Total # of Review Ratings: 584
Average Review Rating: 4.69

Ratings: 1

Score: 5.00

A Poke in the Mind's Eye

Screenplay • 120 Pages | Drama

Uneven story promises magic but instead delivers college students acting immature and hateful

Posted: Jan 24, 2024

A Poke in the Mind's Eye, by Ian Davidow, is a script that at the start promises to be a certain type of mystical story, with a gypsy and magical stakes, but doesn't really deliver on its opening proposition.  Sure, the magical element plays a small role as the story progresses, but it is all more about a college-age brother and sister, both presumably gay, who are dealing with the prospect of coming out as well as the rampant and vicious homophobia among their college friends.  Of course, whether the story flows well or not partly de...

Ratings: Not yet rated

LOOSE SCREWS

Screenplay • 85 Pages | Comedy, Horror

An odd comedy/horror that doesn’t quite deliver in either genre so far

Posted: Dec 22, 2023

Loose Screws, by Kathy Grater, is an odd script that is attempting to live somewhere between comedy and horror.  As such, it throws together some strange elements, such as the ghost of grandfather lurking around, evil neighbors who run an illegal organ-stealing business, and even a pet pig that traipses around the house at will.  Added on top of that is an eccentric stipulation in grandfather’s will, that his grandson and his longtime nurse live in the house for a year to each get half of his estate.  If I am being straight...

Ratings: 3

Score: 4.33

Dead Reds

Screenplay • 122 Pages | Comedy, Romance

Superb writing shine in a Post WWII story that feels it should be a bit more consequential

Posted: Sep 26, 2023

Dead Reds, by Patrick Crabb, is a post WWII soviet story that in its early pages expertly sets up a disillusioned war-wounded KGB agent who is looking for any reason to trudge on through life.  In my view, however, the main plotline of the script, namely the breaking up of a Ukrainian seance group and it's leader, didn't feel like it was consequential enough as a framework to keep me glued to the page to see protagonist Yuri's mental viewpoint shift slightly toward hope from his bleak beginnings.  When I think of what I'd want out of ...

Ratings: 2

Score: 3.50

Strange New Worlds

"Old guard"

Drama • 67 Pages | Sci-Fi

Intriguing Star Trek themes hampered by character and societal ambiguities

Posted: Sep 21, 2023

Old Guard, by Chris Hardie, is a spec episode of the Strange New Worlds iteration of the Star Trek franchise.  While this episode deals with a worthy concept, namely the difficulties that can occur when encountering a brand new civilization, I found it a bit difficult to follow at times, partly because the members of the Saw civilization too often sounded and acted too much like the Enterprise crew.  Thus, I struggled to sort out who was who even though I had watched a few episodes of the new show prior to reading this script.  P...

Ratings: 3

Score: 3.67

Crime of the Century

Screenplay • 129 Pages | Drama, Musical

Intriguing musical background injects a fresh take on a century-old murder

Posted: Aug 30, 2023

Crime of the Century, by Allen Legacy, is an interesting screenplay in that is uses a musical backdrop of modern music to detail a sensational New York murder and trial that occurred over a hundred years ago, as Victorian times were slowly evolving into more modern moral views.  While being a true story that captivated the headlines and American psyche, with its fascination with wealth, sex, money and power, the interesting thing about this script, as opposed to others that have dealt with the same trial, is that the writer has tried somet...

Wish Upon A Falling Star

Screenplay • 98 Pages | Drama, Romance

10 Page review of Wish Upon A Falling Star

Posted: Jul 25, 2023

--Ten Page Review--

Originality: Kind of Clever PlotCharacters: Have Potential
Dialogue: Pretty GoodAction: Pretty Good
Balance: Pretty GoodCompelling: Willing to Read a Bit More...

Ratings: 1

Score: 5.00

Demolished

Screenplay • 101 Pages | Action, Drama

Interesting take on damaged people colliding, could use a bit more psychological depth

Posted: Jul 13, 2023

Demolished, by Brian Gross, is the story of Pity Bullock, a sad sack who nobody respects and everyone steps on, over the course of the script turning him into a destructive, suicidal creep when he can’t take any more, snapping like a dry twig.  In parallel to his story is the story of Angel, a teenage girl whose father has likely molested her, who posts provocative videos online, setting her on a collision course with Pity as his unbalanced imagination sees himself as her romantic partner.  What feels worthwhile about this scrip...

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