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JACK THE GIANT SLAYER (Bryan Singer, 2013)

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Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor, Eleanor Tomlinson You may like this if you like: The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987), Stardust (Mathew Vaughn, 2007), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Peter Jackson, 2012) Well, I think we all know the story … Continue reading

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ELYSIUM (Neill Blomkamp, 2013)

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Starring: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley You may like this if you liked: District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009), Oblivion (Joseph Kosinski, 2013), Total Recall (Len Wiseman, 2012) The year is 2154, and earth is now an overpopulated wasteland with … Continue reading

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THE BURFORD TOP 10S: THE CURRENT MOST REASSURINGLY TYPECAST ACTORS

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Often actors are cast in similar roles, and this frequently is a reason why we love/hate them: They just turn up in so many films as this specific type of character. This is a list of my own personal top … Continue reading

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OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (Antoine Fuqua, 2013)

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Starring: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman You may like this if you like: White House Down (Roland Emmerich, 2013), Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988), Under Siege (Andrew Davis, 1992) After a tragic accident in which he was unable to … Continue reading

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STOLEN (Simon West, 2012)

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Starring: Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston You may like this if you like: Taken (Pierre Morel, 2008), Ransom (Ron Howard, 1996), Die Hard 4.0 (Len Wiseman, 2007) Expert bank robber Will Montgomery (Cage) is taking part in a ‘routine’ … Continue reading

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KICK – ASS (ARSE) 2 (Jeff Wadlow, 2013)

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Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse You may like this if you like: Kick-Ass (Mathew Vaughn, 2010), Die Hard 4.0 (Len Wiseman, 2007), Super (James Gunn, 2010 Set weeks after the original, the heroics of Kick-Ass (Taylor-Johnson) has … Continue reading

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RED 2 (Dean Parisot, 2013)

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Starring: Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren You may like this if you like: Red (Robert Schwentke, 2010), A Good Day to Die Hard (John Moore, 2013), The Expendables 2 (Simon West, 2012) ‘The best never rest’? Hardly, considering they … Continue reading

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WELCOME TO THE PUNCH (Eran Creevy, 2013)

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Starring: James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough You may like this if you like: The Sweeney (Nick Love, 2012), Infernal Affairs (Wai-keung Lau and Alan Mak, 2002), Heat (Michael Mann, 1995) London detective Max Lewinsky (McAvoy) is still reeling at … Continue reading

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THE LONE RANGER (Gore Verbinski, 2013)

Starring: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner You may like this if you like: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Gore Verbinski, 2003), John Carter (Andrew Stanton, 2012), Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981) … Continue reading

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THE WOLVERINE (James Mangold, 2013)

  Starring: Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima You may like this if you like: X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Gavin Hood, 2009), The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman, 2002), Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005) Set after the events of The Last Stand … Continue reading

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