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Brasenose finalists saved from room ballot woe

By
Clare Kane
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Brasenose College has reversed their decision to put finalists at the bottom of the room ballot for next year.

This turnaround follows an outcry from Brasenose students over the possibility that they would have to find new accommodation at such short notice. 

Students were informed just last week that those entering fourth and fifth year would be moved to the bottom of the ballot but Brasenose have now decided that the current freshers will remain at the bottom of the room ballot for this year only.

But this week, Brasenose students received an email from the Domestic Bursar this week saying that, as “fourth year students did not have reasonable notice of this policy”, the room ballot would not change this year. 

One student said, “I don’t think it is a particularly good idea in the first place, but the fact they’ve changed it to next year is good.

“It would have been really unfair for next year’s fourth years to find accommodation at such short notice.” 

From next year students who wish to have guaranteed accommodation for their fourth year are being encouraged by Brasenose to opt to live out in their third year. 

However, students are still not completely happy about the decision. Despite the fact that Brasenose only guarantees three years on-site accommodation, one student claimed, “One of the reasons I applied to Brasenose was because I thought I could live in the whole time, and definitely in my final year.” 

The student community has also been angered by the fact that this decision went ahead without their involvement or any warning. 

Another student said, “I think issues like this should involve the JCR.” 

First years will find themselves at the bottom of the ballot this year, but next year fourth years will find themselves faced with the possibility of living out or in the worst rooms in college. 

“It’s ridiculous,” one student fumed, “why should second years have priority over finalists?”

One second year said, “I have a feeling there might not be enough rooms for future 2nd years now, as they’ve been dumped at the very bottom.. which is probably more unfair as now they won’t be guaranteed accomodation, which they were promised.”

“There’s going to be a lot of complaints in the next few days because of this.”

While students have raised concerns, the Domestic Bursar told the JCR in her email, “in recent years everyone who has wanted a room in College or the Frewin Annex has eventually got one”

But the college has admitted that this process could take weeks or even months.  

 

Queen makes Magdalen College visit

By
Antonia Tam
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Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh visited Magdalen College, Oxford this Thursday. The royal visit marked the end of Magdalen’s 550th anniversary celebrations.

Small groups of locals and students gathered either side of Magdalen Bridge to catch a glimpse of the Royal couple’s arrival at 12.55pm.

Escorted by police and security vehicles, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at the entrance gate where they were driven into St. John’s Quad.

There was a heavy police presence during the visit, with officers stationed along the length of Magdalen Bridge to prevent crowds getting too close.

The Queen was greeted by Professor David Clary, President of Magdalen College, and his wife Heather. After meeting students in the President’s Lodgings, the royal party went on to have lunch with Fellows, students and staff in the College Hall.

Lunch with the Queen

Members of the college who dined with the Queen were chosen by means of a ballot, with 120 successful out of 900 entries. Around three quarters of Magdalen students entered the ballot.

Despite the Oxford Republican group’s intention to protest on the day, the visit went ahead without any disruption. A spokesperson for Thames Valley Police remarked, “everything’s gone fine”.

There was, however, a small group of animal rights protesters stationed opposite the entrance to the college. The protersters, who were marking their opposition to the biomedical research facility on South Parks Road, had brought a banner and posters in order to capitalise on the publicity surrounding the monarch’s visit.

One of the protesters was optimistic about how their message had been received, stating “we’ve had a good response”.

High security

Security at the college was visibly high, with all Magdalen students needing proof of identity before being allowed to enter the grounds. Porters, security service personnel and the police were posted at all entrances.

Students of the college expressed delight at the Queen’s appearance. First-year History student Colin Sherwood said “It’s exciting that she’s here and I’m impressed that Magdalen’s birthday merits a royal visit”.

The Queen last came to Oxford in 2006, though this week marked the first visit that the Queen had made to Magdalen College itself since 1948. She was then Princess Elizabeth, collecting an Honorary Degree from the University.

Before visiting Magdalen, the royal couple arrived in Banbury where the Queen opened the Leonard Cheshire Disability Care Home while the Duke of Edinburgh was given a tour of Prodrive.

After leaving Magdalen, the Queen and the Duke went on to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital where they were officially opened the west wing and the children’s hospital.

