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THE BURFORD TOP 10: MY MOST QUOTABLE FILMS OF ALL TIME

We all of course have films that we love, and we have films that we love and often quote. These quotes may always make us laugh, they may be poignant or they may just have a unique individual meaning to … Continue reading

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PARKER (Taylor Hackford, 2013)

  Starring: Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte You may like this if you like: Ransom (Ron Howard, 1996), The Mechanic (Simon West, 2011), Faster (George Tillman Jr., 2010) Parker (Statham of course) is a thief with a moral code … Continue reading

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THE WORLD’S END (Edgar Wright, 2013)

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Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine You may like this if you like: Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004), The Watch (Akiva Schaffer, 2012), This is the End (Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen, 2013) Twenty years after attempting … Continue reading

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PACIFIC RIM (Guillermo Del Toro, 2013)

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Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi Genre: Crash bang wallop action/Adventure/Sci-Fi/Expensive Power Rangers Plot? Well, giant monstrous creatures known as Kaiju start rising from some kind of space portal in the Pacific Ocean (no, me neither) and decimating cities, … Continue reading

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NOW YOU SEE ME (Louis Leterrier, 2013)

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo You may like this if you like: The Prestige (Christopher Nolan, 2006), Trance (Danny Boyle, 2013), Ocean’s Eleven (Steven Soderbergh, 2001) Well, for those that have not seen the trailer: Four small time … Continue reading

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HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS (Tommy Wirkola, 2013)

  Starring: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen You may like this if you liked: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Timur Bekmambetov, 2012), Drive Angry (Patrick Lussier, 2011), Dead Snow (Tommy Wirkola, 2009) Right, well we all know the fairy tale, … Continue reading

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THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST (Mira Nair, 2012)

Starring: Riz Ahmed, Liev Schreiber, Keifer Sutherland You may like this if you like: Body of Lies (Ridley Scott, 2008), Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012), The Assassination of Richard Nixon (Niels Mueller, 2004) In a café and in Lahore, … Continue reading

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ATLANTIC RIM (Jared Cohn, 2013)

Starring: Graham Greene, David Chokachi, Jackie Moore You may like this if you like: Pacific Rim (Guillermo Del Toro, 2013), Transmorphers (Leigh Scott, 2007), War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (C. Thomas Howell, 2008) or anything by The … Continue reading

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WORLD WAR Z (Marc Forster, 2013)

  Starring: Brad Pitt, Mirreille Enos, Mathew Fox You may like this if you liked: 28 Days Later… (Danny Boyle, 2002), I Am Legend (Francis Lawrence, 2007), general zombie apocalypse-ness Gerry Lane (Pitt + mullet) is an ex UN investigator … Continue reading

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HALF TERM REPORT: MY PERSONAL TOP 10 FILMS OF 2013 SO FAR

To qualify, films have to be released theatrically in the UK in 2013. This unfortunately means I cannot include Life of Pi or The Hobbit, but rules are rules. Full reviews of all films mentioned can be found on this … Continue reading

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