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My Top 10 Favourite Chuck Norris Facts
Since it’s Chuck Norris Day here on the Back Row, it was inevitable that some Chuck Norris facts would get posted. For those of you who don’t know (however unlikely that is), Chuck Norris facts are essentially jokes that praise … Continue reading
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Robin’s Top 10 Favourite Chuck Norris Moments
Chuck Norris really needs no introduction. There are only four things I need to say before I reveal “Robin’s Top Ten Favourite Chuck Norris Moments”: 1. I just cannot believe that Chuck Norris is 71 friggin’ years old today! 2. … Continue reading
Ten Performances From “Robin’s Underrated Gems” That Deserved Oscar Nominations
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards are finally taking place this weekend and I have no doubt that the Internet is currently flooded with thousands of Oscar-related columns about great performances that have been snubbed by the Academy over the years. … Continue reading
F.J.’s Show Stealing Performances
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0af1bEGkxoA I’ve always liked lists of great villains, great heroes, great comedic performances, and the like, but I can never quite put my favourites in a coherent enough order to make such lists myself. So I’ve decided to start my … Continue reading
Robin Ranks the Royal Rumbles
I wasn’t sure how many wrestling fans visited The Back Row, but since my wrestling-related postings always seem to draw a good number of hits, I figured I’d pull a column I wrote two years ago out of mothballs, touch … Continue reading
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5 Famous Mullets
There is no hairstyle humanity wishes it could forget more than the mullet. Business in the front, a party in the back, the mullet is widely considered to be “a lowbrow and unappealing hairstyle” (according to Wikipedia). It’s hard to … Continue reading
Robin’s Top 10 Most Baffling Oscar Nominations of All Time
The nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards are officially going to be announced tomorrow and I have no doubt that during the next month or so, many opinions will be expressed on The Back Row about the nominations and the … Continue reading
My Top 5 Movies About One Man In One Location
Warning: This list may contain traces of spoilers, and may have come into contact with spoilers from other movies. The one man, one location film is a rarity in the world of cinema, but 2010 not only saw two of … Continue reading
Gill’s 11 Most Anticipated Movies Of 2011
I had high hopes for the movies of 2010, and while some of the key ones were knocked-outta-the-park home runs (such as Inception, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Black Swan, Kick-Ass, The Social Network and 127 Hours), many of the … Continue reading
Robin’s Top 10 Most Satisfying Movie Villain Death Scenes
The other day, I was browsing the list of the American Film Institute’s Top 50 Greatest Villains of all time and it occurred to me that very few of those villains got a truly satisfying epic death scene. In fact, … Continue reading