Awaydays

1st May 2016 @matcoop 0

Six films to go, and I should finish this list of 100 films you must see (while avoiding the obvious) before I jet off on […]

Gregory’s Girl

23rd April 2016 @matcoop 0

Films about growing up and being an awkward teen seem to be the domain of US teen films in the 1980s. However, another film from […]

Along Came Polly

12th April 2016 @matcoop 0

I say to myself that I’m not massive fan of Ben Stiller, except that I seem to own copies of Along Came Polly and While […]

Wrong Arm of the Law

9th April 2016 @matcoop 0

I had a chat with a director friend on Twitter recently about good British comedy movies. My mate mentioned Rita, Sue and Bob too – […]

Wall Street

8th March 2016 @matcoop 0

Being a professional script consultant sometimes means that you come across scripts that have great potential but that also have inherent problems. Indeed, I’ve written […]

White Lightnin’

7th March 2016 @matcoop 0

A very old friend of mine (Dom Murphy) directed White Lightnin’ from 2009. I haven’t seen Dom in many years but he was one of […]

Southern Comfort

27th February 2016 @matcoop 0

As anyone reading this blog long enough will know, I’m a great fan of Walter Hill. And I grew up watching Southern Comfort over and […]

The Hunted

27th February 2016 @matcoop 0

In 2003, William Friedkin made The Hunted which stars Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro. And it’s kind of like The Bourne Identity released […]