With the NBA finals in the US between Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder in full swing, let’s look at the basketball movie scenes that didn’t bounce off the rim. Continue reading
Top Eight… Basketball Scenes From Movies Not About Basketball
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Basketball, Movies on June 19, 2012 by Ross McGTop Five… Axe Scenes
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Axe, Jack Nicholson, Movies, Snow White, The Shining on June 6, 2012 by Ross McD
Snow White’s Huntsman has got a shedload and the upcoming Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (yep, that is the name of a film) is a dab hand at wielding one – axes are the new swords, apparently. But these five were swinging hatchets before it became fashionable, as Ross McD illustrates. Continue reading
DVD RvReview: Martha Marcy May Marlene
Posted in REVIEWS with tags Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Movies on May 31, 2012 by Ross McG
Commas, eh? Who needs them? Not the title of Martha Marcy May Marlene, a pretty decent film despite containing an Olsen sister. Find out what Ross McG thought of it below. Continue reading
Top Five… Mythological Greek movies that aren’t really mythological Greek movies
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Greek, Greek myth, Movies, Prometheus on May 31, 2012 by Ross McD
The much-anticipated Prometheus is finally out, and if you’re hoping for an awesome sci-fi epic set in the world of Ridley Scott’s other sci-fi epic Alien, it looks like you may be in luck. If you are hoping for a tale about the ancient Greek Titan of legend… you should probably read more cinema previews online. Ross McD gives some more warning for easily duped classical studies students. Continue reading
Top Five… Movie Men In Black Clothing
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Men In Black, Movies on May 21, 2012 by Ross McG
Nothing says cool better than a movie character dressed all in black. So with the release of Men In Black III this week, Ross McG looks at the male heroes and villains to rock the simple yet sophisticated look. Continue reading
Top Five… Leader pisstakes
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Movies, Sacha Baron Cohen, The Dictator on May 20, 2012 by Ross McD
Being a great leader can be hard when stupid film-makers spread their blasphemous propaganda. Surviving the regular kind of assassination is tough enough without having to worry about character assassination. Hopefully Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator will bathe Admiral General Aladeen in the glorious light of his birthright. Sadly, other films have not been so kind to the resplendent rulers club… Continue reading
When Johnny Met Timmy… the Depp and Burton movie collaborations
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Dark Shadows, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Movies, Tim Burton on May 8, 2012 by Ross McG
Johnny Depp is back. And this time he’s in a Tim Burton movie. Come on, none of us saw that coming, right? This time it’s the remake of cult TV show (‘cult’, of course, means not one living soul watched it) Dark Shadows, in which Depp plays a mysterious kook. Who would have thought it?! To mark this biennial event, Ross McG puts all the Depp/Burton concoctions into one big mix. Continue reading
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What Are Your Movie-watching Regrets?
Posted in COMMENT with tags Con Air, Movies, Nicolas Cage, Tom Cruise on May 31, 2012 by Ross McGNo… no regrets…. Well, actually, there are quite a lot of them, particularly when it comes to watching movies. Or not watching movies. Or not watching movies in the cinema, as Ross McG explains below. Continue reading →
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