Articles Tagged The Station Agent

REVIEW: Lars and the Real Girl

A young, socially dysfunctional man purchases a life-size doll over the internet, then introduces her to his family and townsfolk, who eventually play along as if the doll is ‘real’. When I first heard about the plot for Lars and the Real Girl my response oscillated between enthusiasm and trepidation. While the description of the […]

FEATURE: We’re No Supermen

As much as some of us film critics would like to think of ourselves as superheroes, leaping tall multiplexes and vanquishing the hack director of that latest prequel-remake, the truth is we’re pretty much just average, ordinary, everyday guys and gals. Yet in spite of that revelation (it came as a big surprise, right?) it […]