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RUN FOR YOUR WIFE (Ray Cooney and John Luton, 2012)

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Starring: Danny Dyer, Denise Van Outen, Sarah Harding You may like this if you like: Childish humour, cringing at the deeply embarrassing actions of others, gouging your own eyes out, Danny Dyer’s ‘unique’ style of ‘acting’ Well, London cabbie John … Continue reading

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THE LOOK OF LOVE (Michael Winterbottom, 2013)

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Starring: Steve Coogan, Anna Friel, Imogen Poots You may like this if you like: 24 Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom, 2002), Nowhere Boy (Sam Taylor-Johnson, 2009), Control (Anton Corbijn, 2007) The true story of billionaire porn baron and so called … 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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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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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 ABCS OF DEATH (26 Different directors, 2012)

Starring: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Kyra Zagorsky, Iván González You may like this if you like: Three… Extremes (Fruit Chan et al, 2004), Destricted (Marina Abramovich et al, 2006), V/H/S (David Bruckner et al, 2012) An anthology consisting of 26 short … Continue reading

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A FIELD IN ENGLAND (Ben Wheatley, 2013)

Starring: Reece Shearsmith, Michael Smiley, Julian Barratt You may like this if you like: Witchfinder General (Michael Reeves, 1968), Pi (Darren Aronofsky, 1998), Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012) During the English Civil War a man by the name of Whitehead (Shearsmith) … Continue reading

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HUMMINGBIRD (Steven Knight, 2013)

  Starring: Jason Statham, Agata Buzek, Vicky McClure You may like this if you liked: Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood, 2008), Naked (Mike Leigh, 1993), The Limey (Steven Soderbergh, 1999) Ex Special Forces agent Joey (Statham, of course) now lives as … Continue reading

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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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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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