Oliver Warren
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Oliver is a fashion and documentary filmmaker and the MD of the London-based digital film production company Dingo Bill Productions, where he produces and directs work for the likes of Nike, Garnier, Toni & Guy and Heineken.

After one particularly jaw-dropping viewing of the Oscar-nominated War Horse in January 2012, Oliver felt so impassioned by his dislike of the movie that he felt compelled to set up his own movie review site TheBackseatDirector, giving him a chance to vent at and exalt films as he sees fit, with wit, wry observations and a healthy dose of pop-culture references.

In between all of this, Oliver’s desperately trying to complete his debut screenplay but keeps finding far too many avenues for procrastination (hello Huffington Post blog!) to get it down.

Blog Entries by Oliver Warren

Do We Really Need Another Spider-Man?

(0) Comments | Posted 1 July 2012 | (20:08)

Anticipation for Andrew Garfield's The Amazing Spider-Man is tepid, at best. No one's talking about it, it doesn't generate nearly as much hushed excitement as the impending Bat-fest or last month's Promethe-mess (sic).

Is this because it's a reboot too soon? I'm very proud that I have survived...

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Midnight Movies: My Date With Prometheus

(0) Comments | Posted 1 June 2012 | (09:00)

A natural beacon for the young, the studenty and the geeky; who else would be drawn to watch the latest sci-fi epic at midnight on a Thursday? Well, in our case, four thirty-something former-geeks sat right in the centre of a half-filled cavernous theatre.

I remember my first midnight movie:...

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Iron Sky: Was It Worth It?

(1) Comments | Posted 24 May 2012 | (01:21)

Dear Iron Sky producer, you had me at "Nazi's from space."

Proving that effortlessly easy high-concept pitches don't always find their way straight to the screen (despite both Snakes on a Plane and Sharktopus proving otherwise), Iron Sky founded its shaky cinematic feet in fresh waters.

With the zeal...

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War Horse: 10 Things I Hate About You

(0) Comments | Posted 5 May 2012 | (18:41)

It's one of the worst films I've seen in years, and with its imminent release on DVD, here is my bid to save you from 150minutes of having steaming manure rubbed in your eyes.

Now I must warn you that this blog may contain the odd spoiler or two, but...

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Like Sex With an Ex: Joss Whedon's Avengers Assemble

(1) Comments | Posted 26 April 2012 | (15:58)

We had a wild five year affair.

He wooed me with Buffy, committed to me with Angel and broke my heart with Firefly. Garnering the kind of devotion that you can only create by pumping yourself twice weekly into the homes of geeks, gays and feminists, Joss Whedon knows...

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Wax On, Wax Off: My London Marathon Movie Training Montage

(1) Comments | Posted 20 April 2012 | (01:19)

There's no shortcuts when training for a marathon. It's long, boring, hard work. Like much of life, it would be so much better if it were a movie training montage:

Mine would start with that first day of marathon training: Boxing Day. The grey drizzle outside, my back turned on...

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Once More With Feeling: Re-Imagining Battleship (2012)

(1) Comments | Posted 13 April 2012 | (01:00)

Who could resist a movie based on that popular childhood game of... E11? Miss, T26? Miss. Zz? I mean the dialogue just writes itself.

Well, obviously, any right minded film executive would jettison the core of the license and replace it with aliens. Hollywood? Direct hit.

And so with the...

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In Search of My Top Ten

(0) Comments | Posted 6 April 2012 | (00:25)

There's nothing more divisive that a definitive list of anything.

Taste is as subjective as politics, only twice as infuriating. If some fool elevates a piece of tat over your own particular hero, they deserve flaming, scorn and possibly even burning at the stake. Because they are not...

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