Favourite films – Script writer for hire and UK script consultant

7th December 2019 @matcoop 0

Wow, it’s been (quite literarily) a mental three or four months. But, I am pleased to say that my debut feature film as a director […]

7th March 2016 @matcoop 0

As we’re coming up to Easter it seems a good time to mention to younger readers that they need to see The Long Good Friday. […]

1st March 2016 @matcoop 0

Back in 1992, the actor John Turturro directed a little film called Mac. I haven’t seen this film in a long while, and I’m not […]

1st March 2016 @matcoop 0

Smoke from 1995 is written by Paul Auster and directed by Wayne Wang. It focuses on a very small area of Brooklyn, but essentially this […]

27th February 2016 @matcoop 0

Ravenous, for most people is an undiscovered gem. Please seek this out fans of horror or comedy, or just fans of interesting films with a […]

20th February 2016 @matcoop 0

Twins of Evil is another Hammer piece, great for teenage boys and horror fans alike. Peter Cushing is great in this and the two real […]

19th February 2016 @matcoop 0

I adore Scarface, for me it’s up there with The Godfather and Goodfellas when it comes to gangster movies. As I talk to younger people, […]

13th February 2016 @matcoop 0

Out of the Furnace from 2013 doesn’t work, people have compared it to The Deer Hunter, but you need to set your expectations a lot […]

30th January 2016 @matcoop 0

William Friedkin’s Sorcerer is also known as Wages of Fear elsewhere in the world. Fot a long while this film was impossible to see and […]

19th January 2016 @matcoop 0

Okay, so this is now the newest film I’ve blogged about in this list of 100 movies. I waited until I’d seen it twice to […]