Blue Collar

24th October 2015 @matcoop 0

Paul Shrader’s Blue Collar is on the few American films about real life working people. Set in Detroit in the 1970s the film follows three […]

Red Heat

16th October 2015 @matcoop 0

Walter Hill’s Red Heat was one of the first films from western countries to be shot in Russia back in the 80s, of course it’s […]

Midnight Run

16th October 2015 @matcoop 0

The buddy movie was big thing back in the 80s and 90s. Good buddy movies have also sprinkled in with various other film genres throughout […]

Way of the Dragon

10th October 2015 @matcoop 0

Yes, a guilty pleasure. Way of the Dragon is my favourite Bruce Lee film. It’s also a film Bruce wrote and directed himself. Set in […]

Moneyball

10th October 2015 @matcoop 0

I’m a big football fan and support Leeds Utd. I also follow the Premier League very closely, and my brother is a big fan of […]

The Outsiders

3rd October 2015 @matcoop 0

Silly, but after writing about Rumblefish, I felt I had to write about The Outsiders. The two films were made back to back by Coppola, […]

Rumblefish

3rd October 2015 @matcoop 0

We all love Francis, and I think his career is one of the closest to Welles’ in the modern day. Yet, Welles never gave up […]

McCabe and Mrs. Miller

26th September 2015 @matcoop 0

We’re coming up to October 2015, winter is coming. One of the great films to watch in winter is Robert Altman’s McCabe and Mrs.Miller. It’s […]

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Dirty Harry

19th September 2015 @matcoop 0

Don Siegal could direct. He’d been around Hollywood since the golden age. He could edit too, he could cut and shoot, like Dirty Harry, played […]