Archive for the BATTLES Category

No Country For Old Men v There Will Be Blood v Juno v Atonement

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , , , , on February 16, 2010 by rossvross

Continuing our Oscar season, we look at one of the tightest run-offs for Best Picture in recent years. And we’ve got our pals at The Dark Of The Matinee and M Carter At The Movies to help us out. By help us out, we mean get in our faces and dish out some cans of whoop-ass. Click HERE or the image above to read this epic fourway battle at Metro Film Fight Club. Continue reading

Avatar v The Hurt Locker v Inglourious Basterds v Up In The Air

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , , , , , , on February 9, 2010 by rossvross

We are kicking off our Oscar season at Ross v Ross with a big bang. In our first ever fourway battle, we have invited fellow movie bloggers Fandango Groovers and Aiden R to join us as we pit this year’s Best Picture Oscar frontrunners against each other. You can read the explosive action at Metro Film Fight Club by clicking HERE or the picture above. This one could get bloody… Continue reading

The Shawshank Redemption v The Green Mile

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , , , , on February 2, 2010 by rossvross

The warden threw a party in the county jail. The prison band was there and they began to wail. The band was jumpin’ and the joint began to swing. You should’ve heard those knocked out jailbirds sing… One gets the sense that Elvis Presley didn’t spent much time in either of these two correctional facilities. They’re both pretty bad, but which is worse? Click HERE or the image above to read the arguments in this battle we’ve done for Metro Film Fight Club. Continue reading

Saving Private Ryan v Full Metal Jacket

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , , on January 26, 2010 by rossvross

This time… it’s war. Which of these two combat classics is the better film? Click HERE or the image above to read the arguments in this battle we’ve done for Metro Film Fight Club. Continue reading

The Incredible Hulk v X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , , , , on January 19, 2010 by rossvross

SMASH!! SNIKT!! These two noisy superheroes are about to lock horns. Click HERE or the image above to read this exclusive battle we’ve done for Metro Film Fight Club. Continue reading

Up v Wall-E

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , on January 12, 2010 by rossvross

UP v WallEPixar have never been short on imagination or originality.  If you’d told Walt his two latest protagonists were going to be a sanitation device and a cranky old pensioner, he wouldn’t have called you Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy or Doc. But which of these animated gems outshines the other? You decide. Click HERE or the pic above to read this battle we’ve done for Metro Film Fight Club. Continue reading

Romeo + Juliet v Titanic

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , , on January 6, 2010 by rossvross

romeo and juliet v titanicClaire Danes and Kate Winslet? The boy’s not done too bad. Although he does end up poisoned and frozen to death for his efforts. Crossing stars and crossing the Atlantic prove to be doomed endeavours for Leo, but en route he gives us two of the greatest love stories the 90s had to offer. But which is better? Click HERE or on the image above to read this battle we’ve done for Metro Film Fight Club. Continue reading

The Muppet Christmas Carol v Gremlins

Posted in BATTLES with tags , , , , on December 22, 2009 by rossvross

It’s the battle of the Christmas creatures! In the green corner, wearing felt and updating a Yuletide classic, it’s Kermit and Co. In the other green corner, covered in slime and slaying Santa, it’s Stripe and his gang. Click HERE or the image above to read our latest piece for Metro Film Fight Club! Continue reading