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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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THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS (RZA, 2012)

  Starring: RZA, Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu You may like this if you liked: Kill Bill: Vol.1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003), Machete (Ethan Maniquis and Robert Rodriguez, 2010), Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders, 2009) Well, in 19th century China (not that that … Continue reading

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PITCH PERFECT (Jason Moore, 2012)

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  Starring: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Elizabeth Banks You may like this if you liked: American Dreamz (Paul Weitz, 2006), Step Up (Anne Fletcher, 2006), Bring It On (Peyton Reed, 2000) Beca (Kendrick) is a freshman (or fresher as we … 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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THE GREAT GATSBY (Baz Luhrmann, 2013)

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Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan Genre: Drama/Romance/Typical Baz Lurhmann Migraine-inducing-style-over-substance-rubbish Set in the backdrop of the roaring twenties, The Great Gatsby is told through the eyes of Nick Carraway (Maguire). He moves to upstate New York opposite his … Continue reading

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MAN OF STEEL (Zack Snyder, 2012)

Starring: Henry Cavill, Michael Shannon, Amy Adams You may like this if you liked: Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005), Superman Returns (Bryan Singer, 2006), The Amazing Spider – Man (Marc Webb, 2012) I think we all know the story, but … Continue reading

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THE BURFORD TOP 10: GUILTY PLEASURES AKA THE FILMS I LOVE TO HATE

These are films that have gaping plot holes, Pierce Brosnan attempting to sing, illogical endings, terrible acting and dialogue, Pierce Brosnan attempting to sing, and sometimes not even a particularly good story but yet still we cannot help but love … Continue reading

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