An excerpt from my script review for Roger Rabbit 2: The Toon Platoon which will be available 09/15/25:
2.) Plot Stability
Admittedly I did minimal research before reading this script so as not to persuade my...
An excerpt from my script review for The Addams Family which will be available 09/08/25:
3.) Quality of Characters
One of my favorite aspects of this reboot, not having seen much of the original...
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....
On one hand I want to talk about this movie, because I have a lot to say about it. but on the other, I really don’t want to spoil anything for you,...
An excerpt from my script review for Long Distance which will be available 08/19/25:
2.) Plot Stability
The premise of the story is solid.
What we’re going to focus on in this section however is...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for Weapons (2025) which will be available 08/11/25:
What Worked
The Hook - This film has a fantastic hook, which is important because it makes for a great logline....
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 Renfield which will be available 04/17/23:
What Worked
Tone - From the very beginning, you know what kind of a script you’re going to be reading.
The first lines...
An excerpt from my script review for The Kitchen which will be available 08/19/19:
2.) Plot Stability
Again, it had a very all female Godfather 2 vibe, which didn’t concern me aside from one fact.
The women...
An excerpt from Reals' script review for an Unproduced Slasher Script which will be available 08/17/20:
What Worked
Sammy
So, I have much more to say about the sexist dialogue and descriptions in this script,...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for David Goyer's The Flash which will be available 06/19/23:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
It’s time for another installment of What Could Have Been…
This was rumored to...
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...
An excerpt from my script review for Finch which will be available 12/29/21:
2.) Plot Stability
Hitting your beats.
Save the Cat is probably the most read book about screenwriting.
In it Blake Snyder discussed how most...
An excerpt from my script review for Those Who Wish Me Dead which will be available 05/17/21:
3.) Quality of Characters
Hannah.
She had this self destructive streak that seems to go beyond her tragic...
