Fancy an Oscar nom? Make a boxing film. Rocky, When We Were Kings, The Hurricane, Cinderella Man; Hollywood loves a good punch-up. With the release of Oscar shoo-in The Fighter this week, the Rosses accompany two heavyweights to the ring. Click HERE or on the pic above to choose your corner. MAKE SURE TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE IN THE BOX BELOW THE BATTLE! Ding Ding! Read more »
Archive for Oscars
Raging Bull v Million Dollar Baby
Posted in BATTLES with tags Boxing, Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Martin Scorsese, Million Dollar Baby, Morgan Freeman, Movies, Oscars, Raging Bull, Robert De Niro, sport on February 1, 2011 by rossvrossTop Five… Worst Films To Be Nominated For The Best Picture Oscar
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Al Pacino, Best Picture, Movies, Oscar, Oscars, The Godfather on March 4, 2010 by Ross McG
Movie-goers often moan about the terrible films that won the Best Picture Oscar. But what about the even more terrible films that were a whisker away from doing it? Here they are… Read more »
Great Oscar Scenes: Kramer vs Kramer
Posted in GREAT SCENES with tags Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs Kramer, Movies, Oscar, Oscars on March 4, 2010 by Justin Michaels
Dustin Hoffman shouts at a kid and gets an Oscar. If you or I did that the only thing we would get is a call from child services. Read more »
Top Five… Jack Nicholson Oscar-nominated performances
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Jack Nicholson, Movies, Oscar, Oscars on March 4, 2010 by Ross McD
Jack is the daddy of the Oscars. No man has been nominated more than him. He’s been nominated 12 times, has won three, has been criminally overlooked a few times (The Shining, Batman, The Departed) and believe it or not has even appeared in some crap (Anger Management). It was a tough job picking his five best, but someone’s gotta do it… Read more »
Top Five… Moments The Oscars Got It Right
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Annie Hall, Fargo, Movies, Oscar, Oscars, Star Wars on March 3, 2010 by Justin Michaels
Poor old Oscar. Sometimes we’re so busy lambasting him for messing things up we forget that, from time to time, he got things absolutely spot on. Here are those moments. Read more »
Top Five… Moments The Oscars Got It Wrong
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Al Pacino, Movies, Oscar, Oscars on March 3, 2010 by Ross McG
And the Oscar goes to… the totally wrong person! The Oscars are a bit like our parents – the reason we love ‘em is because we very rarely agree with ‘em. Here are the instances when the Academy voters really messed things up. Read more »
Capote v Crash v Good Night, and Good Luck v Munich v Brokeback Mountain
Posted in BATTLES with tags and Good Luck, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Good Night, Movies, Munich, Oscar, Oscars on March 2, 2010 by rossvross
It is the most controversial Best Picture race of all time. And now Ross v Ross is going to sort it out once and for all. With a little help from the folks at Encore Entertainment, Movie Mobsters and Cinema Scream, in our first ever five-way face-off. Click HERE or the picture above to read this exclusive battle at Metro Film Fight Club. This one is gonna get ugly… Read more »
Great Oscar Scenes: Slumdog Millionaire
Posted in GREAT SCENES with tags Danny Boyle, Movies, Oscar, Oscars, Slumdog Millionaire on March 2, 2010 by Justin Michaels
In the run-up to the Oscars we are going to look at some super scenes from Academy Award-winning movies. Let’s start at the finish, with this great train sequence from last year’s Best Picture. Read more »



