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The 30 Funniest People Right Now

Written by Ben Pogany

Louis CK

Jon Stewart

Larry David

Zach Galifianakis

Will Ferrell

Steven Colbert

Seth MacFarlane

Matt Stone and Trey Parker

Conan O'Brien

Ricky Gervais

Nick Offerman

Alec Baldwin

Chris Rock

Dave Chappelle

Ty Burrell

Neil Patrick Harris

Kristen Wiig

Daniel Tosh

Amy Poehler

Brian Regan

David Letterman

Tina Fey

Rob McElhenney

Melissa McCarthy

Steve Carrell

Paul Rudd

Andy Samberg

Danny McBride

Jeff Ross

Patrice O'Neal

Bubble: Jane Lynch, Bill Maher, Aziz Ansari, Jim Parsons, JB Smoove, Charlie Day, Anthony Jeselnik, Wyatt Cenac, Charles Barkley, Justin Timberlake, Bill Burr, Seth Meyers, Jason Sudeikis, Eric Stonestreet, Ed O'Neil, Tracy Morgan.

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The 15 Greatest Drama Series of the Generation

Written by Ben Pogany

The Wire (2002-2008) HBO David Simon The Wire is television perfection, and if it's not the greatest series of all time it certainly is the most under-appreciated. How this never was even nominated for an Emmy is beyond all rationale. The Wire takes a brutal look at various aspects of life in Baltimore, exploring with harsh realism the interweaving worlds of street life, politics, education, poverty, law enforcement, and the media. What emerges is the sobering realization that from the drug cartels to the fractured bureaucracy tasked with combating them, all are players in the same game, mirrors of one another in a vicious cycle of ambition, dysfunction, and moral compromise.
The Sopranos (1999-2007) HBO David Chase Long before The Jersey Shore was offending the sensibilities of Italians and Jerseyans everywhere, it was the Soprano family representing the Garden State. The Sopranos demonstrated what was truly possible for the television medium, raising production up to an almost cinematic level that single-handedly ushered in the era of premium television. Making that HBO subscription all but mandatory, it stands as the most financially successful program in cable history. Compiling 21 Emmys over six seasons, the Sopranos finally signed off in 2007 in a finale that can only be described as .
Law and Order (1990-2010) NBC Dick Wolf The show that inspired a million law degrees and almost as many spinoffs. The first half police investigation, second half trial format was originally conceived to increase the show's chances at syndication by giving broadcasters the option of splitting the episodes into half-hour airings. Fortunately, winning syndication was never a problem for this mega franchise, and it's probably not far off to say that at any one moment, an episode of Law and Order is airing somewhere.
The West Wing (1999-2006) NBC Aaron Sorkin Just where do you think Charlie got that Adonis DNA from anyway? Papa Sheen is brilliant as Commander-in-Chief Josiah Bartlet, presiding over a series that would collect an astounding four consecutive best drama Emmys in its heyday. Taking on an array of real world issues, from the Israeli conflict to DOMA to North Korean nuclear ambitions, the West Wing is as relevant today as it was over a decade ago.
Mad Men (2007-Present) AMC Matthew Weiner Mad Men is like watching literature in hourly installments, replete with incisive symbolism and complex subtleties. It follows Don Draper, ad man extraordinaire inhabiting the world of 1960's Madison Avenue, a world of rampant smoking, drinking, and philandering. However, Mad Men is not so much a period piece as it is a series of character studies. Weiner seems to intimate that we all are searching for something to fill the void, whether it be that new car seen in a magazine, the next promotion, or woman at the end of the bar. Ultimately, when we run from ourselves we just end up out of breath.

Breaking Bad (2008-Present) AMC Vince Gilligan Walter White is a high school chemistry teacher turned meth cook, and if that sounds weird just consider that this is also the guy who played the dad in Malcolm in the Middle.  Breaking Bad sets its self apart from any other show in that it introduces a hero and slowely tranforms him in a villain, who in the process brings down every person around him.  Whether or not there is anything left in the character of Walter White to root for may be forever up for debate. The quality of Bryan Cranston's depiction of him is not, as the guy who once asked for a "shtickle of fluoride" is now turning in some of the best acting on television.

