An excerpt from my script review for The Running Man which will be available 11/19/25:
2.) Plot Stability
With a few minor exceptions, this script follows the 1987 version of the film pretty closely.
One...
An excerpt from my script review for Prey which will be available 11/10/25:
2.) Plot Stability
This came out during that magical time after Covid that the Cap’n and I were so fond of.
Theaters...
I really didn’t think I’d like the first Black Phone movie as much as I did. I don’t know if it was the trailers or the fact it was another Blumhouse film,...
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Coyotes - I was hoping for a bit more humor and a lot more gore. Instead, I got annoyed by the...
While trying to come up with a movie to team up with Hank with, I ran into a YouTube video talking about horror movies no one has seen. Usually I’ve seen every...
Hi all.
Happy Halloween!!!
It’s the last day of the month that our beloved Cap’n looks forward to all year long…which also means it’s time for another Halloween Double Feature!!!
1.) Marketability of the Idea
The...
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 my script review for Palm Springs which will be available 07/20/20:
2.) Plot Stability
Wanting to go into this completely fresh and not influenced by the Cap’n, I have not read his review yet.
(Disclaimer –...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for The Adam Project which will be available 03/22/22:
3.) Quality of Characters
Connecting characters creates drama.
In the film, Adam needs to stop his dad from creating time...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Barbarian which will be available 09/26/22:
NON-SPOILER SECTION
What Worked
The Characters - Though we have just a few main characters, they each have very clearly defined voices and,...
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...
I don’t know what happened to this movie. It feels like something went wrong along the way, and they tried their best to fix it but ended up making things worse.
I’d even...
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...
