1: Goodfellas (1990) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

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Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: It was never going to be anything thing else. Scorsese’s best film and the best mob film ever made (yes even above The Godfather part 2) ... Read more

2: Top Gun (1986) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

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Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: Top Gun is everything you want in a film. It’s quotable, it’s funny, it has the best aerial action sequences ever shot in a film and has ... Read more

3: Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

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Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: Star Wars: A New Hope was my first major film crush. It was unlike anything I’d ever seen before (Okay I as probably 4 when I ... Read more

4: The Cannonball Run (1981) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

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Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: The Cannonball Run isn’t loved by that many people. Sure it’s fun but a Top 10 film? Well look at it this way. As a kid ... Read more

5: The Great Escape (1963) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

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Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: The Great Escape is a perennial bank holiday favourite that’s been repeated almost annually since time began. Well TV anyway. What make it special? It could ... Read more

6: Point Break (1991) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

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Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: Point Break was the first major blockbuster action film directed by a woman (now Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow). It’s a heist movie, a cops and robbers ... Read more

7: True Romance (1993) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

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Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: True Romance is arguably Quentin Tarantino’s most enjoyable film , one of the late Tony Scott’s best and features some of the most memorable dialogue and scenes ... Read more

8: Aliens (1986) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

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Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: Aliens is the template for how to make a sequel. Whilst Alien was a sci-fi horror, Aliens is pure action wrapped in a sci-fi narrative. And ... Read more

9: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

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Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: The 80’s did coming of age better than any other decade. From Stand By Me to The Breakfast Club, it was wall to wall classics. And ... Read more

10: The Thing (1982) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

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Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: The Thing is the template for how to make a (relatively) low budget tense, character driven sci-fi horror. The remake is the template for how NOT ... Read more

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1: Goodfellas (1990) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

2: Top Gun (1986) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

3: Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

4: The Cannonball Run (1981) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

5: The Great Escape (1963) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

6: Point Break (1991) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

7: True Romance (1993) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

8: Aliens (1986) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

9: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) – Phil’s Top 10 Films

10: The Thing (1982) – Phil’s Top 10 Films