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OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (Sam Raimi, 2013)

  Starring: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz You may like this if you like: Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (Andrew Adamson, 2012), The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939), Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton, 2010) Small time circus magician … Continue reading

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BURFORD BACK IN TIME: OVER THE TOP (Menahem Golan, 1987)

  Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely You may like this if you like: Rocky IV (Sylvester Stallone, 1985), The Karate Kid (John G. Avildson, 1984), Top Gun (Tony Scott, 1986) The excellently named Lincoln Hawk (Stallone, of course) … Continue reading

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BLOOD (Nick Murphy, 2012)

  Starring: Paul Bettany, Mark Strong, Stephen Graham You may like this if you liked: Insomnia (Christopher Nolan, 2002), Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, 2003), Shadow Dancer (James Marsh, 2012) Joe and Chrissie Fairburn (Bettany and Graham) are two police detectives … Continue reading

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BURFORD BACK IN TIME: BLOOD CREEK (Joel Schumacher, 2009)

Starring: Henry Cavill, Dominic Purcell, Michael Fassbender You may like this if you liked: Outpost (Steve Barker, 2007), Dead Snow (Tommy Wirkola, 2009), Devils of War (Eli Dorsey, 2013) Originally made in 2009, but shelved and then released here straight … Continue reading

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BURFORD BACK IN TIME: THE MOUSE THAT ROARED (Jack Arnold, 1959)

  Starring: Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, William Hartnell You may like this if you liked: Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964) Murder By Death (Robert Moore, 1976) Passport to Pimlico (Henry Cornelius, 1949) The Duchy of Grand Fenwick, situated in deepest … Continue reading

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BEHIND THE CANDELABRA (Steven Soderbergh, 2013)

Starring: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Rob Lowe You may like this if you liked: Milk (Gus Van Sant, 2008), Kinsey (Bill Condon, 2004), Wilde (Brian Gilbert, 1997) Based on an autobiographical novel, Behind the Candelabra tells the story of the … Continue reading

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NEIGHBOURING SOUNDS (Kleber Mendonça Filho, 2012)

  Starring: Irma Brown, Sebastião Formiga, Gustavo Jahn You may like this if you liked: Home (Muzaffer Özdemir, 2011), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011), Elena (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2011) Neighbouring Sounds tells the intertwining lives and … Continue reading

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ROBOT & FRANK (Jake Schreier, 2012)

  Starring: Frank Langella, Liv Tyler, Peter Sarsgaard You may like this if you liked: Song for Marion (Paul Andrew Williams, 2012), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (John Madden, 2011), The Guilt Trip (Anne Fletcher, 2012) Set in the near … Continue reading

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THE LIABILITY (Craig Viveiros, 2012)

  Starring: Tim Roth, Jack O’Connell, Talulah Rilay You may like this if you like: Blitz (Elliot Lester, 2011), The Hit (Stephen Fears, 1984), Down Terrace (Ben Wheatley, 2009) 19 year old Adam (O’Connell) is a tearaway teen that tries … Continue reading

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I GIVE IT A YEAR (Dan Mazer, 2013)

  Starring: Rafe Spall, Rose Byrne, Stephen Merchant You may like this if you like: Going the Distance (Nanette Burstein, 2010), Knocked Up (Judd Apatow, 2007), Crazy, Stupid, Love. (Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, 2011) When Josh (Spall) and Nat … Continue reading

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