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Top Five… Dream Sequences

Posted in TOP FIVES with tags , , , , , , , , , , on June 3, 2009 by Ross McG

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We all daydream from time to time. Whether it involves stroking Matt Damon’s hair or selling your fledgling movie website to a rich businessman, it’s good to fantasise. So we love it when movie characters do it as well. Here are five of my favourites. Continue reading

Great Scenes… Witness

Posted in GREAT SCENES with tags , , , , , on May 26, 2009 by Ross McG

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In the first of a new series here at RVR, we are gonna pick our favourite scenes from our favourite movies. Let’s kick things off with a nice thick dollop of Harrison Ford, as he romances Kelly McGillis to the sounds of Greg Chapman (not Sam Cooke) in Witness. Sit back and enjoy… Continue reading

Top Five… fairgrounds

Posted in TOP FIVES with tags , , , , , , , , , , on May 21, 2009 by Ross McG

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It’s got to beeeeee… perfect. So sang late 80s chart-toppers Fairground Attraction. They obviously hadn’t been on some of these scary rides. Here are five memorable cinematic funfair escapades. Continue reading

Top Five… terrible nightclubs

Posted in TOP FIVES with tags , , , , , , , on May 13, 2009 by Ross McG

Collateral borderHave you ever been to a nightclub where the volume was at just the right level so you could hear everything the person next to you was saying? Didn’t think so. Here are five places you don’t want to go boogying on a Saturday night. Continue reading

Top Five… SHOUTY moments

Posted in TOP FIVES with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on April 28, 2009 by Ross McG

network-borderScreaming at the top of your lungs is an art form. Just ask Al Pacino. Or Samuel L Jackson. These guys do it for a living. And even they didn’t manage to make this list. So here’s to the best examples of throat-ripping around. Continue reading

Top Five… movie injuries

Posted in TOP FIVES with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on April 20, 2009 by Ross McG

ash-borderBeing a hero is a dangerous business. Someone might cut off your nose to spite your face, or you might saw off your own hand because it’s possessed. It’s tough out there. Continue reading