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 […]

Wrong Arm of the Law

9th April 2016 @matcoop 0

I had a chat with a director friend on Twitter recently about good British comedy movies. My mate mentioned Rita, Sue and Bob too – […]

The Deadly Spawn

2nd April 2016 @matcoop 0

The Deadly Spawn was made in the early 80s on a very low budget and is essentially a homemade horror movie. I believe the total […]

Billy Bathgate

26th March 2016 @matcoop 0

As a script consultant, I’ve turned more than a few books into screenplays. Billy Bathgate from 1991 was a great award winning book, and most […]

The Thing

The Thing

19th March 2016 @matcoop 0

As a script consultant and script writer for hire I get a lot of time to reflect about what types of directors I like. And, […]

Narc

11th March 2016 @matcoop 0

As a script consultant I tend to come across writers that fall into two camps. Those that can do excellent dialogue and those that often […]

Wall Street

8th March 2016 @matcoop 0

Being a professional script consultant sometimes means that you come across scripts that have great potential but that also have inherent problems. Indeed, I’ve written […]

White Lightnin’

7th March 2016 @matcoop 0

A very old friend of mine (Dom Murphy) directed White Lightnin’ from 2009. I haven’t seen Dom in many years but he was one of […]

Smoke

1st March 2016 @matcoop 0

Smoke from 1995 is written by Paul Auster and directed by Wayne Wang. It focuses on a very small area of Brooklyn, but essentially this […]