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...
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...
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.
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...
I want to play a game.
Those iconic words haven’t been uttered in a good Saw movie in a long time. At least, according to the teenager who was ripping my ticket at the theater...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for World War Z which will be available 08/26/25:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Alright, here’s the main focus of discussion.
So this script was 120 pages of actual text....
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Tolkien which will be available 08/05/19:
2.) Plot Stability
What I’d like to focus on here is the idea of…
Flashing back inside a flashback.
Normally I’d warn writers...
The last week of HORROR MONTH is regrettably here. I still have a few days left, but I wanted to get this out there in case you see something you were thinking...
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...
