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DVD RvReview: Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Posted in REVIEWS with tags , , , , , on January 5, 2011 by Ross McG

Remember when you played Bubble Bobble in the arcade and you wanted to jump inside it?! Well, wonder no more, cos someone has gone and made a film about what it would have been like. Kind of. Find out what Ross McG thought of Edgar Wright’s latest by clicking HERE or the picture above. Bubble Bobble: The Movie… surely it’s only a matter of time… Continue reading

The Movies Ross McG Watched Over Christmas

Posted in COMMENT with tags , on January 3, 2011 by Ross McG

Happy new year? What’s happy about it? Just a few days ago I was in the middle of a glorious cycle of watching great and not-so-great films every day, while eating lots of junk. And now I’m not. Life can be so cruel sometimes. Continue reading

Inception v Inception

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , , , , , , on July 27, 2010 by Ross McG

Don’t worry, you’re not dreaming… yet. In honour of Christopher Nolan’s latest mindmelder, with its premise of a dream within a dream within a dream within a, er, dream, http://www.rossvross.com gives you a battle within a battle. It’s Inception v Inception. It’s Ross McD v Ross McG. All you have to do is tell us which Ross you agree with more. Sweet dreams…Click HERE or on the pic above to read this battle. Continue reading

RvRant: Inception

Posted in RvRANT with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on July 27, 2010 by Ross McG

And now for something completely different. Inspired by seeing Inception, Ross McD and Ross McG had the following email conversation. Normally we wouldn’t subject you guys to this sort of guff, but it does have some revealing insights into the tiny minds of the Rosses and we’d be delighted to hear your thoughts on the movie. WARNING: there be plenty of Inception spoilers below, so if you haven’t seen the movie, don’t read on. Don’t worry, you’re not missing much. Continue reading

Top Five… Tom Cruise running moments

Posted in TOP FIVES with tags , , , , , on June 16, 2010 by Ross McG

Remember when I promised this list to you a while back when doing the best Tom Cruise singing scenes? Well, I wasn’t kidding. Okay, I was, but now we’ve run out of ideas for Top Fives. With The Cruiser all set to go sprinting again this summer in spy-com Knight And Day, now is as good a time as any to check out his best dashes. Continue reading

What are the best and worst things about being a movie blogger?

Posted in COMMENT with tags , , , , , , , on June 3, 2010 by Ross McG

Film blogger. In the scale of annoying yet pointless existences, it’s somewhere between morning radio DJ and acting coach to Martin Lawrence. But it’s an existence thousands of us have perhaps foolishly chosen, including, uh, me. So what makes it worthwhile and what makes it a tedious pain in the… Continue reading

RvReprieve: The Cable Guy

Posted in REPRIEVES with tags , , , , on May 27, 2010 by Ross McG

It’s reprievin’ time again. In this edition, Ross McG urges you to dispel your comedic prejudices and recognise The Cable Guy for the brilliant show that nobody realised it was. Warning to Ross McD: this blog post contains traces of Matthew Broderick… Continue reading

RvReview: Robin Hood

Posted in REVIEWS with tags , , , on May 12, 2010 by Ross McG

Is Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood with Russell Crowe as good as Disney’s Robin Hood with a talking fox? Ross McG went along to find out. Here’s his spoiler-free review. Continue reading