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Hotel Punch Up – Haywire (2012)

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Ross Birks

Haywire is another typical, unexpected gem from Steven Soderbergh. It’s a fast, stylish almost throwaway exercise in genre filmmaking which is what makes it so fun. Unashamedly a vanity project originated by the director to transform real-life mixed martial artist … Continue reading →

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Halloween Night, 1963 – Halloween (1978)

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Ross Birks

Halloween is my favourite horror movie and one of my ten favourite movies of all time. It’s a film I saw at a very young age and one I’m always returning to, wether it be shoving the DVD on for … Continue reading →

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Michael and Sollozzo – The Godfather (1972)

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Ross Birks

There’s not much left to be said about The Godfather. It’s one of cinema’s timeless masterpieces that will surely outlive us all. It’s hard to pick a favourite moment from a movie so rife with memorable sequences but the one … Continue reading →

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Wise Up – Magnolia (1999)

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Ross Birks

My love of Magnolia knows no bounds. Paul Thomas Anderson’s sprawling epic about a handful of San Fernando Valley residents searching for love and redemption is one of the most audacious and beautiful American movies ever made. It’s also one … Continue reading →

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“They Call Me Dr. Manhattan” – Watchmen (2009)

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Ross Birks

Zack Snyder’s Watchmen, I feel, is one of those movies that gets better with every year that goes by. Shrugged off upon it’s initial release as an overly stylish, OTT and inferior adaptation of it’s groundbreaking source material, when looked … Continue reading →

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Free Birds – The Devil’s Rejects (2005)

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Ross Birks

The Devil’s Rejects is not only Rob Zombie’s masterpiece but one of the finest horror movies from the Noughties. What makes it so unique, however, is the fact that it isn’t actually a horror movie at all, but rather a … Continue reading →

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Infinity and Beyond – Contact (1997)

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Ross Birks

I literally just finished watching Contact a few hours ago but it has immediately struck a chord with me. Robert Zemeckis’ science-fiction epic also boasts one of the most cinematic opening sequences I’ve ever seen. Beginning in space with an explosion of overlapping … Continue reading →

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