Lost (2004-2010) ABC JJ Abrams

NYPD Blue (1993-2005) ABC Steven Bochco and David Milch

24 (2001-2010) FOX Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran   The way 24 plummeted after Season 5, it's hard to remember just how riveting those early seasons really were. There was always a certain degree of suspension of disbelief necessary with 24, but a guy can only go rogue, do the "there's no time to explain" routine, and end up saving the world so many times before things just descend into the ridiculous. Still, Jack Bauer was a hero for the new millennium, and just think, would we have ever had Barack if not for David Palmer paving the way?

ER (1994-2009) NBC Michael Crighton Did for doctors what Law and Order did for lawyers. Its 124 Emmy nominations are the most in television history and its introduction of George Clooney into the public consciousness (notwithstanding the cinematic masterpiece Return of the Killer Tomatoes) is something we can surely all be thankful for.

Dexter (2006-Present) Showtime Based on the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay and developed by James Manos, Jr.   When Dexter hit TV screens in 2006, all the world needed was another show about a crime scene forensic. However, when that forensic just happens to moonlight as a sociopathic killer of bad guys, things start to diverge from your average episode of CSI. Think Robin Hood as a hopeless kleptomaniac, channeling his uncontrollable inner demons into a public good. Fun fact: Michael C. Hall met his now ex-wife Jennifer Carpenter (Deb) on the set of Dexter, effectively marrying his sister.

Six Feet Under (2001-2005) HBO Alan Ball   Ironic that a show that revolves around death can penetrate with such poignancy what it means to be alive. This time Michael C. Hall plays a gay funeral director, running the Fisher and Sons funeral home in Los Angeles (what creator Alan Ball calls "the world capital of the denial of death") with brother Nate and partner Rico. Also in the picture are sister Claire, mother Ruth, and a host of significant others. All are eccentric, often demented, and always real, sometimes painfully so. Dealing with death on a daily basis is no easy gig. Dealing with life might very well be harder.

The X-Files (1993-2002) FOX Chris Carter

Oz (1997-2003) HBO Tom Fontana HBO's first ever one-hour drama illustrated just how "not just TV" HBO truly was, presenting prison life with gritty, often cringe-worthy realism that spoke to themes all-to-relatable to us civilians. Thirteen actors that originally appeared in Oz went on to appear in The Wire, so it goes without saying how I feel about this one.

Friday Night Lights (2006-2011) NBC/The 101 Network Peter Berg, Brian Grazer, and David Nevins

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The Greatest Modern Actors

Written by Ben Pogany

Marlin Brando once said "To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication." Just a short generation later, Jim Carrey would observe "Until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through his ass." Yes, there is no recipe for what makes great acting and no surefire way to distinguish it from the talking asses of the world, perhaps in no small part because when it's at it's best, it doesn't seem like acting at all. Ranking artistry is never easy, if not downright impossible. It's undeniably subjective, contentious, and almost sure to offend. Of course, that's never stopped us before.

Rankings were made taking into account overall ability and range, strength of the roles taken, longevity, influence, and awards won. Listed alongside are each actor's best works, also loosely ranked according to how each exemplifies their talents. With all due respect to the likes of Dennis Hopper, Heath Ledger, and Paul Newman, actors must be living and relatively active for consideration.

