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Yellowstone Falls

January 21, 2015by Joel Barish 3 Comments

This script came with a recommendation from site contributor walker. I had been lamenting The 2014 Black List offerings and he told me that this one [despite some challenges] was […]

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Foxcatcher

January 18, 2015by Joel Barish Leave a comment

I loved the script for Foxcatcher. I wouldn’t rate it in my top 10, but it is better written than anything else I’ve read this year. If not for The […]

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A Most Violent Year

January 13, 2015by Joel Barish 4 Comments

This script appealed to me because of the growing buzz around writer/director J.C. Chandor, and because of the subject matter presented in the previews. When site contributor Joel Dorland mentioned […]

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Echo

January 3, 2015by Joel Barish Leave a comment

Today’s script comes with three helpings of “double mumbo jumbo” and a side of offensive politicking [concerning the response to terrorism in the modern world]. And yet, so far, it […]

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Celeritas

January 1, 2015by Joel Barish 6 Comments

This is the seventh script I’ve read from this year’s Black List. Before I begin to critique it, I wanted to point out that there have been several scripts from […]

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Syndrom(e)

December 30, 2014by Joel Barish Leave a comment

This script bothered me. I’ve grown used to List scripts being disappointing, but this one REALLY needs a lot of work. I thought about doing my usual review, but it […]

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In Real Time

December 27, 2014by Joel Barish 2 Comments

Since I started reviewing again, I’ve been overwhelmingly positive about exactly two scripts: 1. Passengers 2. Birdman That’s out of [counting today] nine reviews. Six other writers completely struck out […]

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Rothchild

December 22, 2014by Joel Barish 2 Comments

I opened this script with high hopes… I mean, this was the fifth highest rated script on The Black List, it would have to be good, right? The dude who […]

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Passengers

December 13, 2014by Joel Barish Leave a comment

I’ve had this script for three years. It’s one of those that was always near the top of my reading list, but for some reason, never made it to that […]

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The Portland Condition

December 12, 2014by Joel Barish Leave a comment

This was [by miles] the most unbelievably bizarre script I’ve ever read. It has an amazing hook which is not mentioned until page 7. That hook is then ignored as […]

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