What Could Have Been – Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon

An excerpt from my script review for Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon which will be available 09/15/25: 2.) Plot Stability Admittedly I did minimal research before reading this script so as not to persuade my...

The Addams Family – Character Expectations

An excerpt from my script review for The Addams Family which will be available 09/08/25: 3.) Quality of Characters One of my favorite aspects of this reboot, not having seen much of the original...

World War Z – Write description, not prose.

An excerpt from my script review for World War Z which will be available 08/26/25: 4.) Dialogue and Description Alright, here’s the main focus of discussion. So this script was 120 pages of actual text....

Weapons – Can the Cap’n NOT spoil it?

On one hand I want to talk about this movie, because I have a lot to say about it. but on the other, I really don’t want to spoil anything for you,...

Long Distance (aka Distant) – Implementing Realistic Escalation

An excerpt from my script review for Long Distance which will be available 08/19/25: 2.) Plot Stability The premise of the story is solid. What we’re going to focus on in this section however is...

Weapons – Write to Reals Script Review

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Weapons (2025) which will be available 08/11/25: What Worked The Hook - This film has a fantastic hook, which is important because it makes for a great logline....
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Palm Springs – Fun Little RomCom Script

An excerpt from my script review for Palm Springs which will be available 07/20/20: 2.) Plot Stability Wanting to go into this completely fresh and not influenced by the Cap’n, I have not read his review yet. (Disclaimer –...

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...

Write to Reals: Three Indie Feature Reviews!

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...

Write to Reals: Captive State – Did the film fix the script issues?

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Captive State which will be available 03/26/19: The Bad Lazy writing - After we get the car chase/crash, we cut to a long introduction scene of a...

Arkansas – Creating Fun Criminals

An excerpt from my script review for Arkansas which will be available 08/03/20: 3.) Quality of Characters Easily the highlight of this script. “What is the most interesting way your character can say that?” The above...

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...

Write to Reals: Bullet Train

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Bullet Train which will be available 08/07/22: 2.) Plot Stability I’ve said it before and I will say it again: Keep It Simple, Star! For Bullet Train, we have this...

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...

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