Yes, this is a real ad, seen by millions during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve the other night. Not unlike watching Clark attempting to count down the seconds until 2012, the “Forever Lazy” infomercial is awkward and unintentionally hilarious. The ad, and product, have actually been around awhile, but never has its exposure been [...]
The 16 Greatest Epic Fantasy Movies
It’s hard to pin-down what comprises the “epic fantasy” subgenre, which is as much about attitude and tone as it is about setting. Some might say that it has to be a purely medieval fantasy world with elves and whatnot, but I think there are plenty of fantastic movies that tap into other backgrounds that [...]
10 Greatest Remakes of Vintage Sci-Fi Movies
The ’50s and ’60s were a golden age for science fiction movies; however, the remakes that those films inspired have frequently been dead-eyed, shuffling, Hollywood zombies. Nevertheless a few of their less blighted children have managed to get past their rubber tentacled heritage to become truly classic re-imaginings, and some have even surpassed the originals [...]
15 Greatest Places for Real People to Live in America
Every year, Money Magazine publishes a list of the best places to live in America. These impossibly pastoral towns are usually ranked by how well manicured the towns lawns are, and how many white, upper middle class families they can catch smiling on camera while doing white people things. But what if the towns and [...]
10 Greatest Movie Montages of the ’80s
Whether used to depict training or competition in sports movies or simply to convey a sugarcoated sense of general winning-ness over time, the montage has become an inescapable staple of American cinema. What’s more, dressed for success, this cinematic clich was embraced in the Eighties as it was in no other decade. What was it [...]
12 Of The Greatest Cyberpunk Games
With a new Deus Ex game in the works, the video game industry has started to turn its attention back to the long ignored cyberpunk setting, which briefly had immense popularity in the mid 90s before fading away. Based on the influential literary genre of the same name, which popped up in the late 80s [...]
The 18 Greatest Bodyhorror Movies
Bodyhorror is a genre that’s surprisingly nebulous in its definition. There’s a certain amount of medical horror mixed, some gore, but mostly just hideously malformed creatures that tear against the inside of your mind, making you nauseous with their very existence. Today, we salute those freaks, and look at the best bodyhorror movies. 18. Rosemarys [...]
