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WADJDA (Haifaa Al-Monsour, 2012)

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Starring: Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Abdullrahman Al Gohani You may like this if you like: The Kid with a Bike (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, 2011), Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948), The Colour of Paradise (Majid Majidi, 1999) Wadjda … Continue reading

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ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA (Declan Lowney, 2013)

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Starring: Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee You may like this if you like: Everything on TV that has involved Partridge, In the Loop (Armando Iannucci, 2009), Mutiny on the Buses (Harry Booth, 1972) Things are changing at North Norfolk … Continue reading

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THE PURGE (James DeMonaco, 2013)

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Starring: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder You may like this if you like: Straw Dogs (Rod Lurie, 2011), The Strangers (Bryan Bertino, 2008), Black Christmas (Glen Morgan, 2006) America, 2022 “a nation reborn” apparently with extremely low unemployment and … Continue reading

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WELCOME TO THE PUNCH (Eran Creevy, 2013)

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Starring: James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough You may like this if you like: The Sweeney (Nick Love, 2012), Infernal Affairs (Wai-keung Lau and Alan Mak, 2002), Heat (Michael Mann, 1995) London detective Max Lewinsky (McAvoy) is still reeling at … Continue reading

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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Joss Whedon, 2012)

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Starring: Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Nathan Fillion You may like this if you like: Much Ado About Nothing (Kenneth Branagh, 1993), 10 Things I Hate About You (Gil Junger, 1999), Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrmann, 1996) This is basically the … Continue reading

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ONLY GOD FORGIVES (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2013)

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Starring: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm You may like this if you like: Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011), Valhalla Rising (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2009), watching paint dry In Bangkok, Julian (Gosling, once again the strong silent type) is … Continue reading

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SHARKNADO (Anthony C. Ferrante, 2013)

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Starring: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid (!), John Heard You may like this if you like: Sand Sharks (Mark Atkins, 2011), Arachnoquake (Griff Furst, 2012), basically any syfy channel/Asylum cheap but enjoyable crap Warning: This review may contain blatant sarcasm! Nature … Continue reading

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I WISH (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2011)

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Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Jȏ Odagiri, Koki Maeda You may like this if you like: The Kid with a Bike (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, 2011), The Colour of Paradise (Majid Majidi, 1999), Stand By Me (Rob Reiner, 1986) Since their … Continue reading

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THE BURFORD TOP 10S: MY PERSONAL TOP 10 FILM COMPOSERS OF ALL TIME

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I once heard a TV producer claim that, and I quote, “the composer is there to sort out scenes where the writer has fucked up”. There is an element of truth in that and for me the music in a … Continue reading

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VILLAGE AT THE END OF THE WORLD (Sarah Gavron and David Katznelson, 2012)

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  Starring: The villagers of Niaqornat You may like this if you like: The Peddler (Eduardo de la Serna et al, 2010), Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin, 2012), Trashed (Candida Brady, 2012) Shot over the course of a … Continue reading

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