Robert De Niro: The Godfather II, The Deer Hunter, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Heat, Cape Fear, Casino, Meet the Parents, Once Upon a Time in America.
Al Pacino: The Godfather, The Godfather II, Scarface, Heat, Scent of a Woman, Carlito's Way, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, Donnie Brasco, The Insider.
Jack Nicholson: The Departed, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, Easy Rider, Chinatown, Batman, A Few Good Men, As Good As It Gets, Terms of Endearment, The Little Shop of Horrors, The Pledge.
Daniel Day-Lewis: There Will Be Blood, Gangs of New York, My Left Foot, The Last of the Mohicans, In the Name of the Father, The Age of Innocence, The Crucible, The Boxer, Nine, A Room With a View.
Tom Hanks: Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile, Road to Perdition, Cast Away, A League of Their Own, Big, Philadelphia, Apollo 13, Catch Me if You Can.
Sean Penn: 21 Grams, Mystic River, Milk, Dead Man Walking, Carlito's Way, The Thin Red Line, I Am Sam, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Colors, Sweet and Lowdown.
Clint Eastwood: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, Dirty Harry, Gran Torino, Escape from Alcatraz, In the Line of Fire, The Bridges of Madison Country, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Hang Em High.
Michael Caine: Sleuth, Alfie, Dark Knight, The Cider House Rules, Educating Rita, Hannah and Her Sisters, Little Voice, The Quiet American, The Italian Job, Harry Brown.
Anthony Hopkins: Silence of the Lambs, The Remains of the Day, Shadowlands, Nixon, Amistad.
Morgan Freeman: The Shawshank Redemption, Unforgiven, Se7en, Glory, The Dark Knight, Million Dollar Baby, Gone, Baby, Gone, Driving Miss Daisy, Street Smart, The Sum of All Fears, Batman Begins, Outbreak, Amistad, Along Came a Spider, High Crimes.
Robert Duvall: The Godfather, The Apostle, Apocalypse Now, Tender Mercies, The Great Santini, A Civil Action, Get Low, To Kill a Mockingbird, MASH, The Natural.
Dustin Hoffman: Rain Man, Midnight Cowboy, The Graduate, Kramer vs. Kramer, Tootsie.
Denzel Washington: Malcolm X, Training Day, Glory, American Gangster, Inside Man, Remember The Titans, Courage Under Fire, Philadelphia, The Hurricane, Crimson Tide, The Bone Collector, The Manchurian Candidate, The Siege, Antwone Fisher, He Got Game.
Ben Kingsley: Gandhi, Schindler's List, House of Sand and Fog, Sexy Beast, Shutter Island.
Leonardo DiCaprio: Blood Diamond, The Departed, The Basketball Diaries, Shutter Island, Inception, Gangs of New York, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Aviator, Catch Me If You Can, Titanic, Revolutionary Road, The Man in the Iron Mask.
Geoffrey Rush: Shine, The King's Speech, Quills, Pirates of the Caribbean.
Martin Sheen: Apocalypse Now, The Departed, Badlands, The American President, Wall Street.
Kevin Spacey: Se7en, The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, LA Confidential, The Negotiator, A Time to Kill, Glengarry Glen Ross, Outbreak, Superman Returns, The United States of Leland.
Russell Crowe: LA Confidential, Gladiator, The Insider, Cinderella Man, A Beautiful Mind, Romper Stomper, 3:10 to Yuma, American Gangster, Master and Commander, Blood Oath.
Ed Harris: Pollock, Apollo 13, The Truman Show, A Beautiful Mind, The Hours, Gone Baby Gone, A History of Violence, Empire Falls, The Rock, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Abyss.
Willem Defoe: Platoon, The Last Temptation of Christ, Boondock Saints, Shadow of the Vampire, To Live and Die in L.A.
Ralph Fiennes: Schindler's List, Harry Potter Franchise, The English Patient, The Constant Gardener, Bernard and Doris.
Jon Voight: Coming Home, Midnight Cowboy, Deliverance, Runaway Train, Ali.
Gene Hackman: The French Connection, Unforgiven, Mississippi Burning, Superman, The Royal Tenenbaums.
