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TO THE WONDER (Terence Malick, 2012)

Starring: Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Javier Bardem You may like this if you liked: The Tree of Life (Terence Malick, 2011), Blue Valentine (Derek Cianfrance, 2010), Two Lovers (James Gray, 2008) While travelling, American Neil (Affleck) meets a Ukrainian living … Continue reading

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5 BROKEN CAMERAS (Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, 2011)

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Starring: Emad Burnat, Soyraya Burnat, Mohammed Burnat You may like this if you liked: In This World (Michael Winterbottom, 2002), Frontier Blues (Babak Jalali, 2009), Times and Winds (Reha Erdem, 2006) 5 Broken Cameras begins with Israeli authorities erecting a … 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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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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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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My personal definitive top 10 of 2012

  Yes I know it is now March, but it has taken me this long to see everything due to having to wait for the retail release or my local independent cinema to show it. The criteria for this are … Continue reading

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ARGO (Ben Affleck, 2012) viewed on 10/3/13

  Starring: Been Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman You may like this if you liked: The Town (Ben Affleck, 2010), Donnie Brasco (Mike Newell, 1997), Inside Man (Spike Lee, 2006) In 1979 the US embassy in Tehran, Iran is invaded … Continue reading

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LIFE OF PI (Ang Lee, 2012) viewed on 5/3/13

  Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall You may like this if you liked: Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007), Stand By Me (Rob Reiner, 1986), Cast Away (Robert Zemeckis, 2000) Life of Pi starts with an adult ‘Pi’ … Continue reading

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LES MISÉRABLES (Tom Hooper, 2012) viewed on 5/3/13

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway You may like this if you liked: Dancer in the Dark (Lars Von Trier, 2000), Evita (Alan Parker, 1996), Les Misérables (Bille August, 1998) Pretty much everyone has apparently seen the stage production … Continue reading

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