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THE BURFORD TOP 10S: HUMAN – ANIMAL COMPANIONSHIPS IN FILMS

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A vast majority of us are animal lovers, and there is no denying that animal characters have provided a great source for lazy screenwriters to use cheap cliché to tug at our heartstrings (for example, Marley & Me). However some … Continue reading

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THE ZERO THEOREM (Terry Gilliam, 2013)

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Starring: Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Thierry, David Thewlis Genre: Drama/ Comedy/ Sci-Fi In the future, Qohen Leth is a number cruncher working for a large corporation known as Mancom who is particularly dissatisfied with life. Referring to himself in the plural, … Continue reading

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THE WAY, WAY BACK (Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, 2013)

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Starring: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Sam Rockwell Genre: Comedy/ Drama Introverted 14 year old Duncan (Liam James) is forced to spend summer with his mother (Collette) and her boyfriend Trent (Carell) at Trent’s summer home at a picturesque New England … Continue reading

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ONE CHANCE (David Frankel, 2013)

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Starring: James Corden, Alexandra Roach, Julie Walters Genre: Comedy/ Drama Despite constant bullying at school and severe disapproval from his dad (Colm Meaney), all Paul Potts (Corden) ever wanted to do was sing, and using the unique voice he had; … Continue reading

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THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (Wes Anderson, 2014) 8/10

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MACHETE KILLS (Robert Rodriguez, 2013)

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Starring: Danny Trejo, Mel Gibson, Amber Heard Genre: Action/ Comedy Not that the ‘plot’ is particularly relevant, but here goes: Everyone’s favourite non texting Mexican, Machete (Trejo) is now recruited by the American President (Carlos Estevez, aka Charlie Sheen) in … Continue reading

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JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA (Jeff Tremaine, 2013)

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Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Jackson Nicoll, Greg Harris Genre: Comedy After the death of his wife, 86 year old Irving Zisman (Knoxville) has been given the responsibility for looking after his grandson Billy (Nicoll) after Billy’s drug addict mum has gone … Continue reading

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FRANCES HA (Noah Baumbach, 2012)

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Starring: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver Genre: Drama/ Comedy Frances (Gerwig) is a woman in her late twenties living in New York who seems to know what she wants in life but just cannot get it. After splitting with … Continue reading

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THE MONUMENTS MEN (George Clooney, 2014)

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  Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray Genre: Drama/ Comedy/ War As part of their invasion during World War II, the Nazi’s stole all valuable art collections (both public and private) whenever they could with Hitler’s ultimate intention for … Continue reading

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THE BURFORD TOP 10S: THE NOUGHTIES, YEAR BY YEAR

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Looking back at this decade, these are the 10 films from each of these ten individual years that stand out as part of my film viewing experience and education. I am in no way saying this is the definitive top … Continue reading

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