Contrary to popular belief, Buzz and Woody are not named after two very different types of girly toys. Fifteen years after giving birth to the CG animated film, Pixar is teaming the spaceman and the cowboy up one more time for Toy Story 3. But which of its predecessors is Lego, and which one is, erm, Mega Bloks? Click HERE or the pic above to read the arguments. Continue reading
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Toy Story v Toy Story 2
Posted in BATTLES with tags Animation, Buzz Lightyear, Movies, Pixar, Tom Hanks, Toy Story, Toy Story 2 on June 29, 2010 by rossvrossThe Shawshank Redemption v The Green Mile
Posted in BATTLES with tags Frank Darabont, Morgan Freeman, Movies, Stephen King, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, Tim Robbins, Tom Hanks on February 2, 2010 by rossvross
The warden threw a party in the county jail. The prison band was there and they began to wail. The band was jumpin’ and the joint began to swing. You should’ve heard those knocked out jailbirds sing… One gets the sense that Elvis Presley didn’t spent much time in either of these two correctional facilities. They’re both pretty bad, but which is worse? Click HERE or the image above to read the arguments in this battle we’ve done for Metro Film Fight Club. Continue reading
Saving Private Ryan v Full Metal Jacket
Posted in BATTLES with tags Full Metal Jacket, Movies, Saving Private Ryan, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks on January 26, 2010 by rossvross
This time… it’s war. Which of these two combat classics is the better film? Click HERE or the image above to read the arguments in this battle we’ve done for Metro Film Fight Club. Continue reading
Top Five… jokes
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Catch Me If You Can, Clint Eastwood, Desperado, Gran Torino, jokes, Movies, Quentin Tarantino, The Aristocrats, Tom Hanks on August 25, 2009 by Ross McD
‘Comedy’ is a term used all too loosely nowadays. Can you even count the number of films you’ve seen, purporting to be ‘the funniest film of the year’, which have just left you depressed/suicidal/in a blind frothing rage? Scriptwriters take note: none of the following films are comedies, but that doesn’t stop these haymaker punchlines… Continue reading
Top Five… fairgrounds
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Big, Hitchcock, Joel Schumacher, Kiefer Sutherland, Movies, Orson Welles, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Strangers On A Train, The Lost Boys, The Third Man, Tom Hanks on May 21, 2009 by Ross McG
It’s got to beeeeee… perfect. So sang late 80s chart-toppers Fairground Attraction. They obviously hadn’t been on some of these scary rides. Here are five memorable cinematic funfair escapades. Continue reading
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