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
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Top Five… most adorable Studio Ghibli characters
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Animation, Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, Movies, Ponyo, Studio Ghibli on August 11, 2011 by Ross McDThe 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 McGTo 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 McGTo 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 Cho Chang, Deathly Hallows, Dobby, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, JK Rowling, Rita Skeeter, Seamus Finnegan on July 12, 2011 by Ross McDFor 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 Brad Pitt, Movies, Sean Penn, Terrence Malick, The Tree Of Life, Trees on July 5, 2011 by Ross McGWith 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 Movies, Optimus Prime, Robots, Transformers on June 30, 2011 by Ross McGTransformers.. 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 Batman, Captain America, Catwoman, Chris Evans, Comic, Comic Book, Crossover, DC Comics, Deadpool, Green Lantern, Marvel, Movies, Ryan Reynolds, Superhero, Superman, X-Men on June 16, 2011 by Ross McDComic 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