 

Unbeaten Worcester prove too strong

By
Kristen Morris
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OXFORD 2
WORCESTER 6

The Blues women’s football team lost to a strong Worcester first team on Wednesday, leaving them mid-table and in desperate need of points if they are to stand a chance of winning the league. After taking a beating earlier in the season, the Blues were ready to fight back against a bulky and tough Worcester first XI. In a tight Midlands Conference Premier League, Oxford knew they had to surmount a strong side that is thusfar unbeaten this season if they were to sustain any kind of title charge.

The mental battle had already begun before kick off as Worcester audaciously decided to warm up over two halves of the pitch, trying to add mental dimension of pressure to their already formidable physical one. The game began slowly with the opposition using long balls to create end to end action before then releasing women’s football’s answer to Rory Delap, whose throw-ons frequently sailed over the box, troubling the somewhat vertically challenged blues defence and leaving it to goalkeeper Rachel Aldred to make an awesome save just 10 minutes into the game. Despite her efforts, there was nothing she could do about the next Worcester attempt. The ball was struck from some 25 yards out, catching her off her line and resulting in the first goal of the match.

Despite taking the lead, Worcester did not rest on their laurels. They then followed up the excellent long range first goal with another cheeky one from a well placed cross leaving the blues positively fuming.

However, from this point they picked up the tempo with solid defending from captain Kirsten Morris and great passing and movement from central midfielder Emma Dickinson leading to a dubious offside call after a brilliant finish from Eijiro or ‘Jij’ and an impressive effort from Sophie Le Marchand that just clipped the inside of the crossbar within 15 minutes.

However, the Blues found themselves steamrollered by a determined Worcester side for the last 20 minutes of the first half with a succession of well taken corners falling right by the goal line. Despite some excellent defending the pressure duly told, with one tapped in by a ruthless Worcester forward.

A header from Chrissie Murray off a high ball cleared a Worcester attack but sent her into a spectacular backwards roll, much to the amusement of the opposition team. It was rather emblematic of what can only be described as an unfortunate first half. Things went from bad to worse soon after with a strong Worcester run through midfield and a careless defensive error leading to another goal so that the score line stood rather unfairly at 4-0 at half time.

After a fiery and an inspired team talk from coach and ex-blues player Brett Burns the girls were raring to go in the second half, getting off to an impressive start. For the first ten minutes of the half the Blues dominated play and kept Worcester on their back foot and stuck firmly in their side of the pitch.

Oxford’s time finally came after a darting run down the right wing and stunning finishing with a powerful long range strike from winger Lucie Bowden which flew past the Worcester keepr putting Oxford on the score sheet. This glimmer of hope for the losing side inspired great pass and move football leading the Blues to dominate possession and keep the ball in Worcester’s half.

Yet once again despite some of the best pass and move football they had played all season the pressure could not be converted into goals and with Oxford over commited Worcester were able to add a fifth on the break.

Oxford though, were in no mood to roll over and be humiliated. Another run through Worcester’s strong defence and a clean pass from Sophie Le Marchand put Jij through for a one on one with the keeper, which was unfortunately called offside. Worcester gained a dubious free kick on the edge of the area resulting in another dazzling save from player of the match Rachel Aldred; who certainly did not deserve to concede as often as she did considering her commanding display and a string of high quality saves.

After more impressive set pieces from Oxford that left the tired Worcester team run ragged, they launched a lightning counter attack with winger Sophie Le Marchand taking on three of the defence with her extraordinary skills and assisting Jij in a shot that curved nicely into the back of the net in the closing minutes of the game.

Worcester evidently are a strong side and througholy merited their pre-match status as favourites. However the margin of the scoreline was clearly flattering on Oxford’s opponents, especially given the strength of the performance is the second half.

The Blues will regret the small few first half errors that allowed Worcester to take an unwarrented lead, meaning that when the Blues improved markedly after half time, they were rather over exposed at the back and thus Worcester were able to add two goals against the run of play on the break.

They will be hoping to reflect on the numerous positives from the game and realise that ultimately they will not have to play sides of Worcester’s quality every week.

 

Getting ready for the Varsity Match

By
Patrick Macfarlane
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“Underdogs?” says Steve Hill with a degree of bemusement. “It’s interesting to hear Cambridge describe themselves as underdogs when they’ve won the last three Varsity matches.”

