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
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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 McGTop Five… Christmas villains
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Christmas, Movies, Top Five, Villains on December 15, 2009 by Ross McG
Christmas is a time for forgiving, a time for forgetting. Not for these guys though – this is the meanest bunch of Bah Humbugs around. Continue reading
Top Five… Guilty Pleasures
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Guilty pleasures, Movies, Patrick Swayze, Top Five, Will Smith on November 12, 2009 by Lester Square
They are the ugly ducklings of cinema. The movies we love because no one else will. Let our new writer Lester Square take you through his favourite cinematic guilty pleasures… Continue reading
Top Five… Doctors
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Doctors, Dr Strangelove, Indiana Jones, Movies, Steve Martin, Top Five on October 27, 2009 by Ross McG
Is there a doctor in the house? Yes, there is, as it happens. Five of them. And all are great movie characters in one way or another. You can go right through – the doctors will see you now… Continue reading
Top Five… transformation scenes
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags An American Werewolf In London, Disney, Movies, Pinocchio, Snow White, Top Five, Tranformers, transformation, Val Kilmer, Willow on September 10, 2009 by Ross McG
Some day this website is going to transform from a fledgling blog to the biggest force on the interweb. Until that day comes, we’re just going to have to make do with watching these… Continue reading
Top Five… alternative car chases
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Bullitt, car chases, Cars, chase, Condorman, Freaky Friday, Movies, Raising Arizona, Ronin, Ryan O'Neal, The Driver, The French Connection, Top Five, What's Up Doc? on August 3, 2009 by Ross McG
The French Connection? Forget it. Bullitt? Boring. Ronin? Tell the truth: did it look for one second like De Niro was driving? Here are the truly great movie car chases. Strap in and enjoy the ride. Continue reading
Top Five… terrible nightclubs
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags Blade, Casablanca, Collateral, Movies, Nightclub, Saturday Night Fever, Top Five, Wayne's World 2 on May 13, 2009 by Ross McG
Have you ever been to a nightclub where the volume was at just the right level so you could hear everything the person next to you was saying? Didn’t think so. Here are five places you don’t want to go boogying on a Saturday night. Continue reading
Top Five… SHOUTY moments
Posted in TOP FIVES with tags A Streetcar Named Desire, Julianne Moore, Magnolia, Marlon Brando, Mel Gibson, Movies, Network, Ransom, Shouting, Stella, Top Five, Wrath of Khan on April 28, 2009 by Ross McG
Screaming at the top of your lungs is an art form. Just ask Al Pacino. Or Samuel L Jackson. These guys do it for a living. And even they didn’t manage to make this list. So here’s to the best examples of throat-ripping around. Continue reading
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