Finishing the cut on Markham (2020)
Regular readers will know that I’ve directed a feature length horror film called Markham, this film was shot for nothing, a total zero budget production […]
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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 […]
The Vast of Night (2019)
As a a script writer for hire and UK script consultant I really enjoyed The Vast of Night (2019), an odd, old fashioned treat of a sci-fi film. Despite enjoying it a lot, it did get on my nerves from time to time (especially early on), and I’m not sure it’s for everyone.
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 […]
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…
Script consultant UK looks back on The Getaway (1972)
Being a busy, in demand, UK script consultant and script writer for hire I get to work on all kinds of projects, in all kinds of genres and shot in various countries often in languages that are not my first.
Ivan’s Childhood (1962)
As a script writer for hire and UK script consultant, I try to see everything worth seeing, from new releases to old silent films. Sometimes, films or directors manage to slip by my radar, I’m only human after all.
UK Script Consultant looks back on Eye of the Needle (1981)
As the hardest working online script writer for hire and UK script consultant, like everyone else I’ve been binging Netflix during the lockdown. Politicians, pundits […]
Thoughts on Covid and the creative impulse and industry
As the leading online script writer for hire and UK script consultant, this Covid 19 virus pandemic finds us all living in interesting times. Interesting […]
UK Script consultant looks back on Contagion (2011)
With the world in the grip of Covid-19 a scary sounding new virus and respiratory illness originating in China, as a script writer for hire, online screenwriting expert and UK script consultant I decided to look back on Contagion (2011) a film directed by Steven Soderbergh which is starting to look very much like a documentary about our current health crisis.