Harrison Ford: Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Fugitive, Bladerunner, Witness.
Warren Beatty: Bonnie and Clyde, Heaven Can Wait, Reds, Bugsy, Bulworth.
Richard Dreyfus: Jaws, American Graffiti, The Goodbye Girl, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Mr. Holland's Opus.
Matt Damon: The Departed, Good Will Hunting, Saving Private Ryan, Rounders, The Bourne Identity, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ocean's 11, Syriana, School Ties, Dogma.
Brad Pitt: Se7en, Fight Club, The Asassination of Jessie James, Twelve Monkeys, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, Sleepers, Ocean's Eleven, Babel, Inglourious Bastards, Snatch, True Romance, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Legends of the Fall, Interview with the Vampire.
Christian Bale: The Machinist, The Prestige, The Fighter, The Dark Knight, American Psycho, Batman Begins, 3:10 to Yuma, Empire of the Sun, Rescue Dawn, I'm Not There.
Ian McKellan: Gods and Monsters, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Richard III, X-Men, Apt Pupil.
Johnny Depp: Edward Scissorhands, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Blow, Finding Neverland, Donnie Brasco, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Platoon, Sleepy Hollow, Ed Wood.
Edward Norton: Fight Club, American History X, Rounders, The Illusionist, 25th Hour, Primal Fear, Keeping the Faith, The Italian Job, Red Dragon, The People vs. Larry Flynt.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman: Capote, Magnolia, Doubt, Almost Famous, Boogie Nights, The Big Lebowski, Charlie Wilson's War, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Flawless, Punch-Drunk Love.
Liam Neeson: Schindler's List, Kinsey, Batman Begins, Taken, Michael Collins.
Tom Cruise: Rain Man, Magnolia, A Few Good Men, Born on the Fourth of July, Minority Report, Risky Business, The Color of Money, Jerry Maguire, The Last Samurai, The Firm, Mission Impossible, Tropic Thunder, Top Gun, Vanilla Sky, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicle.
Jeff Bridges: The Big Lebowski, Crazy Heart, True Grit, Starman, The Fabulous Baker Boys.
Christopher Walken: The Deer Hunter, Catch Me If You Can, A View to Kill, The Dead Zone, At Close Range.
Benicio Del Toro: The Usual Suspects, Traffic, 21 Grams, Che, Sin City, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Snatch, Guerrilla, The Argentine, The Pledge, The Way of the Gun.
Tommy Lee Jones: The Fugitive, JFK, No Country For Old Men, In the Valley of Elah, Men in Black.
Gary Oldman: JFK, The Dark Knight, Leon, Harry Potter, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Javier Bardem: No Country For Old Men, Biutiful, Before Night Falls, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Mondays in the Sun.
Harvey Keitel: Mean Streets, Bugsy, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Taxi Driver.
Mel Gibson: Braveheart, The Patriot, Lethal Weapon, Ransom, Mad Max.
Will Smith: The Pursuit Of Happiness, Ali, Six Degrees of Separation.
Robin Williams: Goodwill Hunting, Good Morning Vietnam, One Hour Photo, Dead Poets Society, Mrs. Doubtfire.
Don Cheadle: Hotel Rwanda, Traffic, Crash, Devil in a Blue Dress, Ocean's Eleven.
Samuel L. Jackson: Pulp Fiction, A Time to Kill, Jackie Brown, The Negotiator, Against the Wall.
Billy Bob Thorton: Monster's Ball, Sling Blade, A Simple Plan, The Man Who Wasn't There, Friday Night Lights.
Paul Giamatti: Sideways, Cinderella Man, American Splendor, The Illusionist, Cold Souls.
Joaquin Pheonix: Gladiator, Walk the Line, Quills, The Yards, Ladder 49.
Kevin Costner: Dances with Wolves, Field of Dreams, JFK, The Untouchables, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
Michael Douglas: Wall Street, Traffic, Wonder Boys, The American President, Basic Instinct.
