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BLUE JASMINE (Woody Allen, 2013)

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Starring: Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins Genre: Comedy/Drama/Woody Allen film Thanks to her financially corrupt and cheating husband (Baldwin), socialite Jasmine French (Blanchett) used to have all the wealth and status she could ever desire. Now having left her … Continue reading

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CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (Paul Greengrass, 2013)

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Starring: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Catherine Keener Genre: Thriller/Biopic/Drama/textbook Paul Greengrass intensity Based on true events, the US container ship Maersk Alabama is on a routine journey along the notoriously dangerous Somali coast when it is targeted by armed Somali … Continue reading

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ESCAPE PLAN (Mikael Håfström, 2013)

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Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Caviezel Genre: It has Arnie and Sly in it, enough said! Ray Breslin (Stallone) is a man that has literally written the book on escaping from even the toughest of high security prisons. When … Continue reading

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CITADEL (Ciaran Foy, 2012)

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Starring: Aneurin Barnard, James Cosmo, Wunmi Mosaku You may like this if you like: Heartless (Philip Ridley, 2009), Maniac (Franck Khalfoun, 2012), The Woman in Black (James Watkins, 2012) Ever since his wife was brutally attacked by a gang of … Continue reading

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AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS (David Lowery, 2013)

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Starring: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Ben Foster You may like this if you like: Badlands (Terence Malick, 1973), To the Wonder (Terrence Malick, 2012), The Place Beyond the Pines (Derek Cianfrance, 2012) After a gunfight with the police, young couple … Continue reading

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THE FIFTH ESTATE (Bill Condon, 2013)

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Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, David Thewlis You may like this if you like: We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (Alex Gibney, 2013), The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010), State of Play (Kevin Macdonald, 2009) Based on the true … Continue reading

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WHAT MAISIE KNEW (Scott McGehee and David Siegel, 2012)

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Starring: Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan, Alexander Skarsgård You may like this if you like: The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko, 2010), The Deep End (Scott McGehee and David Siegel, 2001), L’enfant (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, 2005) As her … Continue reading

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THE GATEKEEPERS (Dror Moreh, 2012)

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Starring: Ami Ayalon, Avraham Shalom, Avi Dichter You may like this if you like: 5 Broken Cameras (Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, 2011), The Act of Killing (Josh Oppenheimer, 2012), McCullin (David Morris and Jacqui Morris, 2012) The Gatekeepers is … Continue reading

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THE BURFORD TOP 10S: THE MOST OVERRATED FILMS OF ALL TIME (THAT I HAVE SEEN)

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I cannot emphasise enough that I by no way mean that the films on this list are rubbish, unless I physically state that. These are films I often enjoyed and have many great elements to them; however I just do … Continue reading

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IN THE FOG (Sergei Loznitsa, 2012)

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Starring: Vladimir Svirskiy, Vladislav Abashin, Sergei Kolesov You may like this if you like: Beyond the Hills (Cristian Mungiu, 2012), Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985), Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) It is 1942, and in the German occupied … Continue reading

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