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Important message about Facebook. Someone has set up a Facebook account using my name and picture. On close inspection it describes itself as a fan page, but initially appears to be my "official" Facebook page. I neither have, nor intend, to set up a Facebook or Myspace account.

3rd July 2009 - Forum working again. Took a lot of messing around, but due to the MYBB version upgrade there shouldn't be any more "Nobody coder" style hacks.

30th June 2009 - Forum temporarily down due to a hacker. Apparently the same hacker hit about 8,000 sites recently, redirecting their index pages to show a "Nobody coder" page that waffles on about Obama and Iran. I'll have it back up as soon as the problem is fixed. Apologies. If anyone finds that any other pages on the site have been hacked in this way then please contact me asap. Thanks.

26th June 2009 - PRODUCTS page added. Some of my videos are now only available as part of these DVD packages - a necessary step to keep this site financially viable. The amount of time I can free up to produce new articles and videos is determined by the number of DVD sets that are purchased.

18th June 2009 - Video uploaded for "CARRYING THE TORCH" a thematic analysis of THE GOLD WATCH story in Quentin Tarantino's PULP FICTION

17th June 2009 - Six films added to the FORGOTTEN CLASSICS section.

16th June 2009 - Rob Ager Films Volume 2 is now available for purchase on ebay.

8th June 2009 - New film review section added FORGOTTEN CLASSICS.

26th May 2009 - Final chapters added to Mulholland Drive analysis.

17th May 2009 - Chapters seven and eight added to Mulholland Drive analysis.

15th May 2009 - New article posted. "CITY OF NIGHTMARES" an in depth analysis of David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. This is a only a half-finished version. I've already organized the content of the remaining chapters so writing them shouldn't take long.

24th April 2009 - Details for making donations added to the CONTACT section. I'm also making lots of progress with the Mulholland Drive analysis - fans of the Kubrick reviews will enjoy this one!

17th April 2009 - Updates added to the FAQ section of the site.

9th April 2009 - Video version of THE BIG LEBOWSKI - ANALYSIS posted.

30th March 2009 - I'm back from a two week trip to Italy, which was awesome. Currently editing video for Big Lebowki analysis.

As requested by several members, I've now reduced the number of forum categories, as the ones I'd set up were quite complicated and were confusing people. All threads have been moved into the new categories.

The Shining analysis is also on hold because I still have lots of notes that need adding and a couple of chapters to write. Mulholland Drive analysis will be written shortly after I've posted the Big Lebowski video. Good to be back folks!

13th March 2009 - Updates and stills added to chapters twenty and twenty-one in expanded analysis of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING.

12th March 2009 - I'll be mostly offline for the next two weeks (until roughly the 26th March) so won't be able to respond to many emails, video comments, forum posts etc. It may also take a while to reply to the backlog when I return. However, as of mid-April I'll have more free time so will be posting new material at a faster rate.

12th March 2009 - Good news on the copright front. The Psycho analysis video that was removed from Youtube has now been restored thanks to the "fair use" dispute option. Unfortunately, embedding the video has been disabled by request. That doesn't make much sense, but nevertheless the downloadable version will remain on here.

11th March 2009 - Part of the video for the PSYCHO film analysis has been removed from Youtube. Thankfully their dispute forms now include a "fair use" option so let's hope it works. Until then the video is available as a free download here.

10th March 2009 - FORUM UPDATED !!! Technical problems fixed. Multiple categories up and running.

7th March 2009 - New updated video THE SHINING - SOMETHING HIDDEN IN THE RIVER OF BLOOD. The last version was deleted due to a music rights complaint. Here I've changed the music and added some additional info and interpretations based upon feedback received from the first version. The video's now jumped from three mins in length to eight mins.

3rd March 2009 - New film analysis article "CARRYING THE TORCH" a thematic analysis of THE GOLD WATCH story in Quentin Tarantino's PULP FICTION.

Also, the short video I posted last week about the object hidden in the river of blood in The Shining has been removed from youtube, thanks to the moronic complaints of Serendipity LCC who own the rights to the music from the film's trailer - a shame because the video was very quickly racking up comments and viewings. I'll repost the video shortly with some additional theories about the object in the blood and without the trailer music. The remaining updates to The Shining expanded analysis will also be added soon. Mulholland Drive analysis is also well under way.

24th Feb 2009 - Chapter twenty-one added to expanded analysis of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING. The full analysis is very close to completion now. Probably one more chapter plus a series of updates to previous chapters.

24th Feb 2009 - New video SOMETHING HIDDEN IN THE RIVER OF BLOOD posted on youtube relating to THE SHINING. It's only a three minute clip, but necessary for chapter twenty.

