Category Archives: IMDb Top 250
#240 – Rocky (1976)
The Italian Stallion. Mr Rocky Balboa. It’s been years since I’ve seen this movie and I enjoyed it today as much as I did when I was a young kid. Sylvester Stallone plays an out of luck boxer who’s about to disappear into nothingness when the world champ offers him a crack at the title [...]
#241 – Planet of the Apes (1968)
Ok so I understand that for its time this was an excellent movie with decent costumes and locations. Even so, it’s rubbish. The acting is absurdly poor and the camera work was noticeably distracting. Cheap zooms and silly pans. I’m certainly no expert on camera work but it was an enjoyment killer for me. Charlton [...]
#242 – Casino Royale (2006)
Ahh Mr Bond. Without a doubt the biggest and longest running movie franchise ever. We’ve seen many men step into the shoes of James Bond and the current one, Daniel Craig, does not disappoint. To be fair, after Pierce Brosnan my mother would have done a better job. Whoever was responsible for the utter tripe [...]
#243 – Ace in the Hole (1951)
I’m a photographer and I generally shoot B&W film. For this reason I love watching old B&W films. Their use of shadows and tonality is fascinating to me and Ace in the Hole did not disappoint in that regard. We meet Charles Tatum in an out of luck part of his life. He’s been fired [...]
#244 Mou gaan dou (2002)
This is the story that The Departed (2006) remade into such a success. On its own I believe this is a better movie but the voters at IMDb seem to think otherwise. Both movies are centered around an undercover cop and a mole in the police force. Their paths cross and it becomes a race [...]