Top Five Funniest Evil Mad Scientists
Published on March 30th, 2010 in: Cartoons, Comedy, LGBTQ, Listicles, Movies, Retrovirus, Science Fiction, Staff Picks, Top Five Lists, TV, Underground/Cult, Video |By Lisa Anderson
The Evil Mad Scientist is a familiar figure in popular culture, and is found most often in science fiction, horror, or superhero tales. Evil Mad Scientists are not to be confused with their more benevolent counterparts, like Emmett Brown of Back to the Future. While the Evil Mad Scientist can be a figure of great terror, when this archetype is used for comic effect the results can be hilarious. Following are five of the best examples.
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Ten Reasons Why You Should See In Bruges
Published on January 30th, 2010 in: Culture Shock, Issues, Kiss Me I'm Irish, Movie Reviews, Movies, Staff Picks, Top Ten Lists |By Michelle Patterson
In Bruges, a delightful and surprising film out of Ireland that won critical acclaim in 2008—winning a Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Golden Globe for Colin Farrell, gaining an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and winning numerous awards in its native country—deserves much credit for being a genuinely black comedy.
When it is funny, it creates guffaws a-plenty and when it is black, it is inky, friends. What is most astonishing is how it manages to allow the proper amount of depth within the characterization. Yet, when one considers that the filmmaker, Martin MacDonagh, is a well-established playwright and has a Best Live Action Short Film Academy Award under his belt for his first foray into film, Six Shooter, it isn’t really that shocking. We’re also reminded that Colin Farrell can act. So, let’s settle into the Top Ten Moments of one brilliant piece of Irish filmmaking.
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The Best Albums Of My Decade: By Less Lee Moore
Published on December 31st, 2009 in: Best Of Lists, Canadian Content, Listicles, Music, Staff Picks, Top Ten Lists |In an editorial called “An Argument Against Year End Lists” Dusted‘s Ben Tausig calls them both “viscerally disgusting” and “overdone” and accuses those critics who write them of being lazy.
Point taken, Mr. Tausig.
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Top Ten Of 2009: By Shiny Around The Edges
Published on December 30th, 2009 in: Best Of Lists, Books, Culture Shock, Listicles, Music, Staff Picks, Top Ten Lists |Our Top Ten List of 2009 consists of things we’ve listened to, watched, and read throughout the year that have made an indelible impression. It is either hopelessly out-of-date or incredibly prescient depending on your personal politics. In no particular order:
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Top Ten News Stories of 2009 That Could Be Songs By Lovecraftian Apocalypse-Mongering Rock Band The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets
Published on December 29th, 2009 in: Best Of Lists, Listicles, Music, Science and Technology, Science Fiction, Staff Picks, Top Ten Lists |By Toren Atkinson of The Darkest Of The Hillside Thickets
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Best Of 2009: By Jim Campilongo
Published on December 28th, 2009 in: Best Of Lists, Listicles, Music, Staff Picks, Top Ten Lists |Jim Campilongo is a fantastic guitarist and songwriter and has been called “an American treasure” by Billboard Magazine.
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Top Ten Of 2009: By Darick Robertson
Published on December 28th, 2009 in: Best Of Lists, Comics, Staff Picks, Top Ten Lists |Darick Robertson is a comic illustrator and writer, and co-creator of Transmetropolitan and The Boys. He has just written and drawn a one-shot Conan the Cimmerian story called “The Weight Of The Crown” for Dark Horse Comics.
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Top Five Movie Musicals
Published on December 17th, 2009 in: Listicles, Movies, Music, Staff Picks, Top Five Lists |By Jemiah Jefferson
Find out how to win a copy of the soundtrack to Nine at the end of this article! The contest has now ended.
In light of the upcoming release of Nine (on December 18), starring everybody and Fergie, it’s time for a small countdown of my particular favorite movie musicals. Of course, this list probably won’t line up with yours (although you should remember to check the lists of runners-up at the bottom!), but these five films were instrumental in transforming me from a scowling punk who had nothing but contempt for movie song-and-dance to a glitter-afro-wearing, Twyla-Tharp-worshipping show tune queen.
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Top Ten Holiday Tunes: By Less Lee Moore
Published on December 14th, 2009 in: Holidays, Listicles, Music, Staff Picks, Top Ten Lists |1. “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” Band Aid
I know this song’s privileged, paternalistic attitude is totally inappropriate, but it just reminds me so much of teenaged Christmases, I can’t help but love it. Plus, it features many of my teen musical crushes: Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Boy George, and of course, Marilyn (before the drugs took their toll).
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My Very Own Christmas (and Hanukkah!) Mixtape
Published on December 13th, 2009 in: Holidays, Music, Staff Picks, Top Ten Lists |By Jesse Roth
Every holiday season, the media never fails to deliver its audience the unwelcome gift of what I’d like to call the “and your point is?” story. From what I can tell, the big story this time around reflects on this new phenomenon known as “people other than Bing Crosby recording Christmas music.” Thus far, most of the stories have gone along the lines of “Oh. My. God. You mean Bob Dylan released a Christmas album?! And Mariah Carey released one in 1994?! And wait? What’s this? Andrea Bocelli has one too, and he’s singing with MUPPETS?!? What a craaaazy decade we’re suffering through!”
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