The Sopranos
I seem to have gone down the road of writing about a lot of gangster movies. My favourite film critic David Thompson has identified that […]
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American Gangster
The script for American Gangster had been knocking around for years, and people didn’t really want to make it until Ridley Scott came onboard. I […]
Cinderella Man
I’m not a massive fan of Ron Howards’ films. I never have been, but I adore Cinderella Man. I can’t think of many better films […]
Where’s my cheesecake Charlie?
Carlito’s Way was released in 1993, I remember seeing it at the cinema in Leeds. I was 19 years old and I recall wanting to […]
Grosse Pointe Blank
I was trying to think of what film to write about next and I drew a complete blank, Martin Blank in fact, the lead character […]
Pat Garret and Billy the Kid
Ahem, now we get to the real meat and potatoes (and a little gravy). This masterpiece was made by the late great Sam Peckinpah and […]
Inherent Vice & The Long Goodbye
Paul Thomas Anderson, I hold my hands up, I’m a believer! I only saw this a couple of days ago, and I’m still not sure […]
Withnail and I
The funniest British film ever made in my opinion. Written almost 20 years before it was finally made by George Harrison’s Beatles funded company Hand […]
Streets of Fire
Okay, the second film I want to write about is Walter Hill’s Streets of Fire from 1984. On my 40th birthday while on holiday, I forced […]
UK low budget filmmaker for hire
While as a script writer for hire some of the programmes I’ve worked on have had pretty good budgets, as a filmmaker for hire I’m […]