Jurassic Park is a Blockbuster done right. Steven Spielberg is a master movie maker and with the perfect mix of practical and CGI effects he produced a peerless piece of cinema. No one will ever forget seeing a dinosaur on the big screen for the first time, it quite literally…
Saving Private Ryan took the war movie to a whole new level in 1998. Steven Spielberg managed to evoke the realism of the D Day Beach landing so well that veterans were brought to tears upon watching the movie. A cast that is firing on all cylinders, led by Hollywood…
Without a doubt one of the greatest feats in cinema history. The Infinity Saga which culminated in Avengers End Game was a cinema experience for the ages. How they managed to tie all the threads together over 10 years is incredible. If you were in a packed cinema for this…
The world changed in 1977 and definitely for the better. Their were lines around the block when STAR WARS was released and George Lucas’s passion project became a cultural phenomenon. Regarded by many as the greatest trilogy ever produced STAR WARS is as popular now as it was when it…
The Dark Knight blew everyone away upon its release. It managed to bridge the gap between a super hero movie and the mainstream. Feeling more like a crime drama than the usual super hero fare, The Dark Knight rewrote the book for movies to come. Incredible performances by Heath Ledger…
Quentin Tarantino announced himself to the world with the magnificent Reservoir Dogs but it was his follow up, Pulp Fiction that could be his best work. Winning the converted Palm D’Or award at Canne, Pulp Fiction was a breathe of fresh air. The non linear storyline, the quick witted script…
The Godfather is atop many lists of the greatest movies of all time and it’s hard to argue. What Francis Ford Coppola was able to create has not been replicated since. An all star cast with Marlon Brando in the lead role as Don Corleone is amazing. Al Pacino, Robert…
Aliens (1986) is in the discussion as one of those sequels that could be better than the original. A completely different movie to Alien what James Cameron did was a full blown action extravaganza that ups the ante in every area. One of my favourite movies of all time didn’t…
JAWS is arguably the greatest movies ever made and changed the way movies were made forever. Without JAWS we would have the summer blockbuster and has confirmed that practical effects will always trump CGI. The movie was a disaster to make, ran over budget and time, to the point that…
Is Predator the perfect action film? It’s hard to argue that it isn’t. Arnold Schwarzenegger owned cinema for nearly 20 years thanks to blockbusters like Predator (1987). This movie has everything, muscles, jungle, guns, aliens, it has something for everyone and I can still remember the first time that I…
If Rocky Balboa isn’t one of the most recognisable names in all of cinema then it’s definitely the second most. 1976 and a down on his luck actor gives up everything to follow a dream and in doing so creates one of the great characters ever committed to a movie…
One must wonder whether the Horror movie as we know it today would even exist without the masterpiece that is The Exorcist. Adapted from the best selling novel, William Freidkin through caution to the wind and created a movie that took the public by storm. Incredible performances from the whole…
Two very different movies but steeped in 80s greatness. The movie that essentially announced Eddie Murphy to the world as a legit superstar, Beverly Hills Cop arguably created the action/comedy movie. An electric script that doesn’t let up from start to finish and a cast that is firing on all…
These two movies define their genres and each got to that place in different ways. In 2008 Marvel Studios gambled everything on a recovering addict and a visionary director and what they managed to deliver changed the world. IRON MAN started it all for what would become the MCU and…
Although HEAT and ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN are vastly different they both blew my mind upon seeing them for the first time. HEAT rewrote the realistic action movie with action scenes are are now studied by law enforcement for their accuracy. Two of the biggest stars of the time finally…
Part 3 of the Life Changing Movie Recommendations series is about two great movies. Both action films but very different. That first time you see the dinosaur in Jurassic Park can’t be matched for the majesty. We all knew it was fake but Steven Spielberg managed to transport us to…
The list continues with more movies that changed my life in Part 2 of life changing movie recommendations. My love of movies started from a young age and has never waited. I remember seeing Pulp Fiction in the cinema like it was yesterday. I knew I was watching something truly…
There have been many movies that changed the way I viewed cinema. Here are just a few of the movies that I recommend that changed my life. Whether it be from an actual cinema experience or learning to appreciate the art of movie making. There are some amazing movies in…
On the Born to Watch Podcast we like to push the boundaries of the spoken word. Sometimes we may even develop new words to help win an argument or get a point across. As we go through the back catalogue of Animal Kingdom star Ben Mendelsohn, there is such a…
Gow discovered a movie made about his life whilst researching for Animal Kingdom. Sometimes life just finds a way to keep delivering the gold. There is little doubt that Gow is fully self aware of one of his greatest assets …. Or are they??
In 1986, John Carpenter, with his muse Kurt Russell made a film that would completely bomb upon release. As the years grew so did its status until Big Trouble in Little China would become one of the best cult films ever committed to film. Kurt Russell plays the iconic Jack…
Home Brewing is a popular past time and can be a extremely fruitful and tasty passion. In saying that there is a fair amount a skill that goes into brewing the perfect beer. Patience and the right mindset is essential to perfecting the brewing process. If you are only doing…
Comfort movies are those special movies that you don’t need to necessarily watch to enjoy. Sometimes a movie can work for you when it’s just playing in the background. If your working from home and need some noise on or are trying to take a nap, sometimes silence isn’t the…
