10. Sunshine of Your Love Cream The 1960′s was a time of great change in the world, and this was reflected most clearly among pop culture on music. The rock and roll era really began defining itself, and with it came new sounds like the psychedelic songs of bands like Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, […]
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The Ten Best Songs of the 60′s
April 4, 2013My Most Anticipated Movies of 2013
February 3, 2013While 2012 had a lot of releases to look forward to at this time last year, 2013 isn’t looking as promising. However, with that said, these “looking forward to” lists are, while fun, really quite useless. The best films of the year will likely be those who slip under the radar rather than the sequels […]
My Top Ten Films of 2012
January 30, 201310. Skyfall I’m not that big of a Bond fan, but I do like the Danial Craig interpretations. Skyfall was a pretty fun movie which was not scared to play around with Bond’s iconic image. One of the better action films of the year. 9. The Grey This was certainly my biggest surprise of the […]
My 5 Favourite Podcasts
January 19, 2013I’ve only recently gotten into listening to podcasts this past year, once I simply couldn’t take any more of commercial radio. Over that short time, I’ve found quite a few podcasts that have made my regular rotation. Here are the ones I would consider my favourites. All of these are available on iTunes. 5. A […]
My Top 5 TV Shows of 2012
January 8, 20135. Modern Family I am aware that Modern Family is not the be all and end all of TV Sitcoms. The set-ups for humorous lines and situations are ridiculously convoluted and contrived. But despite that, they are still funny. And lets face it, there’s not really a wealth of comedy gold on the airwaves right […]
My Top 5 Worst Films of 2012
January 6, 2013Another year, another slate of both good and bad films. My best of 2012 list still needs a bit of time. But seeing as I don’t actively seek out bad movies, this list is ready to go. 5. The Amazing Spider-Man It was an unnecessary reboot made worse by the fact that they did almost […]
The Ten Most Influential People of the Early Millennium (1001-1400)
January 5, 201310. Su Song (1020-1101) Innovation Su Song appears to be an early “Renaissance man” from historical China. He made many advances in areas such as biology and astronomy, but his greatest influence was in the area of engineering. His surprisingly complex mechanical clock was a wonder of his time. Among many advancements this clock were […]
The Ten Most Notorious Fast Food Items
August 25, 201210. Original Sliders White Castle We start off the list small… really small. The White Castle sliders are known for their miniscule size. Its that one quality which sets it apart and makes the restaurant unique. And with the publicity from the hit comedy Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, these tiny burgers have […]
The Ten Best Song of Ice and Fire Characters
August 8, 2012A caution on this list. It will be including spoilers for both the TV and book series from books 1-5. So if you have yet to read the books or see the show, read at your own risk. There will be nothing beyond Dance, since, well, I don’t know anything. Anything I mention from beyond […]
The Ten Best Game Expansions
July 27, 201210. Innovation: Echoes of the Past A rather new entry to start the list off, since the game innovation was only released a year or so ago. But expansions don’t take long to be released anymore, and Innovations first expansion was no exception. Now, they could have gone the easy route of simply adding new […]
The Ten Greatest Movie Openings
July 15, 201210. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Peter Jackson and company were putting together an adaptation of arguably the most popular book series of the 20th century in what was destined to be a monumental movie trilogy. So how in the world do you get across to the audience all […]
The Ten Best Saturday Night Live Skits
May 22, 2012Its been a while, I know, but I finally have another list complied. This has been a tough one to put together, since the show spans some 30 odd years. As a result, a lot of favourites have been left off the list. This is definitely one of those lists which could easily be expanded. […]
My Top Ten Movies of the 60s
April 15, 201210. The Birds (1963) The Birds is a movie I honestly didn’t think I would end up liking, thinking its just a silly horror flick. But it has all of the great Hitchcockisms which make his works so great; fantastic dialogue with lots of wit, and a visual panache for storytelling. Not to mention […]
My Blu-ray Wishlist
March 9, 20122011 was a big year in blu-ray releases: the Star Wars trilogy, the Jurassic Park trilogy, the LOTR extended editions, and many more great releases came to us last year. 2012 also looks to be a great year for blu. So I decided to make a list of the ten movies I most want to […]
My Top Ten Films of 2011
February 6, 201210. Contagion As a former microbiologist, I appreciated this movie a lot. It provided a very realistic idea of how something like this might go down. And hey, its pretty much the film version of one of my favourite board games: Pandemic! 9. Moneyball The game about baseball statistics proved to be much more interesting […]
