Awards

The Gold Star Award

• 17th Jun 2016

Once in a while you get a 5 star movie that goes to such a level that you wish a sixth star existed. To this end we have created the GOLD STAR award which we are retrospectively awarding to films we believe make the grade!

1. Big Trouble in Little China (1986) (John Carpenter) (Awarded on the 100th podcast, August 2013)

2. Superman: The Movie (1978) (Richard Donner) (Awarded on the 109th podcast, September 2013)

3. Rocky (1976) John G. Avildsen) (awarded on the 118th podcast, November 2013)

4. Alien (1979) (Ridely Scott) (Awarded on the 133rd podcast, March 2014)

5. Robocop (1987) (Paul Verhoven) (Awarded 25th April 2014)

6. Unforgiven (1992) (Clint Eastwood) (Awarded 25th April 2014)

7. Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982) (Nicholas Meyer) (Awarded 25th April 2014)

8. Dredd (2012) (Pete Travis) (Awarded 25th April 2014)

9. The Thing (1982) (John Carpenter) (Awarded 25th April 2014)

10. Batman Begins (2005) (Christopher Nolan) (Awarded 18th September 2014)

11. The Dark Knight (2008) (Christopher Nolan) (Awarded 18th September 2014)

12. Evil Dead II (1987) (Sam Raimi) (Awarded 18th September 2014)

13. Enter the Dragon (1973) (Robert Clouse) (Awarded 18th September 2014)

14. High Plains Drifter (1973) (Clint Eastwood) (Awarded 30th September 2014)

15. The Breakfast Club (1985) (John Hughes) (Awarded 30th September 2014)

16. Dirty Harry (1970) (Don Siegel) (Awarded 17th October 2014)

17. Halloween (1978) (John Carpenter) (Awarded 17th October 2014)

18. The Terminator (1984) (James Cameron) (Awarded 17th October 2014)

19. Aliens (1984) (James Cameron) (Awarded 17th October 2014)

20. Predator (1987) (John McTiernan) (Awarded 17th October 2014)

21. Gremlins (1984) (Joe Dante) (Awarded 18th October 2014)

22. Ghostbusters (1984) (Ivan Reitman) (Awarded 18th October 2014)

23. Jaws (1975) (Steven Spielberg) (Awarded 13th November 2014)

24. Raiders Of the Lost Ark (1981) (Steven Spielberg) (Awarded 17th November 2014)

25. Blade Runner (1982) (Ridley Scott) (Awarded 24th December 2014)

26. Schindler’s List (1993) (Steven Spielberg) (Awarded 26th January 2015)

27. Akira (1988) (Katsuhiro Otomo) (Awarded 14th April 2015)

28.Mad Max 2 (1981) (George Miller) (Awarded 30th May 2015)

29. The Princess Bride (1987) (Rob Reiner) (Awarded 19th June 2015)

30. The Crow (1994) (Alex Proyas) (Awarded 5th July 2015)

31. Die Hard (1988) (John McTiernan) (Awarded 11th October 2015)

32. Back To The Future (1985) (Robert Zemeckis) (Awarded 21st October 2015)

33. From Russia With love (1963) (Terence Youn6) (Awarded 11th November 2015)

34. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) (Peter Hunt) (Awarded 11th November 2015)

35. Live And Let Die (1973) (Guy Hamilton) (Awarded 11th November 2015)

36. Casino Royale (2006) (Martin Campbell) (Awarded 11th November 2015)

37. The Company Of Wolves (1984) (Neil Jordan) (Awarded 1st December 2015)

38. Battle Royale (2000) (Kinji Fukasaku) (Awarded 1st December 2015)

39. Heathers (1989) (Michael Lehmann) (Awarded 1st December 2015)

40. Star Wars  (1977) (George Lucas) (Awarded 17th December 2015)

41. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (Irvin Kirshner) (Awarded 20th December 2015)

42. The Empire Strikes Back (1998) (The Coen Brothers) (Awarded 17th June 2016)

43. 12 Monkeys (1995) (Terry Gilliam) (Awarded 17th June 2016)

44. Good Fellas (1990) (Martin Scorsese) (Awarded 17th June 2016)

45. Casino (1995) (Martin Scorsese) (Awarded 17th June 2016)