An excerpt from my script review for X (2022) which will be available 08/18/26:
After the "excitement" of Reals' X film review, I had to check the script out for myself...
2.) Plot Stability
This...
An excerpt from my script review for The Odyssey which will be available 08/07/26:
2.) Plot Stability
I’ll come right out and admit it, this was not my favorite Christopher Nolan project.
It wasn’t bad, but similar to...
An excerpt from my script review for Mother Mary which will be available 08/03/26:
4.) Dialogue and Description
As sharp as the dialogue was when Sam and Mary get together, the description was not...
An excerpt from my script review for The Social Network which will be available 07/20/26:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Here’s where we’ll be spending a good chunk of our time.
Let’s just get the description...
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...
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...
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An excerpt from my script review for Body Cam which will be available 06/01/20:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Social. Commentary.
This is a tricky thing to write into, and even harder to pull off,...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Saw which will be available 09/05/22:
What Needed Work
Chunks of Description - Now, this was written years and years ago, but I do think it’s important to...
An excerpt from my script review for Spontaneous which will be available 10/12/20:
4.) Dialogue and Description
Set the tone for your genre, and set it early.
Never underestimate the power of a spec being a “quick...
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...
I guess this is just called The Suicide Squad and not Suicide Squad 2 like I’ve been calling it. This is a sequel and not a reboot, right? I guess the film...
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...
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...
