Tag Archives: drama

NO (Pablo Larraín, 2012)

Starring: Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers You may like this if you liked: Lincoln (Steven Spielberg, 2012), The Last King of Scotland (Kevin Macdonald, 2006), Cry Freedom (Richard Attenborough, 1987) In Chile in 1988 military dictator Augusto Pinochet … Continue reading

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THE IMPOSTER (Bart Layton, 2012) viewed on 20/3/13

  Starring: Adam O’Brian, Anna Ruben, Cathy Desbrach You may like this if you liked: Catfish (Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, 2010) Inside Job (Charles Ferguson, 2010), Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (Peter Joseph, 2011) The Imposter tells the true story of … Continue reading

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DJANGO UNCHAINED (Quentin Tarantino, 2012)

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio You may like this if you liked: Django (Sergio Corbucci, 1966), Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah, 1974), Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974) – trust me on that one! Unsure … Continue reading

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FRANKENWEENIE (Tim Burton, 2012) viewed on 15/3/13

  Starring: Martin Short, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara You may like this if you liked: ParaNorman (Chris Butler and Sam Fell, 2012), The Nightmare before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1993), Corpse Bride (Tim Burton and Mike Johnson, 2005) Young Victor Frankenstien … Continue reading

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KILL KEITH (Andy Thompson, 2011)

Starring: Keith Chegwin, Marc Pickering, Susannah Fielding You may like this if you liked: Food poisoning, having an amputated limb with no anaesthetic, having a television land on your head. Keith ‘Cheggers’ Chegwin is (apparently) a national treasure, and when … Continue reading

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LINCOLN (Steven Spielberg, 2012)

Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, John Hawkes You may like this if you liked: Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962), Che: Part Two (Steven Soderbergh, 2008), Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004) America 1865: Abraham Lincoln has just been re-elected as … Continue reading

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LE HAVRE (Aki Kaurismäki, 2011) viewed on 10/3/13

  Starring: André Wilms, Blondin Miguel, Jean-Pierre Darroussin You may like this if you liked: Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch, 1991), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (John Madden, 2011), The Kid with a Bike (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, 2011). … Continue reading

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