An excerpt from my review for the Elementary (unproduced script) by Brian Helgeland which will be available 06/30/25:
2.) Plot Stability
Was a very fun and engaging story.
If you’re looking for an entertaining tale set in...
An excerpt from my script review for Wag the Dog which will be available 06/23/25:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Of course it’s true. I saw it on TV.
This is a line that Brean...
If my memory serves me right, which it rarely ever does, I believe I reviewed almost every John Wick movie, so when it came time to watch the new spin off from...
An excerpt from my script review for The 2017 Bloodlist Script: The Swallow which will be available 06/16/25:
2.) Plot Stability
For me, the idea of a sentient “monster” in the form of these...
An excerpt from my script review for Elevator Game which will be available 06/02/25:
2.) Plot Stability
First and foremost, the beauty of the script is we’re presented the “rules” clearly and early.
The legend...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Flight 180 (X-Files Spec Script) which will be available 05/25/25:
What Worked
The Page Count - Right off the bat I like that this thing comes in under...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
The first thing that really stood out to me was the title. Those Who Wish Me Dead. Which as of right now I’m realizing isn’t Those Who WANT Me Dead.
Seeing as this...
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...
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...
