Top Ten: Movie Rivalries

With the release next week of Rush and its brilliant portrayal of the rivalry between Formula One drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda it seems the perfect time to look at some of the greatest rivalries in cinema history. Here’s my top ten in order of when the films were released…

Oz The Great and Powerful

The Wizard Of Oz holds a special place in my heart. It isn’t my favourite film or even my favourite musical but it is the film which first showed me the magic of cinema. It was the early 80s…

Gremlins

I’ve not really got into the Christmas spirit yet this year. So far we’ve sent 6 cards, I’ve bought all my presents but they are sitting in a heap waiting to be wrapped. It’s so bad that I haven’t even watched The Muppet Christmas Carol yet – maybe that’s why I’m not in the festive mood yet…

The Wizard of Oz

When I listed my top ten movie musicals a couple of months back I took a little bit of stick for not including The Wizard Of Oz . How could I exclude such a classic musical and include instead young pretenders like Chicago and Hairspray?