Jackie Brown (1997)

9th May 2020 @matcoop 0

Regular readers will know I swing between loathing Quentin Tarantino to singing his praise from the high heavens.  I really am that confused about him. […]

UK Script consultant on The Brinks Job (1978)

27th April 2020 @matcoop 0

As a UK script consultant and leading UK script writer for hire, I’m a big fan of director William Friedkin. I was pleased to catch up with The Brinks Job recently, a true crime story and one of the directors most light hearted films.

Ivan’s Childhood (1962)

14th April 2020 @matcoop 0

As a script writer for hire and UK script consultant, I try to see everything worth seeing, from new releases to old silent films. Sometimes, films or directors manage to slip by my radar, I’m only human after all.

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.