From Hill’s point of view, Oxford are the “underdogs from a form point of view, at least in terms of this particular game.” And he’s at pains to point out what a different sort of fixture it is – “it’s very much a cup final situation; there’s a huge amount of pressure on players. If you make a mistake in a league game, you’ve got the chance to make it up the following Saturday. Once you set foot on the pitch at Twickenham, you’re there to win.”

Yet Hill seems confident about Oxford’s chances. “Obviously we believe there are certain strengths we’re going to play to – it’s been great having Anton Oliver training with the guys this time around. He’s made an outstanding contribution, and is a really important part of the team now from both a rugby and social point of view.”

Hill is reluctant to talk about many of his players, having still to make his mind up about the final squad. But he has a lot of time for the ex-New Zealand hooker: “it’s great having someone with experience of playing in front of 40,000 spectators. There’s only two or three guys from last year’s line-up who can say the same, and Anton knows the pressure of playing in front of huge crowds with his international experience.”

Peter Clarke, OURFC captain, also comes in for praise. “He’s had a very strong season captaining the squad, as well as in his capacity as openside flanker – a crucial position,” says Hill. “I’m sure he’s keen to put on another great performance at Twickenham.”

Hill’s concerns lie in the Oxford side’s capacity to deal with the Tabs’ massive forwards. Captain Jon Dawson’s abilities at prop seem to unsettle the Oxford coach, along with some hefty back-up from “irreplaceable” former Wallaby lock Dan Vickerman. “Cambridge are an incredibly strong pack and they’ve had a formidable scrum these past couple of years,” Hill tells me. “That’s an area we’re doing to have to work hard at to negate their strength.”

Injuries and illness have also played their part in dampening expectations. “Four or five guys have been out recently with stomach bugs and the like, and this has really disrupted preparations. There’s still one or two down, but we’re hoping they’ll be back for the Varsity fixture.”

“I think the hardest thing this year has been the loss of Lehman’s, though,” says Hill, referring to the former sponsor’s collapse at the end of the summer. “Now we’ve got Nomura on board, though, I’m really hopeful to get back lots of student support. I’d like to see as many people as possible who have associations with the university there to support the squad.”

Perhaps a strong turnout for Oxford will help to counterbalance the nerves of a team which isn’t used to the tremendous pressure that a fixture like the Varsity match will bring.

 

Worcester demise leaves race wide open

By
Sean Lennon
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As expected the JCR Premier league has proved to be tightly contested between a number of evenly matched sides. Rather unpredictably however, Worcester are not only not leading this pack, they are not even among them. Worcester entered the season, as ever, as the team to beat, yet their start to the season has been rather tepid. A quick glance at their teamsheet however, reveals that this moderate start was only to be expected. They have lost a large number of last year’s title winning side including captain Danny Plaxton, and this year they have been unable to replace them with quite the same calibre of first years.

Their demise has left the race for the title wide open, with just four points separating the top four. League leaders as we approach the halfway stage are Teddy Hall, who after a first day blip have proved imperious. Their five game winning streak has saw them obliterate all-comers, particularly through the incomparable strength and power of forward Charlie Southern and the driving running of midfielder Tim Hoffman as well as a formidable defensive record.

Hall are chased by three equally matched sides.

Unsuprisingly among them are St Anne’s, who, currently in second place, will be looking to go one better than their second place last season. Lead as ever by the goals of the giant Ed Border, so far top goalscorer in the league, and the twinkling feet of captain George Kynaston, they will be hoping to start turning the slightly large number of draws into wins if they are to press on.

The other two sides in the mix are somewhat more of a suprise, especially New who have shaken off their attacking woes of last season while retaining their defensive rigour to find the winning formula they were missing. St Catz form from last season makes them rather less the suprsie package, but the way they have transferred from the First to the Premier division is startling; that is, until they are observed in action. Their brand of high tempo pass and move, centred around targetman Alan McNaughton and the buzzing running of midfielder Carl Assmundson has made them a formidable force and seemingly the side most likely to be able to counter the sheer power and strength of the giant Teddy Hall side.

