Giddee up for an equine movie top five from Ross McG. With Steven Spielberg’s War Horse currently galloping through cinemas, we take a look at some other four-legged big screen wonders. No animals were harmed during the writing of this feature…
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Top Five… Horses in Movies
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags animals, Horses, Movies, Steven Spielberg, War Horse on January 24, 2012 by Ross McGTop Five… Sex Taboos in Movies
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags 9 Songs, A Clockwork Orange, Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger, Movies, Sex, Taboos on January 23, 2012 by Ross McD
When one has an insatiable sexual appetite, it helps when you look like Michael Fassbender. With Shame hitting cinemas, Ross McD takes a look (strictly for research purposes of course) at the top five films to break sexual taboos. Read more »
Top Five… Brendan Gleeson moments
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Breakfast on Pluto, Brendan Gleeson, Brian Cox, Colin Farrell, Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter, I Went Down, In Bruges, Movies, Orlando Bloom, Top Five, Troy on December 12, 2011 by Ross McG
We love Brendan Gleeson here at RVR. He’s made many a good movie great and many a crap movie good (we even forgive him for Mission: Impossible II). If only the big Dubliner could be in every movie… like his buddy Brian Cox. Read more »
Top Five… Greek mythological movie monsters
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Greece, Greek myth, Immortals, Movies on November 9, 2011 by Ross McD
The poor Greeks are currently facing beasts of unimaginable horror; the dreaded Troika, the Phantom Referendum, the undead Prime Minister, the twin-head-shaking abomination SarkozyMerkel. Luckily they have had plenty of practice facing down some pretty formidable monsters in the past. With the release of Immortals this weekend, Ross McD takes on the best of them. Read more »
Ross v Ross on Guardian Film Clip Joint
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Car Parks, Clip Joint, Film, Movies, The Guardian on October 27, 2011 by Ross McG
Believe it or not, the good folks over at The Guardian have very kindly let us contribute to their excellent Clip Joint series, in which a different writer picks a topic to base a collection of movie scenes around. Ross McG has gone for car parks and you can read his favourites – and get into the conversation by offering up your own – by clicking the picture above or HERE Read more »
Top Five… Frighteningly Fun Halloweeny Movie Songs
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Halloween, Movies on October 25, 2011 by Ross McG
It’s Halloween this week, so to get you in the mood, Ross McG takes a look at his favourite spine-tingling singalong moments. Read more »
Top Five… Scary Kids’ Stuff In Movies
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Halloween, Movies, Scary movies on October 19, 2011 by Ross McD
Kids can be cruel… and they can be downright scary too. As Halloween draws ever closer, Ross McD plays with the progeny props that petrify… Read more »
Top Five… Movie Brothers
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags brothers, David Fincher, Dustin Hoffman, Film, Get Carter, Movies, Napoleon Dynamite, rain man, the game, The Goonies, Tom Cruise, Warrior on September 23, 2011 by Ross McD
With the release of sibling mixed martial arts fightfest Warrior this week, Ross McD and Ross McG from www.rossvross.com, who aren’t related, decide to take a look at the best sets of brothers in cinema. Read more »
