UK Script consultant looks back on Contagion (2011)

5th March 2020 @matcoop 0

With the world in the grip of Covid-19 a scary sounding new virus and respiratory illness originating in China, as a script writer for hire, online screenwriting expert and UK script consultant I decided to look back on Contagion (2011) a film directed by Steven Soderbergh which is starting to look very much like a documentary about our current health crisis.

Streets of Fire

UK Script consultant – 10 films to know me 

26th February 2020 @matcoop 0

There was a recent trend on Twitter among the film Twitterariti with the hashtag #tenfilmstoknow me, where you choose ten films which best described you as a person, and as a film buff. I took it not necessarily as a top ten ‘best films’ list, but more about films very personal to you (but it could be a mix of both).

Barry Lyndon (1975)

15th February 2020 @matcoop 0

As a script writer for hire, UK script consultant and UK Script editor I’m a massive Kubrick fanboy, and in well over 200 hundred blogposts […]

Book of Blood (2009)

12th February 2020 @matcoop 0

Book of Blood (2009) is based on a couple of short stories by Clive Barker, I picked it up recently on DVD, not sure what to expect…

St. Vincent (2014)

6th February 2020 @matcoop 0

As a UK script consultant, UK Script editor and script writer for hire, I’ve only just caught up with St. Vincent, a lovely comedy which features Bill Murray at his very best

Uncut Gems (2019)

6th February 2020 @matcoop 0

As a UK script consultant, UK Script editor and script writer for hire, I think it’s a bit of a shame that Uncut Gems isn’t been lauded with awards in Oscar, Golden Globes and BAFTA season.

Screamers (1979)

30th January 2020 @matcoop 0

As a UK script consultant, UK Script editor and script writer for hire I’m just finishing up work (and doing more reshoots) on my low (very low) budget feature film Markham.