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MJB Script Review
Welcome, humble 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!!
michaelbrand01
May 27, 20244 min read
“𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼, 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘆𝗮. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗲…” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘
Oddly enough, this weeks script is a film that it took a while for me to fall for. But after many viewings, I am now a true fan and...
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michaelbrand01
Apr 21, 20243 min read
“𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲…” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗡
One of my all time favourite sci-fi/horror movies and the birth of not one, but two iconic characters. This weeks joy is ALIEN. Plot in a...
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michaelbrand01
Apr 12, 20244 min read
“…𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜 𝗱𝗼…𝗜’𝗺 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁…” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗬
Cool as fuck spy thriller and slick update of the Robert Ludlum novel, sticking with my Cold War thrills and hitting this beauty; THE...
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michaelbrand01
Apr 5, 20245 min read
“𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝗱𝗱𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲…” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗬 𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗪𝗘𝗦𝗧
We’re back in Hitchcock territory again (see previous review PSYCHO) and this time, it’s the legendary grandaddy of the thriller game;...
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michaelbrand01
Mar 30, 20244 min read
“𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲.” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥
Time for some time-travelling, machine battling shenanigans! One of the first 18 rated movies I ever watched and a true science-fiction...
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michaelbrand01
Mar 22, 20244 min read
“𝗔𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗻𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝘂𝗯𝗲--?” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥
This film, for me, is the last time I can remember going to the cinema to watch a comedy and genuinely crying with laughter. I think...
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michaelbrand01
Mar 15, 20243 min read
“𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲?” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥
This film has been subconsciously creeping into my life lately (in one way or another) and spotting it on my list of scripts to read in...
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michaelbrand01
Mar 15, 20244 min read
“𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺!” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗠𝗘𝗡
So my final Oscar winning script review and rounding off my awards month is (oddly enough) by the same writer of last week’s script...
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michaelbrand01
Mar 15, 20244 min read
“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝘆𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀!” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗕𝗨𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗞𝗜𝗗
Oscar winning western and sleepy Sunday afternoon TV classic, time to go back and take a look at an absolute legend. The one, the...
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michaelbrand01
Mar 15, 20244 min read
“𝗔 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲…” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗦
Needed something darker after last week’s sugarfest that was BARBIE. Thankfully, this Oscar winning classic does the trick majestically....
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michaelbrand01
Mar 15, 20243 min read
“𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵-𝗼𝗳𝗳!” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗜𝗘
I have a golden rule with films. I started it during university and I’ve stuck with it ever since (simply because I feel like a schmuck...
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michaelbrand01
Mar 15, 20244 min read
“𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗗𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥
This weeks Oscar winning classic is the king of crime films; THE GODFATHER. Plot in a nutshell: When Vito Corleone, head of the most...
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michaelbrand01
Mar 15, 20244 min read
“𝗬𝗼, 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸?” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗥𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗬
(*I just found out about Carl Weathers the morning after posting this and wanted to say how much of a legend the man was and how much his...
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michaelbrand01
Feb 1, 20244 min read
“𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀?” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗞𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧
Plot in a nutshell: As Batman closes in on the last crime families that have riddled Gotham like a cancer, they desperately reach out to...
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michaelbrand01
Feb 1, 20243 min read
“𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗮 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲…?” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘
So, for my birthday week, I’ve chosen a film that I absolutely adore. One of my favourite films of all time – CORALINE. Plot in a...
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michaelbrand01
Feb 1, 20243 min read
“𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗜 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱…” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗣𝗨𝗟𝗣 𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
Plot in a nutshell: Two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster, his wife and a low rate Bonnie and Clyde intertwine in four tales of violence...
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michaelbrand01
Feb 1, 20244 min read
“𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹…” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡
I love my blog. That’s a great place to start. Why? Because every now and again I get to read something so stunning, so mind-blowingly...
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michaelbrand01
Feb 1, 20243 min read
“𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱…𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱” | 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 - 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗔𝗧 𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘
As we approach 2024, I wanted the review of this final week of 2023 to be what I thought was the most original, brilliant and memorable...
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michaelbrand01
Feb 1, 20243 min read
“𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁!” | 𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗥𝗞 - 𝗠𝗝𝗕 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪
This week’s review is the kind of movie you always find somewhere on TV on Boxing Day…RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Plot in a nutshell;...
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michaelbrand01
Dec 12, 20233 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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