Trumbo

16th July 2016 @matcoop 0

Trumbo is a great film for writers and especially screenwriters. Following the later life of one of America’s greatest script writers for hire the film […]

Drugstore Cowboy

9th July 2016 @matcoop 0

In London Kills Me, a film set in the 90s about British druggies one of them comments that ‘druggies are boring, all the do is […]

Boogie Nights

2nd July 2016 @matcoop 0

When I first went to see Boogie Nights I expected something exploitive and titillating.  I think half of the people in the cinema did. I’d […]

Sober

25th June 2016 @matcoop 0

In 1997/98 I wrote a script called Sober. Sober was the tale of two friends – one was a hard working young father; the other […]

Cellar Dweller

19th June 2016 @matcoop 0

As a UK script consultant I get a lot of work from low budget filmmakers who usually want me to look over their scripts for […]

What Mat did next!

18th June 2016 @matcoop 0

I’m just back from a great Holiday in Greece and ready to crack on with some script writing, filmmaking and blogging (I’ve also got an […]