Warfare – Can your script be mostly description and still work?

An excerpt from my script review for Warfare which will be available 05/12/25: 4.) Dialogue and Description Can you write an interesting story without any dialogue? It’s not until page 12 before we have our...

Final Destination – THIS is what launched the franchise?

An excerpt from my script review for Final Destination which will be available 05/05/25: 2.) Plot Stability With Final Destination: Bloodlines coming out later this month, I wanted to take a look at the original. In fact,...

Write to Reals – Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City which will be available 04/27/25: What Worked The Woman on the Road - This, I believe, is a scene from the game Resident...

Noah – Could this biblical tale be true?

An excerpt from my script review for Noah which will be available 04/23/25: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Noah is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the...

Let’s Be Cops – Act 2…begin the Fun and Games!

An excerpt from my script review for Let's Be Cops which will be available 04/14/25: 2.) Plot Stability What I want to focus on is the “fun and games” aspect of this script, because...

A Minecraft Movie – Too late to be relevant?

It’s been a while since I’ve done a movie review. I’ve never been all that good at them, so bear with me while I try to remember how this is done. I...
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Those Who Wish Me Dead – “Let him burn, I say.”

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...

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...

Crawl – Contained Doesn’t Need the Kitchen Sink!

An excerpt from my script review for Crawl which will be available 07/22/19: 2.) Plot Stability Initially, as the gator was chasing Haley around, I’m thinking, “There’s only so much ‘cat and mouse’ you can do under...

The Green Knight – Cool shots don’t make plot!

An excerpt from my script review for The Green Knight which will be available 08/02/21: 4.) Dialogue and Description No notes on the dialogue, because there wasn’t much of it. When the boss asked me...

Parasite – Best Screenplay…with issues.

An excerpt from my script review for Parasite which will be available 02/25/2020: 3.) Quality of Characters The main family (the Kims?) are all a bunch of unlikable folks, and that’s okay when you think of...

Write to Reals: Bullet Train

An excerpt from Reals' script review for Bullet Train which will be available 08/07/22: 2.) Plot Stability I’ve said it before and I will say it again: Keep It Simple, Star! For Bullet Train, we have this...

Write to Reals: Friday the 13th 3D!

An excerpt from Reals' script review for the unproduced Friday the 13th 3D script by Nick Antosca which will be available 12/16/19: What Worked (The Nice List) The Writing Style - Nick Antosca has a...

Green Street Hooligans – An American Explains English Football

An excerpt from my script review for Green Street Hooligans which will be available 02/21/23: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Proper. Football. Now, I’m not here to argue you shouldn’t love American football over “soccer”...

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