Category Archives: The Best of 2013

The best films of the year 2013 – well, in my humble opinion! To qualify they have to have their first cinematic release in the UK in 2013. This is not a chart, they simply appear in the order of date posted.

WADJDA (Haifaa Al-Monsour, 2012)

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Starring: Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Abdullrahman Al Gohani You may like this if you like: The Kid with a Bike (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, 2011), Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948), The Colour of Paradise (Majid Majidi, 1999) Wadjda … Continue reading

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ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA (Declan Lowney, 2013)

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Starring: Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee You may like this if you like: Everything on TV that has involved Partridge, In the Loop (Armando Iannucci, 2009), Mutiny on the Buses (Harry Booth, 1972) Things are changing at North Norfolk … Continue reading

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SHARKNADO (Anthony C. Ferrante, 2013)

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Starring: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid (!), John Heard You may like this if you like: Sand Sharks (Mark Atkins, 2011), Arachnoquake (Griff Furst, 2012), basically any syfy channel/Asylum cheap but enjoyable crap Warning: This review may contain blatant sarcasm! Nature … Continue reading

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I WISH (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2011)

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Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Jȏ Odagiri, Koki Maeda You may like this if you like: The Kid with a Bike (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, 2011), The Colour of Paradise (Majid Majidi, 1999), Stand By Me (Rob Reiner, 1986) Since their … Continue reading

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A HIJACKING (Tobias Lindholm, 2012)

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Starring: Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim You may like this if you liked: King’s Game (Nikolaj Arcel, 2004), Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012), United 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006) On a usual run in the Indian Ocean, the Danish … Continue reading

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MAN OF STEEL (Zack Snyder, 2012)

Starring: Henry Cavill, Michael Shannon, Amy Adams You may like this if you liked: Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005), Superman Returns (Bryan Singer, 2006), The Amazing Spider – Man (Marc Webb, 2012) I think we all know the story, but … Continue reading

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BEHIND THE CANDELABRA (Steven Soderbergh, 2013)

Starring: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Rob Lowe You may like this if you liked: Milk (Gus Van Sant, 2008), Kinsey (Bill Condon, 2004), Wilde (Brian Gilbert, 1997) Based on an autobiographical novel, Behind the Candelabra tells the story of the … Continue reading

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NEIGHBOURING SOUNDS (Kleber Mendonça Filho, 2012)

  Starring: Irma Brown, Sebastião Formiga, Gustavo Jahn You may like this if you liked: Home (Muzaffer Özdemir, 2011), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011), Elena (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2011) Neighbouring Sounds tells the intertwining lives and … Continue reading

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STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (J. J. Abrams, 2013)

Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana You may like this if you liked: Star Trek (J. J. Abrams, 2009), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Michael Bay, 2011), Star Wars Saga (George Lucas et al, 1977 – 2005) This is … Continue reading

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THE IMPOSSIBLE (Juan Antonio Bayona, 2012)

Starring: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland You may like this if you liked: World Trade Center (Oliver Stone, 2006), The Day After Tomorrow (Roland Emmerich, 2004), Perfect Sense (David Mackenzie, 2011) Based on a true story, The Impossible tells … Continue reading

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