Monthly Archives: July 2011

#163 / 365 – ‘Beginners’ – 105 mins Cinema Challenge #67 / 115 Depressive graphic designer Oliver (Ewan McGregor) has just fallen for French actress Anna (Melanie Laurent) in LA, when his 75-year-old father, Hal (Christopher Plummer), drops two bombshells. … Continue reading →

#162 / 365 – ‘Cars 2 – 3D’ – 112 mins Cinema Challenge #66 / 115 Cocky racing car Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and his pick-up truck pal Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) are leaving Radiator Springs for Europe. The … Continue reading →

#161 / 365 – ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ (1969) – 110 mins IMDb Challenge #97 / 250 – Ranked #147 – Via DVD Collection Butch and Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch (Paul Newman) … Continue reading →

#160 / 365 – ‘Horrible Bosses’ – 98 mins Cinema Challenge #65 / 115 Everybody’s had an awful boss they’ve dreamed about killing. But nobody actually plots to do the evil deed – apart from these guys. Mind you, they’ve … Continue reading →

It was a weekend of old school Hollywood epics… #157 / 365 – ‘Ben Hur’ (1959) – 212 mins IMDb Challenge #94 / 250 – Ranked #160 – Via DVD Collection Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) lives as a rich Jewish … Continue reading →

#156 / 365 – ‘Million Dollar Baby’ (2004) – 132 mins IMDb Challenge #93 / 250 – Ranked #148 – Via DVD Collection In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, boxing trainer Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) has … Continue reading →

The studio that ushered in a whole new level of groundbreaking animation for a whole new era…. #155 / 365 – ‘Toy Story’ (1995) – 77 mins IMDb Challenge #92 / 250 – Ranked #149 – Via DVD Collection Life … Continue reading →

#154 / 365 – ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ (1962) – 126 mins IMDb Challenge #91 / 250 – Ranked #156 – Via DVD Collection Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) returns from the Korean War a decorated soldier, but his fellow servers can’t … Continue reading →

#153 / 365 – ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 : 3D’ – 130 mins Cinema Challenge #64 / 115 Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) have embarked on a quest to find and … Continue reading →

#151 / 365 – ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1′ – 145 mins Cinema Challenge #63 / 115 Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the … Continue reading →