Yeah, we know, we’ve been lazy lately at Ross v Ross Towers, but here’s the first of a few DVD review we have done. Ross McG finds out if Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston and Colin Farrell are as horrible bosses as Ross McD… Continue reading
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Review: Horrible Bosses
Posted in REVIEWS with tags Horrible Bosses, Jennifer Aniston, Movies, Review on December 13, 2011 by Ross McGTop 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. Continue reading
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 Continue reading
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. Continue reading
The Really Rather Confusing List Of The Top Five Numbers Used In Movie Titles
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Movies, Numbers on August 2, 2011 by Ross McG
This week sees the UK release of sci-fi throwback Super 8. But just how super is the number 8? Is it super enough to make the list of memorable movie numbers compiled by Ross McG? Three, two, one… let’s find out! Continue reading
The Big Red, White and Blue List of Movies with ‘America’ in their Title
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags America, Captain America, Movies, The Avengers, USA on July 26, 2011 by Ross McG
To mark the release this week of Captain America: The First Avenger, Ross McG brings you a whopping collection of films that happen to have the country of French fries, English muffins and Chinese food in their moniker. Why? Because we were running out of ideas for lists, that’s why. And could only think of two movie Captains. Captain Ron and Captain Jack Sparrow. Googling the word ‘America’ isn’t as easy as it looks, you know… Continue reading
Top Five… Movie Bosses You Would Like To Work For
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Bosses, Horrible Bosses, Movies on July 19, 2011 by Ross McG
To mark the release of new comedy Horrible Bosses with a twist, Ross McG has decided to pick out the cinematic head honchos who didn’t set out to ruin their workers’ lives. These are the movie bosses you’d be happy to go for a drink with after work. Continue reading
DVD RvReview: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Posted in REVIEWS with tags Bad Lieutenant, Movies, New Orleans, Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Werner Herzog on July 17, 2011 by Ross McG
I was watching Bad Lieutenant again last night when I suddenly realised I’d forgotten to put my review of it last year up on our crummy little site. That’s how bowled over I was by it: I forgot to hit ‘Publish’ on a new post. For anyone interested in reading something I wrote ages ago about a film that was out ages ago, the review is below. For those not interested… I’ll kill all of you. To the break of dawn (I won’t actually kill anyone, I’m just lamely quoting from the film. But then you probably knew that, so me explaining it here is pretty pointless). Continue reading
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