Obsession – An argument for why you DON’T need college to be successful in screenwriting…

An excerpt from my script review for Obsession which will be available 07/07/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Be careful who you wish for… That’s a great logline, tagline, however you want to pitch it. As long...

Backrooms – Why an A24 sequel will (most likely) flop.

An excerpt from my script review for Backrooms which will be available 06/26/26: 2.) Plot Stability As I watched the “found footage” videos initially, did I kick around the idea of writing a script...

What Could Have Been: Friday the 13th – Camp Blood (aka The Death of Jason Voorhees)

An excerpt from my script review for the Friday the 13th sequel Camp Blood by Swift and Shannon which will be available 06/05/26: 2.) Plot Stability So this is the second installment for Friday the...

Mortal Kombat II – Bye Cole!

There used to be 2 camps, those who played Mortal Kombat and those who played Killer Instinct. I hated KI, I can’t remember why, I think because of how the characters moved....

Project Hail Mary – See! Self Publishing DOES Work!

An excerpt from my script review for Project Hail Mary which will be available 05/22/26: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Based on the novel by Andy Weir. Ah…that elusive “based on” that instantly garners the...

May the 4th Be With You! – The Star Wars First (and STILL rough) Draft

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,...
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Write to Reals: The Mother – Was this J Lo project original enough?

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,...

An American Pickle – Gross Love Triangle…Even for a Seth Rogen Comedy

An excerpt from my script review for An American Pickle which will be available 08/10/20: 3.) Quality of Characters After the whole “pickling process” concern, this was the second biggest pill to swallow. The weird...

Write to Reals: Queenpins (2021) Script

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Queenpins which will be available 12/20/21: Hi All You Awesome Writers! I hope everyone is having a fantastic holiday season! Though not exactly a “festive” script, Queenpins is one...

Rob Zombie’s The Munsters – So bad even Paramount wouldn’t stream it?

I’m officially starting Horror Month early with the review of Rob Zombie’s new movie The Munsters! Not a great start. Why have you done this, Rob Zombie? Why? A lot of this review most likely...

The Outpost – Avoid Bulky Description

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...

Write to Reals: Vox Lux – Know your Genre!

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: BOX OFFICE NUMBERS and I think that was due...

Gemini Man – Needs Less of the Same, More of the Different

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...

The 23 Worst Movies of 2023.

It looks like 2023 was the year for bad movies. And it was the year of movies that people loved and for some reason I hated. But really that could be said...

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