Swords, sandals and sweet, sweet stop-motion – tonight’s main event features two of Harryhausen’s heaviest hitters. Borrowing from human history’s most fertile mythos are two films, about two men, on two quests: but which one’s epic, and which one’s eh… pc? Click HERE or the pic above to read this battle at Metro Film Fight Club. Continue reading
Jason and the Argonauts v Clash of the Titans
Posted in BATTLES with tags Clash of the Titans, Jason and the Argonauts, Medusa, Movies, Pegasus, Ray Harryhausen on April 13, 2010 by rossvrossDesert Island (Digital Versatile) Discs
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Desert Island, Metallica, Moulin Rouge, Movies, The Goonies, The Shawshank Redemption on April 11, 2010 by rossvross
It’s collaboratin’ time. The great Fandango from the great movie blog Fandango Groovers has very kindly invited us – and a whole host of other movie bloggers – to pick the DVDs they would bring with them to a desert island. As both us Rosses already live on islands, we are ideally placed to name the perfect flicks to watch in order to while away the hours. To read Fandango’s list and those of other bloggers, click HERE. They’ve all named eight movies each. Because there’s two of us (and because we’re lazy), we’ve named four apiece. Check out our picks after the jump. Continue reading
Ross v Ross v… Sacred Cows!
Posted in RADIO BATTLES with tags Cinerama, Dumb And Dumber, ET, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Guilty Dislikes, Happy Feet, Heat, Lost in Translation, Million Dollar Baby, Movies, Phantom 105.2, Sacred cows, Sideways, The Lost Boys on April 7, 2010 by Ross McD
Sacred Cows: the films everybody loves, and you are supposed to too. Except you don’t. You and you alone know they suck. So why does the world disagree? Sick of listening to Ross McD rule the airwaves unchallenged, Ross McG jumps in to pit his Top 5 Guilty Dislikes against his foe. Gav Burke from Phantom 105.2’s Cinerama referees… Continue reading
RvReview: Clash of the Titans
Posted in REVIEWS with tags Clash of the Titans, Liam Neeson, Louis Leterrier, Movies, Ralph Fiennes, Ray Harryhausen, REVIEWS, Sam Worthington on April 4, 2010 by Ross McD
Can Leterrier’s Attempt Surpass Harryhausen’s Old Favourite? Three-D Happenin’ Effects, Top Io Totty,…… And No Stop-motion? Continue reading
Caddyshack v Happy Gilmore
Posted in BATTLES with tags Adam Sandler, Bill Murray, Caddyshack, Chevy Chase, Golf, Happy Gilmore, Movies, Rodney Dangerfield on March 30, 2010 by rossvross
Until they make ‘Tiger’s Wood – The How To Get Birdies Story’, these two golfing gargantuans will be considered the funniest of their genre. But which has more drive, and which one is bogey? Click HERE or the pic above to read this battle at Metro Film Fight Club. Continue reading
RvReview: Kick-Ass
Posted in REVIEWS with tags Kick-Ass, Movies, REVIEWS, Superhero on March 24, 2010 by Ross McD
Kicking Its Comicbook Kontemporaries As Superheroes Should Continue reading
What is the worst thing YOU have ever done at the cinema?
Posted in COMMENT with tags Film, Movies on March 17, 2010 by Ross McG
Movie-goers all have one thing in common. We all go to the movies and moan about other movie-goers. But if all movie-goers moan about other movie-goers’ behaviour at the cinema, then who is actually annoying others during the film? Answer: it’s us. All of us. Continue reading
Ross v Ross 
Which movies have you not been able to finish?
Posted in COMMENT with tags Christian Bale, DVD, Gerard Butler, Gomorrah, Kate Beckinsale, Movies on April 14, 2010 by Ross McG57 Comments »