Roger Balfour comes back from the dead again to review a script that I’m reasonably certain was written exclusively for him. Jack The Ripper…and vampires. Genre: Period Piece / Thriller / Gothic Horror Premise: Secretly imprisoned in a London insane asylum, the infamous Jack the Ripper helps Scotland Yard solve a series of grisly murders […]

Today’s screenplay will make you reevaluate just how bad your kids really are. Genre: Comedy-HorrorPremise: A young married couple who can’t conceive decide to use in vitro fertilization. They realize something’s off, however, when their son starts acting like Satan. About: You might remember this writer as he’s the same writer who wrote The Wedding, […]

A couple of weeks ago, you guys got to choose from ten loglines to determine which script should be reviewed for Amateur Friday. Today’s script finished in second place! NEW Amateur Friday Submission Process: To submit your script for an Amateur Review, send in a PDF of your script, a PDF of the first ten […]

While the world argues over whether Jennifer Lawrence was too beefy for the role of the supposedly starved Katniss, I try and rise above the sensationalistic tabloids and wonder aloud why this movie wasn’t titled “Tree Girl.” Genre: Sci-fiPremise: Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts […]

The quality of screenplays this week is high. But the important question is, “Can The Hitman’s Bodyguard bring us back to Manville?” Genre: Action-ThrillerPremise: (from Black List) – The world’s best bodyguard must protect his arch nemesis, the world’s top assassin…so he can testify against a brutal dictator and save his wife.About: Looks like the […]