John Hurt: The Elephant Man, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Alien, Scandal, The Hit.
Bruce Willis: The Sixth Sense, Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, 12 Monkeys, Sin City.
Kevin Bacon: Animal House, The Woodsman, Sleepers, Apollo 13, Mystic River.
Robert Downey Jr.: Chaplin, Tropic Thunder, Less than Zero, Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes.
George Clooney: O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Good Night, and Good Luck, Syriana, Michael Clayton, Up in the Air.
James Woods: Salvador, Once Upon a Time in America, Ghosts of Mississippi, Casino, Contact.
Bill Murray: Lost in Translation, Groundhog Day, Caddyshack, Rushmore, Ghostbusters.
Josh Brolin: No Country for Old Men, W., Milk, True Grit, Goonies.
Tim Robbins: The Shawshank Redemption, Mystic River, The Player.
Jim Carrey: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Man on the Moon, The Truman Show.
Forest Whitaker: Last King of Scotland, Good Morning, Vietnam, Bird, Panic Room, American Gun.
John Travolta: Pulp Fiction, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Primary Colors, A Civil Action.
Donald Sutherland: MASH, The Dirty Dozen, JFK.
John Malkovich: Places in the Heart, The Killing Fields, In the Line of Fire, Of Mice and Men, Being John Malkovich.
Colin Firth: The King's Speech, A Single Man, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Mickey Rourke: The Wrestler, Sin City, Diner, Barfly, Angel Heart.
Viggo Mortenson: Lord of the Rings, A History of Violence, The Road, Eastern Promises.
Steve Buschemi: Fargo, Living in Oblivion, Ghost World, The Big Lebowski, Reservoir Dogs.
Jamie Foxx: Ray, Collateral, Any Given Sunday.
Joe Pesci: Goodfellas, Raging Bull, My Cousin Vinny, Casino, Lethal Weapon, Home Alone.
Gary Sinise: Forrest Gump, Of Mice and Men, Ransom.
Laurence Fishbourne: The Matrix, Apocalypse Now, What's Love Got to Do with It.
Nick Nolte: Affliction, The Thin Red Line, The Prince of Tides, Cape Fear.
Nicholas Cage: Leaving Las Vegas, Adaptation, The Rock, Face/Off.
James Franco: Pineapple Express, Milk, 127 Hours, Spiderman, Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
William H. Macy: Fargo, Seabiscuit, Boogie Nights.
Mark Wahlberg: Boogie Nights, The Departed, The Fighter, Three Kings, Fear.
John Turturro: Barton Fink, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Quiz Show, The Big Lebowski, Miller's Crossing.
Daniel Craig: Casino Royale, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Road to Perdition, Defiance, Munich.
Chris Cooper: American Beauty, The Bourne Identity, Capote.
Christoph Waltz: Inglourious Bastards
Casey Affleck: Gone Baby Gone, The Assassination of Jesse James, Good Will Hunting, Ocean's Eleven, Chasing Amy.
Mark Ruffalo: The Kids Are All Right, Shutter Island, You Can Count on Me.
William Hurt: Kiss of the Spider Woman, Children of a Lesser God, Broadcast News.
Adrien Brody: The Pianist, King Kong, The Jacket.
Ryan Gosling: Half-Nelson, Lars and the Real Girl, Blue Valentine, Drive, The Ides of March.
Jude Law: Road to Perdition, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain.
Guy Pierce: Memento, LA Confidential, The King's Men.
Colin Farrell: In Bruges, Minority Report, Phone Booth.
Tom Wilkinson: Michael Clayton, In the Bedroom, The Full Monty.
Jeremy Renner: The Hurt Locker, The Town, Dahmer.
Elijah Wood: Lord of the Rings, Sin City, North, The Good Son.
Woody Harrelson: White Men Can't Jump, The People vs Larry Flynt, The Messenger, Natural Born Killers, Kingpin.
Clive Owen: Children of Men, Closer, Inside Man.
Jake Gyllenhaal: Brokeback Mountain, Donnie Darko, Zodiac.
Andy Serkis: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Longford, Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Ewan McGregor: Trainspotting, Moulin Rouge!, Star Wars Prequels.