At the other end of the table matters are equally as tight. Promoted Magdalen are propping up the table without a single win to their name and look likely to go straight back down. Fellow new boys Christ Church are not far ahead, though will be buoyed by this week’s win over fellow relegation candidates Wadham. The latter are a suprise member of those at the bottom of the league given their strength last season. Yet despite some good football their chief problem has been a lack of goals, the lowest of any side in the league. Despite this the fight to stay up between themselves, Christ Church and Oriel promises to be one of the most exciting battles of the season.

Worcester’s apparent fall from grace, while suprising, has only served to set up one of the most exciting leagues in recent memory. Predicting the eventual winner is undoubtably tough, but at the moment the focus will be on stopping the steamroller that is Teddy Hall.

 

Wadham push Trinity/LMH to the end

By
Archive
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TRINITY/LMH 24 
WADHAM 17

Both sides had a point to prove coming into this season opener. This was especially true for Trinity/LMH, who have come down from the first division without having won a game. Wadham meanwhile were keen to prove that they could cut it against tougher opposition, but were unfortunate to be missing many of the starting lineup that had won them promotion. Nevertheless, this proved to be a spirited display of end-to-end rugby, which though scrappy at times made it clear that both sides will be competitive in this division.

Wadham’s lack of game-time together became quickly apparent as they allowed Trinity/LMH to take the initiative from the kick-off, openside flanker Doug Riddle making an early impression with a deep run into the Wadham half setting up the first scrum of the match. The superior power and experience of Trnity/LMH’s pack was immediately obvious as Wadham under pressure gave away an early penalty for feeding. Trinity/LMH opted for the corner, hoping to turn this early pressure into points. Eventually, over-exuberance at the breakdown set up a scrum from which the forwards drove towards the line, prop Ben Murray finally bowling over for the score. Back in the Wadham half, Trinity/LMH were penalised for not releasing, allowing the Wadham backline to show its potential by taking the penalty quickly. This enabled them to push into the Trinity/LMH half for the first time, only to be penalised for being offside. The pattern of the game established itself early, both sides producing promising passages of play only to knock on or concede penalties.

Sloppy hands in the Trinity/LMH backline gave Wadham a break as centre Will Spencer pounced on the ball to run in an easy try under the posts. The conversion was slotted by Wadham fly-half Harry Mayhew to put Wadham in the lead against the run of play.

Trinity/LMH responded with pressure straight from the restart to retain possession, building the phases and securing a five metre scrum. The dominant Trinity/LMH pack would not be denied, eventually driving forward number eight Will Mackintosh to touchdown. Wadham responded immediately (their teething problems a thing of the past) working the ball downfield and setting up good field position to release their backline and allow winger Dave Roberts to score in the corner.

The game had become a real contest, but Wadham’s discipline continued to let them down, ultimately gifting Trinity/LMH another scrum on the five metre which was once again driven over for a try.

A colossal hit from Trinity/LMH flanker Adam Barker late in the first half had injured one of the beleaguered Wadham front row who was now forced to leave the field. This forced uncontested scrums, but did little to tame the aggression of the second half, inhuman tackling from Wadham scrum half Josh Venner setting the tone. But Wadham’s indiscipline continued – the dubious legality of much of number eight Thomas Pascoe’s play particularly notable.

After winning a lineout Trinity/LMH were awarded a further penalty after the maul was illegally collapsed by an ELV-unused Wadham pack. The penalty was taken quickly, the ball driven over the line and the try awarded although clearly held up.

Incensed by this decision Wadham found another gear, a savage hit from replacement centre Dieter Iveson winning a penalty which was quickly taken by winger Michael Tam. And Wadham persevered – from a quick tap penalty they worked the ball through the hands to finally score through fullback Toby Mullins, putting Wadham within a converted try. Minutes later though, Trinity/LMH had the chance to put the game away with a penalty kick, but the ball skewed wide resulting in a frantic final ten minutes. Ultimately, however, Wadham were unable to keep the ball, and paid the price for their lack of self control, allowing Trinity/LMH to see out the game with confidence.

 

Greenbox: Has green campaigning lost its edge?

By
Daniel Lowe
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In the Nineties, green issues were certainly apparent in the minds of the general population; logging in the Amazon was a major concern, and who can forget Captain Planet and the Planeteers? Even educational videos designed to teach good spelling were themed around pollution on planet Earth (I can’t have been the only one to watch Earth Warp, surely?).

