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BURFORD BACK IN TIME: THE PINK PANTHER COLLECTION (Blake Edwards, 1963 – 1982) viewed on 31/3/13

  Starring: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, David Niven You may like these if you liked: The Pink Panther (Shawn Levy, 2006), A fish Called Wanda (Charles Crichton, 1988), Casino Royale (Val Guest et al, 1967) The Pink Panther (1963) Bumbling … Continue reading

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HYDE PARK ON HUDSON (Roger Michell, 2012) viewed on 30/3/13

  Starring: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivier Coleman You may like this if you liked: The Kings Speech (Tom Hooper, 2012), Hitchcock (Sacha Gervasi, 2012), My Week with Marilyn (Simon Curtis, 2011) Hyde Park on Hudson tells the story of … Continue reading

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CLOUD ATLAS (Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski, 2012)

Starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant You may like this if you liked: The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky, 2006), 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968), The Tree of Life (Terence Malick, 2011) Everything we do, good or bad, has … Continue reading

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BAD ASS (Craig Moss, 2012) viewed on 28/3/13

  Starring: Danny Trejo, Charles S. Dutton, Ron Perlman You may like this if you liked: Machete (Robert Rodriguez, 2010), Hobo with a Shotgun (Jason Eisener, 2011), Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976) Vietnam veteran Frank Vega (Trejo) has lived a … Continue reading

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TRANCE (Danny Boyle, 2013)

Starring: James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel You may like this if you liked: Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese, 2010), The Game (David Funcher, 1997), Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe, 2001) Simon (McAvoy) is a top London auctioneer overseeing the auction of … Continue reading

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PARANORMAN (Chris Butler and Sam Fell, 2012) viewed on 26/3/13

  Starring: Kodi Smit-Mcphee, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse You may like this if you liked: Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009), Corpse Bride (Tim Burton and Mike Johnson, 2005), Frankenweenie (Tim Burton, 2012) Norman Babcock is a school boy who lives as … Continue reading

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TABU (Miguel Gomes, 2012) viewed on 26/3/13

  Starring: Teersa Madruga, Laura Sokveral, Ana Moreira You may like this if you liked: Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957), The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009), The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011) Tabu tells two stories at different parts in the … Continue reading

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SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE (Maxim Korostyshevsky, 2012)

Starring: Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames You may like this if you liked: The Expendables (Sylvester Stallone, 2010), The A-Team (Joe Carnahan, 2010), Cliff hanger (Renny Harlin, 1993) The term Soldiers of Fortune basically refers to billionaires who can … Continue reading

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SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN (Malik Bendjelloul, 2012) viewed on 24/3/13

  Starring: Sixto Rodriguez, Stephen ‘Sugar’ Segerman, Dennis Coffey You may like this if you liked: Senna (Asif Kapadia, 2010), Bobby Fischer against the World (Liz Garbus, 2011), Anvil: The Story of Anvil (Sacha Gervasi, 2008) In the 1970s Detroit … Continue reading

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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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