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Top Five… most adorable Studio Ghibli characters

Posted in TOP FIVES with tags , , , , , on August 11, 2011 by Ross McD

Hayao Miyazaki, the Walt Disney of the East, has dreamt up some of the freakiest, weirdest, most awesome, most enduring, and – as attested by this list – most adorable characters throughout his long and prolific career. With Studio Ghibli’s latest masterpiece, Arrietty, hitting cinemas, Ross McD counts down the cutest… Continue reading

The Really Rather Confusing List Of The Top Five Numbers Used In Movie Titles

Posted in TOP FIVES with tags , 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 , , , , 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 , , 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

Top Five… Worst Harry Potter characters

Posted in TOP FIVES with tags , , , , , , , on July 12, 2011 by Ross McD

For every Han Solo, there’s a Jar Jar Binks; for every Aragorn there’s a Tom Bombadil; for every Harry Potter… Ross McD finishes the thought on Phantom’s Cinerama  Continue reading

The Tree Of Life Top Six… Top Six Trees In Movies

Posted in TOP FIVES with tags , , , , , on July 5, 2011 by Ross McG

With Terrence ‘take his time’ Malick’s new film, The Tree Of Life, finally blooming into cinemas this week (see what we did there?), Ross McG takes a look at some of the most memorable plants in movie history. Continue reading

Top Five… Most Annoying Talking Robots

Posted in TOP FIVES with tags , , , on June 30, 2011 by Ross McG

Transformers.. robots in disguise. What there is no disguising, however, is just how downright insufferable it is when some of them open their mouths. To mark the release this week of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Ross McG runs through cinema’s android database to give you the bots that should have been shipped off in spare parts. Continue reading

Top Five… Comic book Crossover-curbing Casting Cock-ups

Posted in TOP FIVES with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 16, 2011 by Ross McD

Comic book characters are a sociable bunch – when they’re not saving their own respective universes, they can usually be found guest appearing in someone else’s comic. Nowadays superheroes do more crossovers than Cristiano Ronaldo in front of an open goal, but some casting directors have made life difficult for themselves. Ross McD lines em up… Continue reading