Tag Archives: drama

BROKEN CITY (Allen Hughes, 2013)

  Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones You may like this if you like: City Hall (Harold Becker, 1996), State of Play (Kevin Macdonald, 2009), Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974) In New York private investigator and ex cop Billy Taggart … 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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POPULAIRE (Régis Reynard, 2012)

  Starring: Romain Duris, Déborah François, Bérénice Bejo You may like this if you liked: Untouchable (Olivier Nakachi and Eric Toledano, 2011), The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011), Potiche (François Ozon, 2010) France 1958, Rose Pamphyle (François) decides to leave her … Continue reading

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SONG FOR MARION (Paul Andrew Williams, 2012)

  Starring: Terence Stamp, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Arterton You may like this if you liked: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (John Madden, 2011), Calendar Girls (Nigel Cole, 2003), Quartet (Dustin Hoffman, 2012) Shy and grumpy pensioner Arthur (Stamp) lives a … 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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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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WARM BODIES (Jonathan Levine, 2013)

  Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich You may like this if you liked: Twilight (Catherine Hardwicke, 2008), Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990), Romeo +Juliet (Baz Luhrmann, 1996) After the usual apocalypse we see in films, a vast majority … Continue reading

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THE EXPATRIATE (Philipp Stölzl, 2012)

  Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Liana Liberato, Olga Kurylenko You may like this if you liked: The Bourne Trilogy (2002 – 2007), The Cold Light of Day (Mabrouk El Mechri, 2012), Unknown (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2011) Why so serious Aaron? This poster … Continue reading

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FOR ELLEN (So Yong Kim, 2012)

  Starring: Paul Dano, Jon Heder, Margarita Levieva You may like this if you liked: Treeless Mountain (So Yong Kim, 2008), To the Wonder (Terence Malick, 2012), Boxing Day (Bernard Rose, 2012) A musician called Joby (Dano) who is a … Continue reading

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