In the Noughties, however, green campaigning really took off. ‘Global Warming’ became ‘climate change,’ pollution and wastefulness became your ‘carbon footprint’ and the dangers of carbon dioxide were no longer limited to an overflowing soft drink. But are people now, towards the end of the decade, getting a little tired?

Jack Wellby argued in the last Greenbox that now is the time to stop trying to convince the sceptics, and I began this year’s OUSU Environment Handbook by saying that anyone who didn’t believe in the existence of climate change is either misinformed or stubborn. Whilst this is wholly true, I worry about the effect this will have on green campaigning as a whole.

By relaxing our campaign efforts, people have begun to forget the message of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, and especially the order in which those words should come. I was appalled when I heard of an advert condoning leaving a light on all night because it was fitted with an energy efficient bulb; such a notion is wholly misleading. By reducing the amount of energy we use in our day-to-day lives, we should not therefore start engaging in more energy-wasting activities.

The government has now finally agreed to a target for reducing the country’s carbon footprint by 80% before 2050, but there’s only one way to do this. We have to throw out the strategy of showing people little changes they can make to reduce their carbon footprint, and start impressing the importance of the big changes. Line drying your clothes instead of using a tumble dryer will save much more energy than switching lights off when you leave the room, and I think everyone knows what to do when it comes to air travel. A renewal within the green campaign is necessary to provide the same effervescent campaign of earlier in the decade if we are to convince those that have installed the right lightbulbs that the next step is to unplug their tumble dryer.

 

Mirror’s Edge

By
Dave Mcleod
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Great games change the way your brain works. Indeed, every GTA-related murder only pushes the game higher in my mental rankings. And if you hear people musing thoughtfully about how they could probably get a decent grip on the stonework around Exam Schools, they’ve probably been playing Mirror’s Edge.

ME is basically Parkour: The Game. Parkour is the French sport of unrestrained urban movement; appropiately, ME has you vaulting, rolling and wall-running across the urban jungle – much like the opening scene of Casino Royale. Or The Matrix. You play Faith, one of these ‘Runners’, trying to bring down a dystopian puppet-master through subversive rebellion. Not dissimilar to 1984. Or The Matrix. The combat pits you against both easily-overpowered rent-a-cops and equally acrobatic anonymous agents. Like… Jet Li’s The One? Sort of, but mostly like The Matrix.

Recently, I raised the point that games succeed when they imitate good films or books but don’t try directly to be the same thing. The Matrix makes people say “I want to do that”, and ME makes it feel like you are. Context-sensitive controls chain moves together; jump to the building, scale the fence, vault the pipes, slide under the ventilation shaft, and top it off with running across a wall. Stylish.

And it’s fun. Once you get the hang of it, you start seeing multiple routes,and adapting them to fit your tactics. The gunplay is a bit flat but it’s far more entertaining to run loops round enemies before nipping through an unprotected exit. The only problem, in fact, is it being a little too easy sometimes. Not ‘easy’, perhaps, but the areas aren’t as free as they seem to be.

Clearly the totalitarian school of architecture was big on ledges and overhangs. It was also an employer of lazy builders: the number of planks left hanging over the edge of buildings and high-grip material nailed to the walls implies that someone’s playing silly buggers.

This doesn’t change the fact that Mirror’s Edge is one of the best games this year. Unmissable. Go out and buy it.

 

The Bowden Column

By
Peter Bowden
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So television, eh? Last week I was away at a TV studio, the closest I’ve been to a television in all these eight weeks. A “studio” is the place where the singular noun, “lie”, becomes the plural, “TV shows”. And everyone, by law, should have to spend a day in one, firstly to see the work needed to get the light down the TV tubes in the first place. If you see fire, some poor sod’s spent a night picking which brand. There are two blokes just to help Noel Edmonds with the sudoku. If you don’t get the sheer level of artificiality, consider this: the average University Challenge team spends twenty minutes in makeup. They might look pretty, but that’s not the point: you might as well put Dictionary Corner in Britain’s Next Top Model.

But more than anything, a day in a studio lends a unique future’s-eye view of the mire into which British TV is due to plop. One room along was the Jeremy Kyle Show, filming the daily rants of the man with a near-religious conviction in the healing power of DNA. It pops up so often, you wonder if he’s on commission for DNA itself: maybe if he mentions it 80 times a show, it’ll twist him a new soul? Yet he’s so assured of his own shining righteousness, it’s a surprise he doesn’t bark his shape-up-or-kill-yourself orders to the tune of What If God Was One Of Us? If there’s a test card, it’s of him casually parting a sea.

