The Bias of the New
I’d have hoped that this crew, who presumably have a longer view of things, would find a way to avoid the “best 100 books of my lifetime” bias you see in these lists; but again I’m disappointed.
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Parallel Universe Film Guide
A satirical just-this-close-to-our-own-universe guide to the movies that reveals them for what they almost were.
The Dark Knight
So if you haven’t seen it yet you want to know: Is Heath Ledger really all that?
Movie Cameos
Another fun list, this one of movie-stealing cameos. Number one is, naturally, Alec Baldwin’s amazing introduction to “Glengarry Glen Ross.” But what’s a list without a little quibbling? Nothing, that’s what it is. Especially around here. They somehow left out one that, at least in my mind, rivals the Great …
Top 100s
The nice people at Entertainment Weekly have been good enough to entertain us with a set of “new classics” top 100 lists. These lists, thank goodness, recognize the inherent bias in the “of all time” lists I’m always griping about and make it clear that these are the top 100 …
101 Movies Not To See Before You Die
Why have just 100-best lists? The snarkiness is so much more fun when it’s the worst. Crooked Timber is working one up, based on reader suggestions. Reasonable people may differ over what qualify a movie for terribleness, or disqualify it.
1001 Movies To See Before You Die
I counted 267 that I’ve seen, so if I can hang on until age 180 or so I might catch them all. Notable omission: “Help.” See what else you can find. This list’s in chronological order, so there’s no quibbling over whether Godfather II is better than the first.
Gen-Y Gazes At Its Collective Navel And Pulls Forth A List
What do Empire’s list of the 50 Greatest TV Shows Of All Time have in common? All but four of them aired in the ’90s and ’00s. Apparently someone held a gun to their head and said, don’t you dare leave out the original Star Trek or Monty Python. I …
Catchup Post
Well in case my hosting company never quite recovers my database (and that of everyone else that shared that server), I’m going to try and repost a few things that slipped. Most Loathsome People The Beast has issued his 50 most loathsome people list for 2007. As usual, you’re on …
I was afraid to ask.
I envisioned headlines like, “Lifelong Indians Fan Found In Pool Of Blood.” But Anthony Cartouche is back blogging, with a top-10 list of reasons why he hasn’t been posting — and grist for this blog so I don’t have to come up with reasons of my own anymore. Welcome back, …
50 Worst People
Buffalobeast has published his annual “50 Most Loathsome People” list for 2006, and as usual it’s hilariously snarky smackdown of crooks and hypocrites that made the year what it was. Unlike simpleton rants like Bernie Goldberg’s “100 People Who Are Screwing Up America,” which rightfully should be retitled “The 100 Most Prominent Liberals in America, in More-Or-Less Random Order,” the Beast nails candidates on all sides of the political spectrum.
It’s Repulsive, Yet I’m Drawn To It Like A Moth To A Flame
Three candidates for worst music video ever. If you can watch any of these through to the end, you’re tougher than I am.