Giddee up for an equine movie top five from Ross McG. With Steven Spielberg’s War Horse currently galloping through cinemas, we take a look at some other four-legged big screen wonders. No animals were harmed during the writing of this feature…
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Top Five… Horses in Movies
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags animals, Horses, Movies, Steven Spielberg, War Horse on January 24, 2012 by Ross McGTop Five… Sex Taboos in Movies
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags 9 Songs, A Clockwork Orange, Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger, Movies, Sex, Taboos on January 23, 2012 by Ross McD
When one has an insatiable sexual appetite, it helps when you look like Michael Fassbender. With Shame hitting cinemas, Ross McD takes a look (strictly for research purposes of course) at the top five films to break sexual taboos. Continue reading
The big giant end of the year New Year’s Eve battle
Posted in BATTLES with tags Movie, Movies, New Year's Eve on December 13, 2011 by rossvross
Last year we had Valentine’s Day, this year it’s New Year’s Eve, which is released this week. A dozens-strong all-star cast turn up, shoot a couple of scenes, get paid, movie execs make millions, audiences have one potentially crap film broken down into lots of nice, easy-to-manage little pieces – everybody wins. Be warned though: Christmas Day, All Hallow’s Eve, St Patrick’s Day, St Swithin’s Day, A Random Person’s Birthday will all follow. Here, Ross McD and Ross McG from pit the cast against each other. Continue reading
Review… Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Posted in REVIEWS with tags Christmas, Movie, Movies, Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, Review on December 13, 2011 by Ross McG
Christmas. A time for giving. A time for receiving. A time for escaping from the evil clutches of Santa Claus. Continue reading
Review: Horrible Bosses
Posted in REVIEWS with tags Horrible Bosses, Jennifer Aniston, Movies, Review on December 13, 2011 by Ross McG
Yeah, we know, we’ve been lazy lately at Ross v Ross Towers, but here’s the first of a few DVD review we have done. Ross McG finds out if Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston and Colin Farrell are as horrible bosses as Ross McD… Continue reading
Top Five… Brendan Gleeson moments
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Breakfast on Pluto, Brendan Gleeson, Brian Cox, Colin Farrell, Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter, I Went Down, In Bruges, Movies, Orlando Bloom, Top Five, Troy on December 12, 2011 by Ross McG
We love Brendan Gleeson here at RVR. He’s made many a good movie great and many a crap movie good (we even forgive him for Mission: Impossible II). If only the big Dubliner could be in every movie… like his buddy Brian Cox. Continue reading
Best in the World: South Africa
Posted in BEST IN THE WORLD with tags Animals Are Beautiful People, District 9, e'Lollipop, Film, Movies, South Africa, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Tsotsi, World cinema on November 23, 2011 by Lord Ian O'Itall
If your knowledge of South African cinema extends only as far as that guy in Lethal Weapon 2 who says ‘diplomatic immunity’ then read on, because Lord Ian O’Itall has returned to reveal his Top 5 South African Films… Continue reading
Top Five… Greek mythological movie monsters
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Greece, Greek myth, Immortals, Movies on November 9, 2011 by Ross McD
The poor Greeks are currently facing beasts of unimaginable horror; the dreaded Troika, the Phantom Referendum, the undead Prime Minister, the twin-head-shaking abomination SarkozyMerkel. Luckily they have had plenty of practice facing down some pretty formidable monsters in the past. With the release of Immortals this weekend, Ross McD takes on the best of them. Continue reading
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