18th Feb 2009 - Chapter twenty added to expanded analysis of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING. DVD stills added to chapters eighteen and nineteen.

16th Feb 2009 - New section - GENERAL FAQ AND FEEDBACK RESPONSES.

13th Feb 2009 - New video ! Painting a sci-fi / fantasy picture on canvas. This is a little out of the ordinary, but i'm proud of it - it's the best artwork I've ever done.

11th Feb 2009 - Chapter nineteen added to expanded analysis of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING.

2nd Feb 2009 - Chapter eighteen added to expanded analysis of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING.

22nd Jan 2009 - Chapters sixteen and seventeen added to expanded analysis of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING.

19th Jan 2009 - Final part of CHOOSE YOUR NEWS video posted.

15th Jan 2009 - Updates and stills added to Chapter fifteen expanded analysis of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING.

12th Jan 2009 - Chapter fifteen added to expanded analysis of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING. This is quite a long chapter. Pics will be added soon.

8th Jan 2009 - New chapter added to expanded analysis of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING. I've put this one before the SOME SHINE AND SOME DON'T chapter as it seemed more appropriate there. It's called PART OF THE FURNITURE.

24th Dec 2008 - Chapter thirteen added to expanded analysis of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING Plus text updates and DVD stills added to chapters ten, and twelve.

20th Dec 2008 - Chapter twelve added to expanded analysis of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING.

18th Dec 2008 - Part six of CHOOSE YOUR NEWS video posted. One more part to go.

12th Dec 2008 - Chapters nine, ten and eleven added to expanded analysis of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING plus some updates to chapter eight.

10th Dec 2008 - Text updates and DVD stills added to chapters six, seven and eight of THE SHINING expanded analysis.

5th Dec 2008 - Chapters six, seven and eight added to expanded analysis of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING.

1st Dec 2008 - Expanded analysis of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING - first five chapters posted.

18th Nov 2008 - Part five of CHOOSE YOUR NEWS video posted.

13th Nov 2008 - Part four of CHOOSE YOUR NEWS video posted.

11th Nov 2008 - Alternative interpretation of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Just received this link today, which some of you may find interesting.

31st Oct 2008 - Forum added to the site! Seems to be working okay ... I think! Will soon be implementing a long overdue redesign of the site too.

30th Oct 2008 - Part three of CHOOSE YOUR NEWS video posted.

24th Oct 2008 - First parts of CHOOSE YOUR NEWS video posted.

23rd Oct 2008 - New article STANLEY KUBRICK INTERVIEWS AND BIOGRAPHIES: SELECTED NOTES. I compiled these notes for the purposes of expanding some of my existing analysis of Kubrick films. It then occured to me that the notes themselves were worth posting for those of you wishing to explore the films further for your selves. The pace for new material being added to this site will also pick up a great deal in the coming weeks, including new film analysis videos.

29th Sept 2008 - A personal announcement. There has been a delay in editing new videos due to the loss of my Father, who died on 23 Sept '08. Robert Ager (snr) was an imaginative and inspired man with a sense of humour worthy of stand-up. He always challenged his children to grow and learn far beyond the social norms. Most of the inspiration for my writing and film making began with his influence, from filming comedy re-enactments of classic movie scenes on rented VHS video cameras to him passing me psychology text books when I was nine years old. Thanks for everything Dad. RIP

5th Sept 2008 - New film analysis posted - Ridley Scott's BLADERUNNER.

27th Aug 2008 - Video version of The Matrix analysis is now available for download, and will be available for the next few weeks. Video for Hitchcock's The Birds has now been removed and can only be viewed via youtube.

26th Aug 2008 - Halloween analysis was removed by youtube so it is now available here as a free download

24th Aug 2008 - Video posted for analysis of John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN.

9th Aug 2008 - New film analysis of John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN.

4th Aug 2008 - New article CHOOSE YOUR NEWS

25th July 2008 - Downloadable video of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE - ANALYSIS replaced with divx files for cross-platform compatability. This version includes the intro that was originally posted in response to John Brownlee's article in Wired magazine.

2nd July 2008 - Eighth and FINAL part of video posted for FULL METAL JACKET analysis.

1st July 2008 - Part seven of video posted for FULL METAL JACKET analysis.

1st July 2008 - Downloadable videos of ALIEN ANALYSIS, STRATEGIC DISCRIMINATION IN BRITISH FILM INDUSTY and FULL METAL JACKET ANALYSIS PART SIX replaced with divx files for cross-platform compatability.

28th June 2008 - Rob Ager videos - volume one DVD is now available on ebay.

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