Mac's Movies

Today is World Book Day so I thought I would rank my favourite movies that are actually based on books. I'm only basing my list on movies that I've seen as I know how critically acclaimed Lord of the Rings, Schindler's List and Shawshank Redemption are but I haven't seen them.  10. Love, Simon 09.  The Bourne Supremacy  08. Blade Runner 07. Die Hard 06. Jurassic Park 05. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2  04. The Social Network 03. Jaws 02. It's a Wonderful Life  01. Forrest Gump "Life is like a box of chocolates." Forrest Gump is my favourite movie of all time so too learn it was based on a book of the same name written by Winston Groom was perfect. Tom Hanks' performance is incredible, definitely worthy of the Oscar he received and the whole movie is just so emotionally investing - never failing to make me cry.  I love absolutely all of these movies and from number eight onwards, every movie would have a chance of appearin...

UK Release Date: 6 April 1947 Certification: U Director: Frank Capra Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Donna Reed, James Stewart, Henry Travers Rating: 94% "Every time a bell rings an angel gets it's wings". Review: As you can see from the attached image It's a Wonderful Life is a Christmas tradition in my family. Each Christmas Eve we go to the Glasgow Film Theatre to watch a screening of It's a Wonderful Life , so although I will try to keep the review honest, I have to admit going to the cinema on Christmas Eve certainly does add to the experience.  Director Frank Capra made his name with a series of movies celebrating the common man and the triumph of the underdog - It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) and You Can't Take It With You (1938). It's a Wonderful Life was the first movie Frank Capra released following the end of World War II. An archetypal Capra movie, It's a Wonderful Life tells the stor...

For the past wee while, I haven't been as active on my blog as I would like, due to the pressure of school work. However I will get back into my blog over the festive season. I will be able to binge watch movies on a daily basis over the holiday period. Needless to say some of these movies will be Christmas movies. I absolutely love Christmas movies. Here are my 10 favourites to date: 10. Nativity 09. Dr Seuss' The Grinch 08. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 07. Daddy's Home 06. The Muppet Christmas Carol 05.   The Nightmare Before Christmas 04. It's a Wonderful Life 03. Elf 02 . How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) 01. Home Alone Home Alone , part of a family Christmas Eve tradition. Home Alone , directed by Christopher Columbus, is simply the greatest ever Christmas movie. With a breakout performance from Macaulay Culkin that is world class and two extremely comedic characters in the form of Harry and Marv (The Wet Bandits), brilliant...