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Quest for the Passion Stone
(Science Fiction and Fantasy, Action and Adventure) A young man discovers he is the third incarnation of a twice-dead hero who must use a magical gem, which he created and empowered in his two previous lives, to end a war in a magickal realm that exists just under the city.Something Borrowed
(Comedy) Three days before their perfect wedding, Amy and her fiance swap bodies thanks to a low-rent psychic, forcing them to experience the count down to the big day in each other’s bodies while trying to undo the spell.Best Script Award Semifinalists
Semifinalist: Best Script
(Action and Adventure, Kids and Family) After a 12-year-old boy struggling with the death of his mother saves a rare Florida Panther cub from a blackmarket animal netw...
Semifinalist: Best Script
(Comedy) While the Honourable Mr. Malcolm is London's most eligible bachelor in the year 1818, he's also the most fastidious one. Can a...
Semifinalist: Best Script
(Science Fiction and Fantasy) On a massive spaceship carrying the last human city, the pilot of a transformable fighter learns that he has more to fear from ...
Semifinalist: Best Script
(Drama) A socially inept transfer student and a Harvard-bound high school quarterback develop an unlikely friendship that, ultimately, ...
Semifinalist: Best Script
(Thriller and Suspense, Action and Adventure) A retired CIA hitman is given seventy four hours to assassinate a brutal African dictator before his own family is murdered.
Semifinalist: Best Script
(Thriller and Suspense) A charismatic thief convinces a couple to take the wrap for a robbery he committed and serve a reduced sentence in exchange for...
Semifinalist: Best Script
(Action and Adventure) Coming from violent, traumatic childhoods, a disaffected Hipster and a wildly demented Schoolgirl embark on a killing spree aga...
Semifinalist: Best Script
(Drama) Crime and Punishment channeled through the dysfunctional filter of a modern high school faculty. A middle class teacher acciden...
Semifinalist: Best Script
(Science Fiction and Fantasy, Kids and Family) After being transformed into a raccoon by an evil enchantress, a young bandit battles nature, monsters and magic to regain his ...
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New and Notable Scripts
(Thriller and Suspense) When a cop discovers his comatose son's soul has been taken by dead serial killer, he is forced to medically kill himself for 3...
(Comedy, Action and Adventure) An informant and his wife, running from the mob and FBI, win over the people of Lincoln, North Carolina after an inhospitable s...
(Thriller and Suspense, Drama) Crash in the Bible Belt...A hate crime links and shatters the lives of several religious, multi-ethnic families in Dallas, Texa...
(Drama, Action and Adventure) An uptight businessman struggling to change his life, gets more than he bargained for when he joins a band of adventurous hobos...
(Science Fiction and Fantasy, Comedy) Hell breaks loose when Satan's trusted assistant falls in love with a woman slated for possession.
(Thriller and Suspense, Drama) A dysfunctional family goes underground to escape terrorists’ nuclear attack on Los Angeles only to find staying up top would...
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Recent Reviews from Top Reviewers
Promising but not there yet...
3.0 stars
Reviewed by
Lyle Weldon
January 24, 2012
This is an ambitious project – it’s a sprawling drama with multiple characters and several competing storylines. In the end, though, I was left wanting more – partially b/c you promise so much with your premise and partially b/c n...
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Promising, but unfortunately, the real mystery is where the story starts and ends.
2.3 stars
Reviewed by
Glen A Bramlitt
January 23, 2012
General notes while I was reading....
- Avoid lines like “we hear” and “we see”. Stick with: “an ambulance siren is heard”. Things are on the screen so we are going to see it anyway. Rather, describe what your character... Read more
- Avoid lines like “we hear” and “we see”. Stick with: “an ambulance siren is heard”. Things are on the screen so we are going to see it anyway. Rather, describe what your character... Read more
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The better parts were probably the summer of '69 scenes, not the current day scenes.
I felt that the dialogue got the point straight, but the dialogue wasn't as real as people are,... Read more