The next day, in the same studio, it’s Don’t Forget The Lyrics!, a haunting conveyor-belt of Chardonnay-shopgirl chirping, with a format so simple – and crucially, so cheap – that it almost defies review. A song is played. Don’t forget the lyrics! If you forget, you leave. Future hits from Fucking Obvious Productions include Watch The Coin! (a half-hour heads or tails spectacular), Count The Numbers!, and Don’t Forget Your Surname!.

Two things jump out. One: the easier the targets, the simpler the narrative, the better. Because the public has no greater love than, say, hate; the only reason Kilroy Stabs Paedos stays off is because budgets won’t stretch to a penknife. That’s number two: money is a luxury we don’t have, and less money means less originality. More judgement, more anger, more Bingo Night Live. In five years, all ITV will be a 24-hour broadcast called You’re A Twat!: they’ll flash up mugshots of Joe Nobody, and we’ll race to yell a four-letter catchphrase down the phone. Text TWAT to 82299! And when they’re raking in this money, why risk a 30 Rock? A House, a Lost, a 24?

This won’t get better soon. With multichannel TV splitting the ratings, there’s less room for risks than ever. Save the rare gem, the Spookses and Doctor Whos, the UK’s forgotten how to entertain.

To conclude this term on my usual upbeat, forward-thinking note: move to America.

 

The Films of 2008

By
Jack Blackburn
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This year in Britain started well with a wave of award-winning films from the States. No Country For Old Men, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Juno, There Will Be Blood and Sweeney Todd were all spectacular films. However, the biggest release of the early months was that self-hyped orgy of mystery, Cloverfield, an excellent popcorn film with skyscraper-sized monsters trashing the majority of the United States.

There were quieter releases to be enjoyed. The Orphanage was a magnificent and intelligent thriller. In Bruges shot, swore and brutalised its way to brilliance as one of the funniest comedies for some time. Meanwhile, the stylish animation of Persepolis provided an insightful look at an Iranian woman’s life and identity.

When summer arrived Iron Man was one of the better releases, with an excellent performance from Robert Downey Jr, WALL·E was a wonderful film, as Pixar brought the magic of cinema to the screen for a new generation of film-goers, but the summer belonged to the stunning The Dark Knight which had the performance of the year from the late Heath Ledger.

However, there were disappointments. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was the most crushing of these, as Spielberg created an entertaining if incoherent piece that blew itself apart with a useless title and a mad, alien-filled ending. Prince Caspian was bigger and better than its predecessor but still failed to capture the magic of Narnia. Nevertheless, both of these had more quality behind them than Mamma Mia! – dreadfully embarrassing and so terrible it was impossible not to enjoy, particularly as Meryl Streep blasted away with her rather idiosyncratic singing.

Come autumn the big release was Quantum of Solace, which was a disappointment, though not as bad as it could have been, whilst one of the year’s lowlights was Brideshead Revisited, which was anaesthetically dull and oh-so-terribly stiff upper lip. Hellboy 2 proved to be even worse than the original and was a classic example of a film that you didn’t need to bother watching if you’ve seen the trailer.

There were many surprises, though, particularly later in the year. Keira Knightley delivered a nuanced performance in The Duchess whilst Josh Brolin was magnificent as President Bush in the otherwise unsatisfying W. The Italian gangster film Gomorrah was genuinely impressive, as was the bold Holocaust drama The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas: somewhat over-sentimental but the bleak message still hit home. Waltz with Bashir, an Israeli-made animated documentary, was an incredible, stylish, and moving personal journey through a horrible piece of history.

As for the rest of the year, much anticipated are Australia, which will see Kidman and Jackman smooch their way through a good two-hour epic; Che, featuring Benicio del Toro as the revolutionary hero; and Valkyrie, starring the predictable Tom Cruise (but the latest word is that it has been postponed until next year).

So all in all it has been a rather disappointing year: the summer blockbusters that promised to deliver didn’t , and the Yule tide colossi turned out to be rather small. Bring on 2009.

 

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