My Top Five Favorite Sci-Fi Films
Published on May 30th, 2011 in: Climb Onto The Nearest Star, Issues, Listicles, Movies, Science Fiction, Staff Picks, Top Five Lists |By Ann Clarke
I’ll be honest; I’m not that crazy about most science-fiction films. If I like them at all, it’s when they have an underlying theme about some sort of society based in the future, but with a skewed slant that isn’t even typical of a sci-fi film! I’m not into Star Wars, if that gives you any idea of what you wont be seeing in my list.
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Five Horror Movies For People Who Don’t Like Horror Movies
Published on September 29th, 2010 in: Halloween, Horror, Listicles, Movies, Staff Picks, Top Five Lists |The autumnal season is upon us, and with it, the onslaught of Halloween in all its grease-painted, fun-sized glory. This is great news for the gorehounds and horror-movie fanatics . . . but what of us petite flowers who faint at the sight of blood? You, my friends, are in luck! Herewith are five feature films that eschew the viscera in favor of suspense and chills.
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The Rotary Phone of Doom: My Top Five Scariest Things
Published on September 29th, 2010 in: Canadian Content, Halloween, Horror, Listicles, Staff Picks, Top Five Lists |By Emily Carney
5. Recurring dreams about high school
I have had the same dream continually over the last few years. It’s about high school. Mind you, it’s not a bittersweet, Breakfast Club-style reminiscence; the dream involves me having to go BACK to high school after being informed not-so-politely BY MAIL that I had somehow “forgotten” to attain my high school diploma. The same thing happens in every damn dream: for some reason, I start skipping classes, I fail most of them, and thus I become trapped in high school, never being able to get out. Suddenly, the halcyon greenish-blue corridors of good old East Lake High school become a horror show on par with Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. By the way, I generally had a good high school experience in real life, so I have no idea where this dream is coming from.
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Top Five Nerd References In Hip Hop
Published on July 30th, 2010 in: Cartoons, Comics, Gaming, Listicles, Music, Retrovirus, Science Fiction, Staff Picks, Top Five Lists, Toys and Collectibles, TV |By Matt Demers
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Top Five Hilarious American Commercials (As Of RIGHT NOW!)
Published on July 30th, 2010 in: Comedy, Listicles, Staff Picks, The Internets, Top Five Lists, TV, Video |By Ann Clarke
I hate most commercials. Probably 99 percent of them! I especially hate commercials with those goddamned whining wuss-bags playing an acoustic guitar, or a whispery girl with a ukulele. Fuck that bullshit!
In the midst of having to suffer through that torture, I noticed a few diamonds in the roughage. . . and let me just say these are brilliant, and whoever came up with these advertising concepts has my unyielding respect for going against the current shitty trends in commercialism.
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Five Faves: Female Movie Characters
Published on March 30th, 2010 in: Feminism, Movies, Staff Picks, Top Five Lists |By Less Lee Moore
Not the Ultimate Top Five perhaps, but the five I return to over and over.
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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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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 Five Holiday Tunes: By Laura L.
Published on December 12th, 2009 in: Holidays, Listicles, Music, Staff Picks, Top Five Lists |1. “Last Christmas,” Wham!
Yes, it’s full of ’80s cheesiness, but that’s what makes it so great. You can just picture George Michael and Andrew Ridgely performing this song in sweaters that would make even Bill Cosby blush.
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Top Five Alternative Holiday Songs
Published on November 29th, 2009 in: Holidays, Issues, Listicles, Music, Staff Picks, Top Five Lists |By Lisa Anderson
Carols are an inevitable part of the holiday season. Most of us have carols, whether sacred or secular, that we love, and others that we hate. It’s not unusual to end up sick of all of them by the end of the season, either—especially for someone who works in retail. I’ve decided to make a list of five of my favorite contemporary holiday songs. They all take a fresher and more realistic view of the season, as well as not being so overplayed that they barely register.
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