

Write to Reals – Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

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...

Noah – Could this biblical tale be true?

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...

Let’s Be Cops – Act 2…begin the Fun and Games!

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...

A Minecraft Movie – Too late to be relevant?

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...
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Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 – Create Creepy without Supernatural

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...

Ford v Ferrari – Dealing with Technical Action Sequences

An excerpt from my script review for Ford v Ferrari which will be available 11/20/19: 4.) Dialogue and Description What do you do if you have a “technical” style of action/description that doesn’t read...

Where the Crawdads Sing – Not Woke Enough for Critics?

An excerpt from my script review for Where the Crawdads Sing which will be available 09/19/22: 2.) Plot Stability This was an enjoyable read. Was it the most revolutionary script or story my eyes will...

Infinite – Putting the Pieces Together

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...

Write to Reals – The Apology (Fresh Blood 2019)

An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Apology which will be available 11/18/19: The story is about a retired schoolteacher who has spent 30 years searching for her missing daughter, only to...

Write to Reals: Tenant Zero by Kirk Anderson (Fresh Blood 2018)

An excerpt from Reals script review for Tenant Zero by Kirk Anderson  which will be available 12/19/18: The Story The logline reads as such: In a newly gentrified neighborhood, two urban roommates are forced to...

Quarantine – Forget Covid…Worry About Rabies!

An excerpt from my script review for Quarantine (2008) which will be available 04/13/20: 4.) Dialogue and Description The dialogue was fine for this type of project. Would Quarantine win major awards for Best Screenplay? Probably not because it’s not...

House of Mourning – 2021 Blood List Script Review

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...

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