Andy Murray is an alien

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After a several years on the WordPress blogging platform I’ve decided to move my blogging efforts to Posterous. Posts will be re-published here for the time being.

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Film Review: Up In The Air

With the Golden Globe award winners announced the other night we are right at the beginning of the movie award season. With the exception of Avatar I think this year’s crop of English-language films in contention for awards is somewhat disappointing although I know this trend is becoming a little routine with Slumdog Millionaire stealing the show last year at Oscars and beyond. Despite the impressive list of foreign language films that have come out this year, Avatar will win the Best Film Oscar (although deservedly) because Hollywood really loves to celebrate its own.

George Clooney’s latest, Up in the Air, is in contention for awards this year. It is a good film, the script is competent and the movie wins on timeliness thanks to the story’s focus on the recession and how it effects various people. The film also documents well the soullessness of business travel and Mr Nespresso delivers a personality of someone who’s life is somewhat drained of any happiness. It is, however, not a great film. The characterisation of the female leads I found to be rather unbelievable and the film delivers only a little sympathy when aiming for big heart-filled moments. A film in contention for awards should offer a lot more surely? Rocking soundtrack though.  

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Film Review: Avatar

Wow wow wow! Avatar is a Christmas treat to be cherished and especially in 3D. James Cameron, following his other films, has once again created an experience that expands the boundaries of what is possible in cinema.

Unfortunately many will be put off going to watch Avatar, “blue aliens are a bit geeky aren’t they?” This will be a shame because the film really is an experience like no other. The world Mr Cameron has created is magical, engaging and like no other. Please don’t judge a book by its cover.

Whilst the story is not the most original this type of critique is somewhat missing the point. Timeless cinema, for me, is about escapism and Avatar achieves this like no other film since the Lord of the Rings films. I was simply blown away by this film and I hope you are too.

Film Review: An Education

I think I’ve just seen the first success story of next year’s film awards season. An Education is a cracking movie that continues British’s glittering history of dramatic comedies. The world is in a rush; our young are so desperate to do interesting and fun things, make large amounts of money fast or even to become famous. An Education captures this mood perfectly through the core character Jenny (exquisitely played by newcomer Carey Mulligan), an extremely bright sixth former studying to get a place at Oxford University who becomes dramatically sidetracked by a romance with an inappropriate older man.

This really is a stellar film performed greatly by an ensemble of some fine acting talent. My notables included Alfred Molina as the lead’s father and Olivia Williams as a loyal and caring teacher. Their characters showcase the strength of forgiveness as action, one which we should aim to learn ourselves as we grow up along with the art of being selflessness. Any film that raises questions about your own behaviour, past or present, or of that of someone you know, has got to be good one in my book.

Please, go and see.