Youth without Youth (2007)
As a script writer for hire and script consultant, I’m aware and have blogged before about how some films grow and seems to change as you […]
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Plots and plotting for scriptwriters – the ten master plots
As a script writer for hire and script consultant I once taught a scriptwriting class for the UK Film Council. The course was designed and put […]
Free- The Soap Opera Script Writing Handbook – with any script report
As a script writer for hire and script consultant I’ve been busy during lockdown as producers, directors, writers and wannabe scriptwriters sent screenplays in for my […]
Get Shorty (Season One – 2017)
Get Shorty the TV series? As a script writer for hire and UK script consultant I have a long lasting obsession with Elmore Leonard’s novel (including […]
Greed (2019)
As a script writer for hire and UK script consultant I caught up with Michael Winterbottom’s ‘Greed’ this week. A kind of comedy biography of a UK retail tycoon, not unlike Arcadia Group’s disgraced (but still stomping around) ‘Sir’ Phillip Green (last time I call him ‘Sir’ here).
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
As a a script writer for hire, UK Script editor and UK script consultant I don’t really make Oscar predictions (or care particularly about the Oscar’s) but […]
The Wizard of Lies (2017)
At the start of this blogpost I have to point out that The Wizard of Lies (2017) is a HBO TV Movie, that is, a TV movie, premiering on the small screen and starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer and directed by Barry Levinson.
Down by Law (1986)
As the busiest UK script consultant and script writer for hire in the business, I’m a big fan of Jim Jarmusch. I think ‘Mystery Train’ is one of my favourite films. ‘Night on Earth’ is fabulous too. Wonderful cinema.
Birth (2004)
As the busiest UK script consultant and script writer for hire in the business I’m a big fan of director Jonathon Glazer. ‘Sexy Beast’ is a great fun movie, and ‘Under the Skin’ is a masterpiece I think. Birth (2004) falls somewhere in between and maybe down the cracks as well.
Triple Frontier (2019)
As the hardest working UK script consultant and script writer for hire in the business, I found myself watching Triple Frontier (2019) on NetFlix this week, in fact, I’ve watched it twice in the last seven days. Did I enjoy it? Read on to find out…