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 […]

Eyes Wide Shut

28th December 2015 @matcoop 0

Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut was released in 1999. At the time it was released I had just won a major screenwriting competition and was […]

Hear My Song

12th December 2015 @matcoop 0

Whimsy? I can’t write about whimsy without mentioning Hear My Song. I was lucky enough to meet director Peter Chelsom and talk to him about […]

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, […]

State of Grace

4th December 2015 @matcoop 0

Phil Joanu’s State of Grace was released at the same time as Goodfellas. Goodfellas is about the mafia (mainly Italian descent gangsters). State of Grace […]

Near Dark

20th November 2015 @matcoop 0

Near Dark is an early film by Kathryn Bigelow, who also directed Point Break. Once seen Near Dark is difficult to forget. This is mainly […]