Caltiki, the Immortal Monster (1959)
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster (1959) is one of the first films directed by Mario Bava, although the credits don’t say this. It’s a classic 50s monster […]
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Why I gave up writing for the soaps
I did a stint on and off writing for Emmerdale, Eastenders, Family Affairs and storylining Hollyoaks. During my time on Emmerdale I was BAFTA shortlisted […]
White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
This is an oldie, from 1992, but I never saw White Men Can’t Jump back in the 90s. It was a popular film back then, […]
I have been watching…
As a script writer for hire when I’m not writing scripts, I tend to watch a lot of cinema and TV. Here’s a quick round-up […]
Edge of Tomorrow; Live, Die, Repeat (2014)
It seems this film’s title is Edge of Tomorrow. I’ve been referring to it as Live, Die, Repeat? Anyway despite my confusion, and low expectations […]
I’m back with a vengeance!
I haven’t written a blogpost since late July because as a script writer for hire and a UK script consultant. I’ve just had my busiest […]
What does a script consultant do?
I realise there are script writers out there, sitting on the first draft of something that they’ve worked hard on, and they’re wondering what to […]
Script writer and script consultant habits
As a UK script consultant and script writer for hire I obviously spend a large amount of my time writing. All writers have habits. I’m […]
Matthew Cooper Script consultant UK
I’m back from my holidays and powering on with a couple of new projects and people are continuing to contact me for script reports that […]
Holiday Road
Okay, I’ve been fairly busy the last couple of months on script writing projects that have come to me through this website. As a professional, […]