NEW POLL - July 2011

Wow, it's July already!
It hasn't been a bad 6 months of film releases either! Though in actual fact, I haven't seen quite the amount of films I've wanted to due to exams and having more on my plate than I thought.
But, out of the films I have seen this year and ONLY at the cinema here are my top 5 favourites. Not necessarily EPIC films but ones that caught my eye and I could happily watch them again. This top 5 is totally my opinion and no one else's, it was hard enough to think of just 5 as it is being that this is a limited amount of films to choose from.

1. X-Men: First Class (x)
   
2. Source Code (x)
   
3. Thor (x)
   
4. Tangled (x)
   
5. Bridesmaids (x)
 

I'm interested in knowing what your favourite films of this year so far are! Maybe you don't live in the UK and you've had the delights of seeing Super 8, Cars 2 or others already and you enjoyed them? Or maybe you've seen a film on DVD or TV that wasn't released this year but it's made an impact on you? Whether it's a top 5 of films or just a few that you love please comment below or on the facebook comment!
Below in the comment box you can comment with your blogger user or comment with your name or leave it Anonymous- either way I'm excited to hear your favourites!
(Why not tell me some of the films you're most looking forward to this year?!)





As you've probably noticed from the title of this post, I've got a new poll on the top right hand side of my blog. I've chosen 5 Avengers and 5 from the DC superhero world for a Superhero poll. Totally random choices.
It's nothing important, neither are the results being used for anything- I'm simply curious. It doesn't take long at all, no more than 10 seconds I expect so if you could take my poll for me, it would mean a great deal to me.

If you have taken my poll, commented with your favourite films of this year so far or just read this post- thank you.

Let's hope the rest of the year for cinema goes as good!

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Top 5 - Disney Classics/Pixar (pt. 2)

Finding another category to do was harder than it sounded. One day I'll eventually do a Top 5 Films/Actors/Actresses but for a start, I think it's pretty predictable and also it's a bit basic. One day I will, but for now I want my Top 5s to be a little different. Not different like Film 2011 different, because it would be impossible for me to name my Top 5 'reality worlds', 'gangs' or 'strangers' because I haven't seen that many films.
Enough of my rambling.


Ok so Top 5 Disney Classics and Top 5 Pixar Features.
Anyone who knows me well knows I like Disney films a lot. So, even though it's fairly immature, I thought I'd make my Top 5s around Disney and Pixar.
I've done them in two lists because as many people associate Pixar and Disney together, and rightly so, to me they are different institutions and deserve different recognition.
Ok I'm rambling again...here I go:

1. The Lion King
2. Winnie The Pooh
3. Aladdin
4. 101 Dalmatians
5. The Little Mermaid

Winnie The Pooh isn't necessarily one of the greatest films, but it's always been one of my favourites since I was about 2 and that's no exaggeration. I have to have it in my top 5.

1. Toy Story
2. UP
3. A Bug's Life
4. Monsters Inc.
5. Finding Nemo 

All 3 Toy Story films are fantastic and it's proof good and maybe even better sequels can be made. But I can't just have a whole list that is 3/5 Toy Story!

Because I'm a nerd, here are my Top 5 Pixar Shorts too..

1. For The Birds
2. Geri's Game
3. Luxo Jr.
4. Day and Night
5. Partly Cloudy

Eh, I sometimes act younger than I should.
This is a child-like post. But I bet you have you own favourite Disney films right? Thought so. 


What would be your Top 5 Disney Classics or Pixar films be? Maybe yours are a mixture of Disney/Pixar and real life Disney?

Leave me a comment or let me know via a message or comment if you want :)


Ps: Only 16 days left to vote on my poll on the right if you haven't already. Thank you :)))

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Top 5 - Directors (pt. 1)

The title sounds very sad.
I just thought instead of posting reviews all the time, I could do a blog every Tuesday with my Top 5 of something. I'm the kind of person who likes making lists, call me Rob Gordon/Fleming from High Fidelity.

So for my first one I've chosen 'Top 5 favourite and most influential Directors.'
You could say my picks are pretty predictable and very common with most people. But I like the way they direct.
These are my top 5 favourite film directors with two or three of my favourite films or TV shows they've made directed

1. Christopher Nolan - The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception
2. John Hughes - Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club
3. Alfred Hitchcock - North By Northwest, Physco, To Catch a Thief
4. Matthew Vaughn - Kick Ass, Stardust, (Possibly X-Men: First Class? Let's hope)
5. Edgar Wright - Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Shaun Of The Dead, Spaced (TV series)

It was such a tough decision to come down to just 5, worthy mentions are; James Cameron, Greg Mottola, David Fincher, Danny Boyle and even Ben Stiller- again mostly predictable. I guess if I made a top 10, they would be in it, but that's just being picky and selfish. I'll leave it at 5.

What would be your Top 5 favourite and most influential Directors?
Leave me a comment or let me know via a message or comment if you want :)



PS: Don't forget to vote in my poll for this month, it would be a huge help- thank you!

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