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 […]

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 […]

Light Sleeper

8th May 2016 @matcoop 0

Paul Shrader has never lost his love for Bresson and Light Sleeper for me is the closest he’s got to matching the master. It’s a […]

Colors

7th May 2016 @matcoop 0

I was very young when I saw this film about L.A. gangs. Typically, for the time, this film about black and Hispanic gang culture actually […]

Awaydays

1st May 2016 @matcoop 0

Six films to go, and I should finish this list of 100 films you must see (while avoiding the obvious) before I jet off on […]

Along Came Polly

12th April 2016 @matcoop 0

I say to myself that I’m not massive fan of Ben Stiller, except that I seem to own copies of Along Came Polly and While […]