What the heck is Admit One?

Instead of talking at length about all the great films coming out to anyone who’d listen, James Partridge decided he’d write about them instead – and spare his long-suffering family and friends. Incredibly a handful of others, with a similar social disorder, decided to join him and Admit One was born.

Basically, Admit One wants to:

  • Showcase New Zealand cinema to not only New Zealanders, but the rest of the world. Are we after world domination? Maybe. But really we just want to see more great Kiwi films in cinemas around the globe and get more Kiwis to see their own films at home.
  • Showcase independent films that everyone should see. Often we find out about these indie gems too late, or there’s not enough information available about a film to convince people to go and see it. Well, not anymore. We’ll bring you the best the world has to offer, with all the back-story and interesting tidbits you can handle.
  • Build a community of film fans where we can talk, at length, about our passion. We love film (a little too much according to most) and we want to know how much you love it too. Our personal view is just one of many –  so jump in, the water’s warm.
  • Enjoy the ride. Don’t you just love that feeling you get when the film you’ve been dying to see comes out? Well, let’s feed that inner nerd! From a film’s announcement, to its buzz, promo and release, we’ll bring you it all. And just for good measure we’ll throw in the best, and worst, Hollywood has to offer – because, let’s face it, we simply can’t resist a good bit of cheese from time to time.

Although, for now, we’re doing this in our spare time, we hope to be bringing you all the news that’s fit to blog on a full-time basis in the not too distant future.

Enjoy!

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The Admit One’s Motley Crew consists of:

James Partridge (Founder / Editor / Writer)

Film Nerd, Sports Fan, Marketing Nut, Food Addict and Beverage Devotee. James loves to indulge in his passions – most importantly film! Watching movies almost every night into the wee hours, he surprises even himself with his ability to hold down a paying job. If only he could make film his full-time job…

Favourite films include: Leon, Alien, The Usual Suspects, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Donnie Darko, The Empire Strikes Back, Chinatown, Die Hard, Oldboy and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Directors he’d give up his yet-to-be-first born to meet include: Peter Jackson, Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Richard Kelly, Martin Scorcese, The Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino and Chan-wook Park.

Kate Larkindale (Writer / Editor)

A writer, cinema manager, film reviewer and mother to two boys.  With all that on her plate, she doesn’t sleep much and can usually be found with a cup of strong espresso in one hand.

Her favorite films include: The Sweet Hereafter, Lawn Dogs, Battleship Potemkin, Mildred Pierce, Frozen River, Antichrist, Wings of Desire and Berlin Alexanderplat.

Directors she’ll follow to the ends of the earth are: Atom Egoyan, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Doulas Sirk, Erroll Morris and Gus Van Sant.

Laurence Walls (Writer / Editor):

Laurence brings editing skills and general wordsmithery to Admit One.

There have been many seminal cinematic moments in Laurence’s life, from the sublime to the ridicuous. Favourite films that the world might consider worthy include Laurence of Arabia, Spartacus, The French Connection, Marathon Man, Heat…and the popular classics of our time – Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future. Other more dubious faves are The Quick and the Dead, the Hot Spot and Piranha 3D. He admires the work of directors like Sam Raimi, Michael Mann, Alexander Payne, and Spielberg (when he isn’t in sentimental mode).

His favourite colour is green.

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