Out of the Furnace

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 […]

Ghosts of Mars

6th February 2016 @matcoop 0

John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars is a trouble film. In that, the first time I saw it I thought what the hell is a great […]

Copland

16th January 2016 @matcoop 0

The Oscar nominations have just been announced for 2016 as I write this; Sylvester Stallone has been nominated for Creed. I haven’t seen Creed yet […]

Breaking Away

12th January 2016 @matcoop 0

I wrote a little web series about growing up called Dylan Ogden which you can find on this website on my script writing samples page. […]

Johnny Handsome

8th January 2016 @matcoop 0

There’s a line between Walter Hill, Sam Peckinpah and Don Siegel, all of whom I’ve blogged about before. Don started out making montages for films […]

The Indian Runner

3rd January 2016 @matcoop 0

I’m trying hard to avoid writing about the obvious films you must see, and I’m hoping to pick some films that you may not have […]

Local Hero

12th December 2015 @matcoop 0

The next two blogposts are about a uniquely British trait: whimsy. Local Hero directed by Bill Forsyth is one of the greatest British films of […]

Rawhead Rex

4th December 2015 @matcoop 0

What’s so good about a film which is pretty badly written, badly acted, stolidly directed and without any real redeeming features? Not a lot really, […]