Category Archives: All Film Reviews

GAMBIT (Michael Hoffman, 2012) viewed on 6/3/13

  Starring: Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman viewed on 6/3/13 – The Burford Review You may like this if you liked: Wild Target (Jonathan Lynn, 2009), Duplicity (Tony Gilroy, 2009), Fun with Dick and Jane (Dean Parisot, 2005) Harry … Continue reading

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LIFE OF PI (Ang Lee, 2012) viewed on 5/3/13

  Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall You may like this if you liked: Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007), Stand By Me (Rob Reiner, 1986), Cast Away (Robert Zemeckis, 2000) Life of Pi starts with an adult ‘Pi’ … Continue reading

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LES MISÉRABLES (Tom Hooper, 2012) viewed on 5/3/13

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway You may like this if you liked: Dancer in the Dark (Lars Von Trier, 2000), Evita (Alan Parker, 1996), Les Misérables (Bille August, 1998) Pretty much everyone has apparently seen the stage production … Continue reading

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FLIGHT (Robert Zemeckis, 2012) viewed on 3/3/13

  Starring: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Nadine Velazquez You may like this if you liked: Philadelphia (Jonathan Demme, 1993), Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood, 2008), Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgis, 1995) Airline pilot Whip Whitaker (Washington) lives an extremely hedonistic lonely … Continue reading

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THE WATCH (Akiva Schaffer, 2012) viewed on 3/3/13

  Starring: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughan, Jonah Hill You may like this if you liked: Ted (Seth Macfarlane, 2012). Horrible Bosses (Seth Gordon, 2011), The Hangover Part II (Todd Phillips, 2011) In a small American town the manager of the … Continue reading

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RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (Paul W.S. Anderson, 2012) viewed on 2/3/13

  Starring: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Michelle Rodriguez You may like this if you liked: Resident Evil 1-4 (2002-2010) anything loud with lots of guns. Well, everyone’s favourite skin tight leather wearing mutant zombie fighter Alice (Jovovich) has to pretty … Continue reading

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THE KID WITH A BIKE (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, 2011) viewed on 28/2/13

  Starring: Thomas Doret, Cecile De France, Jeremie Renier You may like this if you liked: The Class (Laurent Cantet, 2008), The Son (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne), La Promesse (Jaen-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne) Having no mother and after … Continue reading

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A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD (John Moore, 2013)

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Starring: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtenay, Sebastian Koch You may like this if you liked: The other Die Hard films (obviously), The Expendables 2 (Simon West, 2012), Red (Robert Schwentke, 2010) or basically anything with a lot of explosions. After John … Continue reading

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SAMSARA (Ron Fricke, 2011) viewed on 25/2/13

Starring: A lot of random people from around the world You may like this if you liked: Baraka (Ron Fricke, 1992) Home (Yann Arthus-Bertrand, 2009), War Requiem (Derek Jarman, 1989) A purely visual film with no spoken dialogue, Samsara (meaning … Continue reading

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SKYFALL (Sam Mendes, 2012) Viewed (for a second time) on 22/2/13

  Starring: Daniel Craig, Judie Dench, Ralph Fiennes You may like this if you liked: That is irrelevant, this is a bond film! After Bond’s latest assignment goes terribly wrong, a file exposing the identities of British secret agents is … Continue reading

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