Send Help – The same, only different.

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...

Roofman – Could Channing save it?

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...

What Could Have Been: Captain Blood Reboot (1994)

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...

10 Best Films of 2025 – aka 4th Annual Cagey Awards!!!

Here's the Captain's Top 10 Films of 2025! (With a few Nic Cage special mentions.) 4th Annual Golden Cagey Awards! Nicholas Cage is here again, celebrating another year of The Golden Cagey Awards. And once...

Marty Supreme – Was Chalamet stuck in character?

An excerpt from my script review for Marty Supreme which will be available 03/17/26: 3.) Quality of Characters So why didn’t I care about the story? Marty’s a prick, plain and simple. We’re told, as amateur...

The Lost Boys – Gratuitous Sax Done Right.

An excerpt from my script review for The Lost Boys (1987) which will be available 03/09/26: 4.) Dialogue and Description So…my biggest complaint with the script… Page 14: A loud rock group performs. Talk about underselling it!!! This...
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) – Erasing another Horror Timeline?

When it comes to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre films, there are so many sequels, remakes, prequels… I have no idea where this new one falls under. The only Texas Chainsaw Massacre film...

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 – Create Creepy without Supernatural

An excerpt from my script review for Blair Witch 2 which will be available 10/03/22: 2.) Plot Stability “The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and...

World War Z – Write description, not prose.

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....

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...

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...

What Could Have Been: Flash Gordon 1997 Reboot

An excerpt from my script review for a Flash Gordon Reboot (1997) which will be available 06/06/22: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Flash Gordon was something that amazed me that it was never remade. At least...

Hypnotic – Were YOU aware of this Affleck and Rodriguez project?

An excerpt from my script review for Hypnotic which will be available 05/22/23: 4.) Dialogue and Description On the dialogue… https://youtu.be/moAZ3AsyhLU Desperado was a decent enough film, probably one of the earlier DVDs I purchased in...

Ambulance – Michael Bay Mayhem!

An excerpt from my script review for Ambulance which will be available 04/11/22: 2.) Plot Stability Every now and then we review projects that we don’t suggest emulating. For instance… You’re not Quentin Taratino. You’re not Guillermo...

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