An excerpt from my script review for Roofman which will be available 04/06/26:
5.) Format
This Saturday I had absolutely nothing going on.
Brought the boy home from college Friday afternoon, and he spent all...
An excerpt from my script review for Captain Blood (1994) which will be available 04/01/26:
2.) Plot Stability
My biggest complaint, aside from the similarities in the previous section?
Way too many sea battles.
Listen, I...
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4th Annual Golden Cagey Awards!
Nicholas Cage is here again, celebrating another year of The Golden Cagey Awards. And once...
An excerpt from my script review for Marty Supreme which will be available 03/17/26:
3.) Quality of Characters
So why didn’t I care about the story?
Marty’s a prick, plain and simple.
We’re told, as amateur...
An excerpt from my script review for The Lost Boys (1987) which will be available 03/09/26:
4.) Dialogue and Description
So…my biggest complaint with the script…
Page 14:
A loud rock group performs.
Talk about underselling it!!!
This...
An excerpt from my script review for Sinners which will be available 03/03/26:
2.) Plot Stability
The script opens a bit differently from the film.
Here we’re presented with a burned man running from a...
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An excerpt from my script review for Gemini Man which will be available 10/14/19:
3.) Quality of Characters
Imagine if the A-Team had to fight younger versions of themselves.
Now imagine if everyone except Hannibal...
An excerpt from my script review for The Outpost which will be available 07/27/20:
4.) Dialogue and Description
This script caused me to nod off twice as I was reading.
Why? The extremely bulky and...
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...
HORROR MONTH 2024
It’s finally here! The month we have all been waiting for! Okay, maybe not everybody, but anyone who loves to watch horror movies at least. And I got two big...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Renfield which will be available 04/17/23:
What Worked
Tone - From the very beginning, you know what kind of a script you’re going to be reading.
The first lines...
An excerpt from my script review for Body Cam which will be available 06/01/20:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Social. Commentary.
This is a tricky thing to write into, and even harder to pull off,...
An excerpt from my script review for Spontaneous which will be available 10/12/20:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Set the tone for your genre, and set it early.
Never underestimate the power of a spec being a “quick...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Netflix's The Mother (2023) which will be available 05/29/23:
Hello, everyone! Hope you’re all having a fantastic Memorial Day Weekend!
With Hank out for a few weeks,...
