An excerpt from my script review for Star Wars First Draft which will be available 05/04/26:
2.) Plot Stability
When he was trying to launch this new universe, I knew George Lucas had trouble,...
Hi all.
No review today. Instead I wanted to take a bit of time and discuss something that’s been kicking around upstairs for yours truly, and mentioned more frequently in some of the...
An excerpt from my script review for The Invisible Man (2020) which will be available 04/20/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
To be clear, I’ve never read the novel by H.G. Wells.
I’ve also never...
An excerpt from my script review for Send Help which will be available 04/14/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Give me the same, only different. – Sam Raimi
Misery meets Castaway was in all the comments on the...
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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An excerpt from Reals' script review for Vox Lux which will be available 03/12/19:
The film didn't do super well as you can see here:Â BOX OFFICE NUMBERS and I think that was due...
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 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...
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...
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...
I think 2024 was kind of a meh year for movies. It was really hard to compile my Best of 2024 List, which I haven’t even started writing yet, however as you...
An excerpt from SK's script review for Gambit - Fox's Cancelled X-Men Spinoff which will be available 02/27/2020:
Plot: In 1984, disgraced mutant thief Remy Lebeau (aka Gambit) returns home to New...
We all have weird family traditions, right? Some of us throw celebrations for odd events/milestones, some of us celebrate in unusual ways (which can get a bit overwhelming to some people) and some of...
