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The Rock is the only Michael Bay film I actually enjoyed. And that's hardly a classic, just decent entertainment.

You're not a fan of Orson Welles' swan song, then? I watched Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures. Enjoyed it. A bit too much of (nearly) everyone singing Kubrick's praises, but still interesting. - Rob, who will watch the original Sleuth for the first time tonight

So did I. He's nearly always very good - though sadly the same can't be said for the films he's in. How do you go from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest to Critters 4 and Spontaneous Combustion?

Oooohhh.... I'll have to get to see that. I guess I'd even make a trip out to London if necessary. I watched The Exorcist III yesterday. I enjoyed it. It suffers from the studio-imposed cuts and re-shoots (Jason Miller and Nicol Williamson weren't even in the original cut!), but in general it's so well done that it almost made me forget that it's a totally unnecessary sequel. I did notice one glaring mistake: Kinderman claims that Karras was his "best friend" - didn't they only meet once in the first movie?

How was the "final cut"? Doesn't look like it will be released to UK cinemas, I'll have to wait for the DVD.

"Desert Chase", probably, but "Slalom on Mt. Humol" is a very close second.

Composers: 1=. John Williams 1=. Jerry Goldsmith 1=. Bernard Herrmann 4. Ennio Morricone 5. Alex North 6. Miklos Rozsa 7. Elliot Goldenthal 8. Basil Poledouris 9. John Barry 10. Erich Wolfgang Korngold Honourable mentions to Franz Waxman, Elmer Bernstein and Danny Elfman. Scores: No way I can pick out and rank ten. I'll pick one each of my top 10 composers. John Williams - Close Encounters of the Third Kind Jerry Goldsmith - Star Trek: The Motion Picture Bernard Herrmann - Vertigo Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Alex North - Spartacus Miklos Rozsa - The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Elliot Goldenthal - Batman Forever Basil Poledouris - Conan the Barbarian John Barry - You Only Live Twice Erich Wolfgang Korngold - The Adventures of Robin Hood And the honourable mentions go to Sunset Boulevard for Waxman, The Great Escape for Bernstein, and Batman for Elfman.

1. Taxi Driver 2. Raging Bull 3. The King of Comedy 4. Mean Streets 5. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Is this films or scores?

I thought they already cast Spock. I've only heard Urban rumoured to play McCoy... which sounds equally unlikely, to be honest.

Jaws, and the James Bond theme.

What about downloading bootlegs?

Daddy-O does not fit into the "since 1977" catergory. But no, I don't think it was.

Simon Pegg as Scotty?

A vocal version of the love theme from The Omen.

Good for you, really. Indeed. I've just about managed to get those awful lyrics out of my head, I kept thinking of them every single time I heard that (beautiful) theme in the score.

So you never (or rarely) just listen to a CD from beginning to end?

1. You Only Live Twice 2. Raise the Titanic 3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4. Body Heat 5. King Kong

Wow! Very well done.

Why, is patriotism always about America? Indeed... I'll go for Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible.

R.I.P. Very sad news. There are so many classic Moneypenny moments with her, my favourite is probably Goldfinger's.

1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture 2. Alien 3. Chinatown 4. Under Fire 5. The Blue Max - Rob, who doesn't "get" the First Contact score

The Ladykillers (1955). Always a fun movie. Cleverly written, well acted and just really entertaining. No remake was required. 1408 (2007). I enjoyed it. Not even close to being great, but entertaining and never boring, despite most of the "twists" being quite predictable.

I forgot one, far worse than Patriot Games: the free promo of Dumb and Dumberer and Run Ronnie Run, that came with an FSM order.

Of the ones I still own (that I haven't sold) I'll say Patriot Games. I had some others that are worse, but I got rid of them. I've tried selling this one, but no-one seems to want it...