MJB Script Review

Welcome, dear (and hopefully curious) scriptwriters, to my Scriptwriting blog. Here, I break down a different script every week and try to offer up some fresh advice on how that script can help you improve your writing, learn something new and maybe even gain some inspiration. So please, take a look and if you find something useful, just remember that I've included a link to that script online at the bottom of the review. Enjoy!!

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | NORTH BY NORTHWEST

“𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝗱𝗱𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲…” We’re back in Hitchcock territory...

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Apr 5, 20245 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | THE TERMINATOR

“𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲.” Time for some time-travelling, machine battling shenanigans! One of the...

michaelbrand01

Mar 30, 20244 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | THE HANGOVER

“𝗔𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗻𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝘂𝗯𝗲--?” This film, for me, is the last time I can remember going to the cinema to watch a...

michaelbrand01

Mar 22, 20244 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | BLADERUNNER

“𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲?” This film has been subconsciously creeping into my life...

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Mar 15, 20243 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN

“𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺!” So my final Oscar winning script review and rounding off my awards month is (oddly enough) by the same...

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Mar 15, 20244 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID

“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝘆𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀!” Oscar winning western and sleepy Sunday afternoon TV classic,...

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Mar 15, 20244 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

“𝗔 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲…” Needed something darker after last week’s sugarfest that was BARBIE....

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Mar 15, 20244 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | BARBIE

“𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵-𝗼𝗳𝗳!” I have a golden rule with films. I started it during university and I’ve stuck with it ever since (simply...

michaelbrand01

Mar 15, 20243 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | THE GODFATHER

“𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀” This weeks Oscar winning classic is the king of crime films; THE...

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Mar 15, 20244 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | ROCKY

“𝗬𝗼, 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸?” (*I just found out about Carl Weathers the morning after posting this and wanted...

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Mar 15, 20244 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | THE DARK KNIGHT

“𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀?” Plot in a nutshell: As Batman closes in on the last crime families that have riddled Gotham like a cancer,...

michaelbrand01

Feb 1, 20244 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | CORALINE

“𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗮 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲…?” So, for my birthday week, I’ve chosen a film that I absolutely adore. One of my favourite...

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Feb 1, 20243 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | PULP FICTION

“𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗜 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱…” Plot in a nutshell: Two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster, his wife and a...

michaelbrand01

Feb 1, 20243 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | SEVEN

“𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹…” I love my blog. That’s a great place to start. Why? Because every now and again I get to read...

michaelbrand01

Feb 1, 20245 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE, ALL AT ONCE

“𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱…𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱” As we approach 2024, I wanted the review of this final week of 2023 to be what I thought...

michaelbrand01

Feb 1, 20243 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

“𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁!” This week’s review is the kind of movie you always find somewhere on TV...

michaelbrand01

Feb 1, 20244 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | DIE HARD

“𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲, 𝐩𝐚𝐥!” | 𝐃𝐈𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 - 𝐌𝐉𝐁 𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 So here it is! One of my favourite...

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Dec 12, 20233 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | BAD SANTA

“𝗜’𝗠 𝗢𝗡 𝗠𝗬 𝗙#%*𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞!” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 - 𝗕𝗔𝗗 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗔 Yaaayyy! Crimbo is here and I...

michaelbrand01

Dec 12, 20232 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | OPPENHEIMER

“𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵…” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 “𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥” 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 Three firsts this week! Longest...

michaelbrand01

Dec 12, 20233 min read

MJB SCRIPT REVIEW | JOHN CARPENTER'S ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

“𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗠𝗘 𝗦𝗡𝗔𝗞𝗘!” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗟𝗬 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 Cult classic and sci-fi beauty, I’ve been looking forward...

michaelbrand01

Dec 12, 20232 min read