American Hustle

Image courtesy of American Hustle
Image courtesy of American Hustle

“Some of these events are true”.  The words that open American Hustle are a fair reflection of the liberties this film has taken with the story of the Abscam con.  Directed by David S. Russell and seen by him as the spiritual third part of a trilogy that also includes The Fighter and Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle see’s the return of many of the stars who graced those previous efforts and much like those films, is well on it’s way to sweeping up this awards season.

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Top 5 gigs of 2013

Letlive at King Tuts
Letlive at King Tuts

So to continue my end of year round ups we have the top five gigs (that I attended, can’t really give my opinion on ones I wasn’t at) from this year.

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Top 5 Films of 2013

Image courtesy of Classic FM
Image courtesy of Classic FM

So with albums down, I now move onto films.  I’m only going to do a top 5, mainly because I haven’t been reviewing throughout the whole year.  The list only includes post award season films.  With the thought being that you can find a million sources online to tell you why you should go see Lincoln etc.  I also don’t think many of them would make the list anyway. 

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Top 20 Albums of 2013 – Number 20 to Number 16

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Image courtesy of thisisdiy.com

So as the new year begins it’s time to look back over 2013 and talk about all that was good.  This was yet another incredible year for music and as usual lots of albums I really liked were unable to make this list, but that’s just the way it goes.  So without further ado here is 20 to 15 in my top 20 albums of the year.

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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

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Image courtesy of Anchorman

Over the years Anchorman became such a big cult classic that it eventually left the word cult behind and now sits in many peoples head as just a pure classic.  Taking into account Hollywood’s love for a sequel, it’s no surprise therefore to see Will Ferrell and Adam McKay return to the news team for a whole new chapter in the tale of Ron Burgundy.

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