A Minecraft Movie – Are Fads a Risky Bet?

An excerpt from my script review for A Minecraft Movie which will be available 02/24/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Minecraft. My kids played it.  You or your kids probably played it. I tried playing it...

F Valentine’s Day – What does it remind YOU of?

God, what is that smell? Did you shit yourself? Something is in the air. Oh wait, I know what it is. It’s love. Love is in the air again and it smells...

Superman – Skip the Origin Story!

An excerpt from my script review for Superman (2025) which will be available 02/09/26: 2.) Plot Stability The thing I liked about this, and Matt Reeves The Batman, is that we’re moving away from including...

The 25 Worst Films of 2025

The Captain's List is in!!! 25. The Phoenician Scheme â€“ It was reminding me a lot of Wes Anderson’s older films, before he got heavy into making films that seem more like plays. But I’d...

Weapons – Revisited!

An excerpt from my script review for Weapons which will be available 01/20/26: 3.) Quality of Characters Before we go too far into this… Maddie’s voice over in the beginning. She opens the story, but then...

Anaconda – Who’s the REAL monster in this story?

An excerpt from my script review for Anaconda which will be available 01/13/26: 2.) Plot Stability This felt very Jaws like, in that there’s a lot of eerie shit going on and we don’t...
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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...

Psycho – An Oldie but a Goodie!

An excerpt from my script review for Psycho (1960) which will be available 03/29/20: 3.) Quality of Characters Nervous character making poor decisions. Of course this begins with Mary, who steals the money and practically wears the guilt...

Write to Reals: Men (2022) – Call it a miss?

Hi All! Since there was no script available for Alex Garland’s Men, I decided to go to the theater and watch the film for myself and then share my thoughts with you lovely people. Partially,...

Da 5 Bloods – Make sure a pass in your script doesn’t result in a “PASS”

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...

Firestarter (2022) – NOT the remake the Cap’n was hoping for.

Something seemed off with this movie almost from the start. Usually when adapting Stephen King, much like the books, the movies tend to run long. With the runtime being barely 90 minutes,...

The Tragedy of Macbeth – Can you make use of public domain?

An excerpt from my script review for The Tragedy of Macbeth which will be available 03/07/22: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Not sure what I was expecting when I decided to tackle this particular...

Air – How Michael joined Nike.

An excerpt from my script review for Air (2023) which will be available 04/11/23: 2.) Plot Stability Remember the Steve Jobs project by Aaron Sorkin? This script kind of felt like that. It was good, but it really...

What Could Have Been: Ghostbusters 3 – Hellbent

An excerpt from my script review for the unproduced Ghostbusters III - Hellbent which will be available 02/13/23: 2.) Plot Stability Following along with that Nick Cave Gladiator 2 thought from above, it was like a...

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