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The big giant end of the year New Year’s Eve battle

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , on December 13, 2011 by rossvross

Last year we had Valentine’s Day, this year it’s New Year’s Eve, which is released this week. A dozens-strong all-star cast turn up, shoot a couple of scenes, get paid, movie execs make millions, audiences have one potentially crap film broken down into lots of nice, easy-to-manage little pieces – everybody wins. Be warned though: Christmas Day, All Hallow’s Eve, St Patrick’s Day, St Swithin’s Day, A Random Person’s Birthday will all follow. Here, Ross McD and Ross McG from pit the cast against each other. Read more »

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Dirty Dancing v Footloose

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , on September 30, 2011 by rossvross

The Footloose remake is on the big screen… the Dirty Dancing remake is in the pipeline. What better time then to revisit the originals with an 80s face-off featuring Sunday shoes being kicked off and Swayze’s shirt being ripped off. Ross McD and Ross McG pit these two dancing giants against each other. Read the arguments below and decide which movie is best. Read more »

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Alien v Unforgiven

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , , , , on August 18, 2011 by rossvross

To mark the release this week of genre mash-up Cowboys & Aliens, Ross McD and Ross McG are pitting an epic western against a scary sci-fi in this week’s movie battle. So slip on your chaps, strap your laser gun to your holster and get ready for one hell of a fight. And remember: in space… no one can hear you scream for your rifle… Read more »

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Harry Potter House Battle: Gryffindor v Slytherin

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , , , on July 13, 2011 by rossvross

After seven books, eight films, nine-and-three-quarter platforms and ten long years, the Harry Potter Saga is finally at an end. We’ve seen a lot of comings and goings through Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but one question still remains: which house is the best? The goodly Gryffindors or the sneaky Slytherins? Ross McD and Ross McG don the Sorting Hat… Read more »

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Avatar v Ferngully: The Last Rainforest

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , on June 23, 2011 by rossvross

Eco movie warriors Ross McD and Ross McG have gone green by putting together a very special environmentally friendly battle – except there’s nothing friendly about it. Which of these nature nurture movies is top of the food chain? James Cameron’s blue epic…or the film it’s supposedly based on? Read more »

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Star Trek v X-Men: First Class

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , , , , , , , on June 14, 2011 by rossvross

Reboots: There was a time when you needed a few decades in between. Nowadays there’s barely enough time to put your foot on the ground before we’re winding up to punt another franchise up the arse. Ross McG and Ross McD pit two modern remakes against each other. Read more »

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Liar Liar v My Cousin Vinny

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , , , , on March 24, 2011 by rossvross

Order! Order! Matthew McConaughey may make a very good Lincoln Lawyer, but can he make you laugh? Judge now between these two jesters of the courts… Read more »

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Hook v Pirates of the Caribbean

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , , , , , on March 7, 2011 by rossvross

Pirates… they’re not as fun as they used to be. Instead of yo-ho-ho-ing, singing sea shanties, drinking barrels of rum and inexplicably burying treasure instead of spending it, pirates now prefer actually kidnapping and killing people off the coast of Somalia. At least they’re still a bit of craic on screen. The Rosses take a Long John look at the silver screen’s best buccaneers. Click HERE or the pic above to read this battle at Metro Film Fight Club. Read more »

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