The Prestige

28th January 2016 @matcoop 0

Funnily enough, I’m not a massive fan of Christopher Nolan’s films. I like the Batman stuff well enough, but I found Inception to be almost […]

Deadly Pursuit

19th January 2016 @matcoop 0

A Facebook friend reminded me of this great movie from 1988. Known as Shoot to Kill in USA, the European title Deadly Pursuit has made […]

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 […]

The Indian Runner

3rd January 2016 @matcoop 0

I’m trying hard to avoid writing about the obvious films you must see, and I’m hoping to pick some films that you may not have […]

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 […]