Well Ladies and Gentlemen, the Oscars have come and gone for another year and once again they have taken me on an emotional roller-coaster of anticipation and inevitable disappointment and profound confusion. I did say before that I was going to write-up the review of Oscar-nominated Lincoln before yesterday’s ceremony but I got too lazy … Continue reading
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The Sessions
Based on a true story The Sessions stars John Hawkes as Mark O’Brien, a poet who’s paralyzed and lives in an iron lung due to childhood polio. O’Brien in his thirties hires a sex surrogate (Helen Hunt) to take his virginity. This is going to be a relatively quick review, at least compared to my previous output … Continue reading
Zero Dark Thirty
As I had promised in what seems an age ago, here is my review of Zero Dark Thirty, a film that caused various emotional reactions from me. When I first saw the trailer, last year, it was so ambiguous that it peaked my interest. Then when I quickly learnt that is was directed by Hurt Locker’s Kathryn … Continue reading
Here’s my attempt at a ‘I don’t care about the Oscars’ Summation (but I secretly care. I care very much)
The Oscars 2013 There’s a outward part of me that agrees with the general movie fan rhetoric that the Oscars don’t matter and at best they’re just an excuse to have an evening of drinks and ridicule and that’s all good. But there is an inner part of me that is a little reluctant to … Continue reading
Django Unchained…Was the “extended” wait worth it?
The story of my Django Unchained viewing experience A snowy Sunday afternoon, my friend and I were looking forward to experiencing Quentin Tarantino’s next installment of high octane, fast talking, genre shifting movie fun. We were ready to be entertained because regardless of whether or not you like a Tarantino film, you can never fail … Continue reading
The House I Live In
Alerted by a very conscientous friend that this was on BBC4 earlier this week, I had long been anticipating this documentary ever since I had spied the trailer last year. I was expecting it to be in cinemas at some point but when I stopped hearing about it altogether I assumed that it had had … Continue reading
Skyfall: The Ultimate Tribute to the James Bond Series?
I went to see Skyfall yesterday. I had tried to avoid it but I succumbed. I thought yesterday was as good a day as any. Perfect day actually because all the hype had died down and the country’s collective attention has turned to Les Miserables (a film that judging by the trailer I will not … Continue reading
My First Time…Reviewing
Trailer for The Station Agent While mulling away about what films I wanted to review on this site, I first thought about making the reviews exclusively new release orientated but I realised that life and money wouldn’t allow, so I’ve decided to review a selection of films both new and vintage. Films that I feel … Continue reading
Greetings!
After many months of procrastination and laziness, I’ve decided to bite the bullet and create my own film blog. You may wonder why? And for a very long time I thought the same. Then I began to think “Why not?” I think myself a film nut. I work in film (various positions within the British … Continue reading
THE STATION AGENT SPEAKS 