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Drive (2011)

Everything about Drive is just cool. It’s the film that introduced me to Ryan Gosling and I’ve been a fan ever since. He portrays ‘Driver’, a Hollywood stuntman by day, but a ruthless getaway driver by night. When he steps in to protect next-door neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan) and her son, from the gangsters that her husband […]

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Reservoir Dogs (1992)

To all the film fanatics and general movie-goers out there, if you haven’t seen Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, then you’re seriously missing out on one of the greatest pieces of filmmaking ever.  The film is about five strangers who assemble to pull off a diamond heist, but things don’t go according to plan. One of the men […]

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Trainspotting (1996)

Over twenty years on and Trainspotting is still a timeless classic. Seriously, how can anyone not like it? Little compares to the glorious adventures of heroin addict Renton (Ewen McGregor), and his five friends: Spud (Ewen Bremmer), Sick Boy (Johnny Lee Miller), Begbie (Robert Carlyle) and Tommy (Kevin McKidd). They are Scottish youths living in Edinburgh, deeply immersed […]

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Fight Club (1999)

David Fincher’s Fight Club has a plot like nothing you’ve ever seen – it challenges your expectations, makes you think real hard and leaves you laughing out loud. In my eyes, it is the ultimate cult classic. It follows the unnamed Narrator (Edward Norton), an insomniac who leads a directionless life. He visits support groups for men with […]

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Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind (2004)

Jim Carrey ditches the goofy faces and plays it straight in this psychological, romance story. There are very few films I cherish more than Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Years on and it’s still one of the best films I’ve seen and in my top five of all time. It imagines a world where removing large […]

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