Advantages: Fantastic Reading Disadvantages: Need plenty of tissues
***The Author***
Deborah Moggach - Born in 1948. As both of her parents were professional writers she inevitably began writing in her early twenties. Her first novel "You must be sisters" was published in 1978. She has gone on to write 15 more novels, including the one I am reviewing today, Stolen.
***The Book***
Stolen - first published in 1990 by William Heinemann Ltd, Michelin House, 81 Fulham Road, London. SW3 6RB.
***The Story***
A fantastic story of "East meets West". Salim, a well presented, well spoken, business man from Pakistan, meets Marianne, a typical English girl, with her bleach blonde hair, barmaid job, rebel attitude and a "dark past".
Marianne works in a local pub as a barmaid and Salim runs a construction business, owned by his Father in Pakistan. They meet at an evening class, learning ...
You take on the role of Anya, a thief with acrobatic skills who is aided by Louie however he is merely a voice in your ear. You have certain items to help such as night vision goggles and lockpicks.
Your aim is to steal certain items without being discovered. Unfortunately the storyline and the game itself are no more complicated than this. Although there are levels where it's far from easy to obtain the item undiscovered, the lack of story reduces you to complete boredom. The save aspect is also annoying. You can't save when and where you want to, only after certain mission sections some of which are very long and it can be quite annoying to have to redo parts which take 10 minutes to get back to the place you were originally caught.
Overall the game is nothing to write home about. I wasn't expecting much from it given that I ...
CloudRuler 11.09.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Stolen (PC)
The Station Agent is an extraordinary film for a number of reasons. The first is that it is stunningly simple in story and script and yet intriguingly complex in theme and emotional resonance. The second is that it has a strong social conscience without a hint of condescension. The third is that it is funny, touching, sweet, lyrical and beautifully paced, which is sadly not something we see every day. This tiny crystalline gem of a movie took the critics by storm and as far as I can see, they were entirely within reason to praise it to the skies.
The Film Stuff:
Finbar McBride - PETER DINKLAGE
Olivia Harris - PATRICIA CLARKSON
Joe Oramas - BOBBY CANNAVALE
Cleo - RAVEN GOODWIN
Emily - MICHELLE WILLIAMS
Written and Directed by THOMAS McCARTHY in his directorial debut.
88 mins
Certificate 15
Fin lives ...
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