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...
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...
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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...
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 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...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Beau is Afraid which will be available 05/07/23:
What Needs Work
The Title - Like we discussed with Renfield, this title does nothing to interest me. It doesn’t catch...
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 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 –...
Hey All,
Happy (belated) New Year! I hope that you haven’t missed me too much (traveling all over the world, but now I’m back and rarin’ to get reviewin’!)
I thought I would make...
