Barton Fink
Today’s script comes to us from the Coen Brothers; it was suggested for review on the site forums by contributor Eclectic Lexicon. According to legend, this script was COMPLETED in […]
Monthly Archives: April 2015
POX Americana (2)
Earlier this week, I looked at this script in terms of dialogue and its opening ten pages. It performed admirably. Today we will examine it for theme and originality. Part […]
POX Americana
Today’s script comes from the top end of the 2013 Black List. The writer is best known as an actor, although he does have two other writing credits attributed to […]
Draft Day
Today’s script comes to us from writers Rajiv Joseph and Scott Rothman. It finished number one on the 2012 Black List. In my quest to find something interesting to read […]
Calvary
Today’s script comes to us from writer John Michael McDonagh. He is also the author of 2011’s The Guard—the most successful independently produced Irish film of all time—according to Wikipedia. […]
The Counselor
When I reviewed No Country for Old Men, I came to the conclusion that the Coen brothers intended Sheriff Bell as the protagonist of their film. I found this choice […]
Fargo
I chose today’s script because I wanted to read something that would make me think at the same time it reminded me of why I love our craft. I’d grown […]
Transcendence
We revisit the 2012 Black List for this week’s review. I would claim that I was desperately seeking solace in a year of scripts that entertain me [for a change], […]
Outside the Wire
Today’s script was a 2011 Nicholl fellowship winner written by John MacInnes. It led him to a career [as a video game story writer on the Call of Duty franchise]. […]
Warm Bodies
Today’s script is loosely based on a little play by Bill Shakespeare called Romeo and Juliet. I do think that in order for “based on” to mean anything legitimate in […]
Searching for Charlie Kaufman 