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
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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 McGTop Five… Most Annoying Talking Robots
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Movies, Optimus Prime, Robots, Transformers 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
DVD RvReview: Never Let Me Go
Posted in REVIEWS with tags Andrew Garfield, Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Movies, Never Let Me Go on June 28, 2011 by Ross McG
Little Women. Dumbo. Watership Down. All movies to make Ross McG cry. And here’s another. But between the blubbing, did he think Never Let Me Go was any good? Continue reading
Avatar v Ferngully: The Last Rainforest
Posted in BATTLES with tags Animation, Avatar, Ferngully, James Cameron, Movies on June 23, 2011 by rossvross
Eco movie warriors Ross McD and Ross McG have gone green by putting together a very special environmentally friendly battle – except there’s nothing friendly about it. Which of these nature nurture movies is top of the food chain? James Cameron’s blue epic…or the film it’s supposedly based on? Continue reading
DVD RvReview: The Fighter
Posted in REVIEWS with tags Amy Adams, Boxing, Christian Bale, David O Russell, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Leo, Movies, The Fighter on June 23, 2011 by Ross McG
DING! DING! Seconds out… another boxing movie. But what did Ross McG think about the Oscar-bothering The Fighter? In the words of Irish Magneto… let’s find out. 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 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
DVD RvReview: True Grit
Posted in REVIEWS with tags Coen brothers, Hailee Steinfeld, Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Movies, True Grit, Western on June 16, 2011 by Ross McG
It’s the most successful Coen brothers movie in history yet it was totally ignored at the Oscars. What did Ross McG think of True Grit? Find out below… Continue reading
DVD RvReview: Inside Job
Posted in REVIEWS with tags Charles Ferguson, Documentary, Finance, Inside Job, Movies, Wall Street on June 16, 2011 by Ross McG
Graphs and figures don’t normally make for exciting movie-watching, but Inside Job, the story of the 2008 financial crisis, is a bit of a one-off, as Ross McG found out… Continue reading
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