Script Slayers - A Movie Review and Rewrite Podcast

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On Script Slayers, authors Steph and Jeff look at films with problematic screenplays and give them a writing make-over.

  1. 11/12/2024

    Abduction (2011)

    In this episode, Steph and Jeff go back to a simpler time (2011) when a plank of wood named Taylor Lautner was in movies. One of them - Abduction, in which teenage angst and spy movies collide in a messy mashup. Can this film be saved? Listen and find out.

    28 min

  2. 10/28/2024

    Knock at the Cabin (2023)

    In this episode, Steph and Jeff check out Knock at the Cabin. Four randos show up at an AirBnB and say the apocalypse is nigh and only a blood sacrifice can stop it. So, basically every AirBnB experience I've had.

    24 min

  3. 10/14/2024

    World War Z (2013)

    Zombies! We love them, you love them, Hollywood really loves - well, loved - them. With World War Z, the zombie story goes global, as Brad Pitt, playing a "UN Investigator" with a nebulous skill set but delightful hair, looks for a cure to the zombie plague. Does this film deserve a heaping helping of brains? Or do we have to shoot it in the head? Listen in and find out.

    28 min

  4. 09/23/2024

    Heart of Stone (2023)

    In this episode, Jeff and Steph check out the Netflix action film Heart of Stone. Is this Gal Gadot vehicle worth watching? Or does it need a complete rewrite? No prize for the right answer.

    36 min

  5. 09/09/2024

    The Matrix: Resurrections (2021)

    In this episode, Steph and Jeff plug into an aging film franchise. Does Resurrections breathe new life into the adventures of Neo and friends? Or should the script be subjected to our Ctrl-Alt-Del?

    29 min

  6. 08/27/2024

    Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

    In this episode, Steph and Jeff check out the 2019 kaiju-fest, Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Does this movie about epically bad parents, genocidal environmentalists and giant monsters need a rewrite? Or, does that last sentence sound fine to you? And, if so, are you currently seeing a therapist?

    29 min

  7. 08/14/2024

    Hellboy (2019)

    In this episode, Steph and Jeff re-write the 2019 soft-reboot of the Hellboy franchise.

    34 min

  8. 07/29/2024

    Alien: Covenant (2017)

    In this episode, Jeff and Steph check out Covenant, the 2017 sequel to the 2012 Alien prequel, Prometheus. Is this prequel sequel with watching? Or should it have its own prequel to explain what's going on...a prequel sequel prequel. I will stop now. You are welcome.

    33 min
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On Script Slayers, authors Steph and Jeff look at films with problematic screenplays and give them a writing make-over.

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