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The Top 25 Chappelle's Show Skits

Written by Ben Pogany

Definitive Dose fondly recalls the 25 most hilarious Chappelle's show skits. Mmm Mmm bitch!!

Reparations

Tyrone Biggums Classroom Visit

The N*ggar Family
Jury Selection
Rick James: Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories

HBO: Real Sex Street Interview
R. Kelly's "Piss On You" music videos
Wayne Brady's Show

The Mad Real World
Samuel Jackson beer
Clayton Bigsbey, Black White Supremacist
Zapped
Wrap It Up
Fisticuffs: Turn My Headphones Up
Dave on MTV Cribs
Black Bush
Trading Spouses
Wu-Tang Financial
Prince: Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories

When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong

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The 40 Greatest Modern Directors

Written by Ben Pogany

Definitive Dose presents the 40 best directors working in Hollywood today.

Martin Scorsese: Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, The Departed, Raging Bull, Gangs of New York, Casino, Shutter Island, The Last Waltz, Cape Fear, The Color of Money, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Aviator, The Age of Innocence, Mean Streets, Kundun.
Steven Spielberg: Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Jaws, ET, Poltergeist, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Catch Me if You Can, Minority Report, The Color Purple, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Amistad, Munich, War of the Worlds.
Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather, The Godfather II, Apocalypse Now, The Conversation, You're A Big Boy Now.
Christopher Nolan: Memento, The Dark Knight, Inception, The Prestige, Batman Begins, Insomnia, Following.
Joel/Ethan Cohen: No Country For Old Men, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, True Grit, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing, Raising Arizona, The Man Who Wasn't There, Blood Simple, A Serious Man, The Hudsucker Proxy.
James Cameron: Terminator 2, Avatar, Titanic, Aliens, The Abyss.
Quentin Tarantino: Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Inglourious Bastards, Jackie Brown.
David Fincher: Se7en, Fight Club, The Social Network, The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo, Zodiac.
Darren Aronofsky: Requiem For a Dream, The Wrestler, Black Swan, Pi, The Fountain, Below.
P.T. Anderson: There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Hard Eight, Punch-Drunk Love.
Oliver Stone: Platoon, Wall Street, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Natural Born Killers.
Clint Eastwood: Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Mystic River, The Bridges of Madison County.
Ron Howard: A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, Frost/Nixon, Cocoon, Apollo 13.
Roman Polanski: Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby, The Pianist, Tess, Pirates.
Brian De Palma: Scarface, Carlito's Way, Mission: Impossible, The Untouchables, Carrie.
Robert Zemeckis: Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Cast Away, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Romancing the Stone.
Ridley Scott: Alien, Gladiator, Blade Runner, Black Hawk Down, Thelma and Louise, American Gangster.
Steven Soderbergh: Traffic, Erin Brockovich, Ocean's Eleven, Che, Out of Sight.
Woody Allen: Annie Hall, Bullets Over Broadway, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Purple Rose of Cairo.
Peter Jackson: The Return of the King, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, King Kong, The Lovely Bones.
David Lynch: Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, The Elephant Man, Wild atHeart, The Straight Story.
Milos Forman: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Ragtime, Man on the Moon.
Tim Burton: Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Ed Wood, Batman, Big Fish.
Terry Giliam: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 12 Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Brazil, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
Ang Lee: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain, Sense and Sensibility, Life of Pi, The Ice Storm.
Michael Mann: Heat, The Insider, The Last of the Mohicans, Collateral, Ali.
Mel Brooks: History of the World Part I, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Young Frankenstein.
Rob Reiner: A Few Good Men, This is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, Misery.
Gus Van Sant: Goodwill Hunting, Milk, Finding Forrester, Drugstore Cowboy, Elephant.
Edward Zwick: Glory, Blood Diamond, Courage Under Fire, The Last Samurai, The Siege.
Sam Mendes: American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Revolutionary Road, Jarhead, Away We Go.
John Carpenter: Halloween, The Thing, Assault on Precinct 13, The Fog, Big Trouble in Little China.
Kevin Smith: Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
Wes Anderson: The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Darjeeling Limited.
Alejandro González Iñárritu: 21 Grams, Amoss Perros, Babel, Biutiful.
Barry Levinson: Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam, The Natural, Sleepers, Bugsy.
Spike Lee: Malcolm X, Clockers, Do the Right Thing, Inside Man, 25th Hour.
Terrance Malick: The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life, Days of Heaven.
Danny Boyle: Slumdog Milloinaire, Trainspotting, 127 Hours, 28 Weeks Later, The Beach.
Guillermo Del Toro: Pan's Labrynth, Hellboy, Cronos.

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The Hollywood Horizon: Dose's Guide To The Most Anticipated Movies of the Not-So-Distant Future

Written by Ben Pogany

The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Caine. The terrorist leader Bane arrives in Gotham City, and pushes its hero Batman to breaking point and beyond.

Lincoln (2012) Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Tommy Lee Jones. Based on the book by Doris Kearns Goodwin. The sixteenth President of the United States guides the North to victory during the Civil War.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Directed by Peter Jackson. Written by Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labrynth). Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit, journeys to the Lonely Mountain accompanied by a group of dwarves to reclaim a treasure taken from them by the dragon Smaug.

The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2013)

Skyfall (2012) Starring Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, and Javier Bardem. James Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

Total Recall (2012) Starring Colin Farrell, Bryan Cranston, Kate Beckinsale, and Ethan Hawke. As the nation stations Euromerica and New Shanghai vie for supremacy, a factory worker begins to suspect that he's a spy, though he is unaware which side of the fight he is on.

Man of Steel (2012) Starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, and possibly Russell Crowe with writing contributions by Christopher Nolan.

Human Nature (2013) Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring George Clooney. A man who is cryogenically frozen for years awakens to a world where humans are no longer the dominant species.

Django Unchained (2012) Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson, and Christoph Waltz. A slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from the brutal Calvin Candie, a Mississippi plantation owner.

The Dictator (2012) Directed by Larry Charles, written by Sacha Baron Cohen and starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Megan Fox, Ben Kingsley, JB Smoove, John C. Reily, and Anna Faris. The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

The Master (2012) Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, and Amy Adams. A 1950's-set drama centered on the relationship between a charismatic intellectual known as "the Master" whose faith-based organization begins to catch on in America, and a young drifter who becomes his right-hand man.

Kill Bill Volume 3 (2014) Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Uma Thurman.

Silence (2013) Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio Del Toro. In the 17th century, two Jesuit priests face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and to spread the gospel of Christianity.

Sin City 2 (?) Written and directed by Frank Miller. In the dark bowels of Sin City, Dwight plans to have his vengeance against the woman who betrayed him, Ava Lord, while Nancy is trying to cope with Hartigan's death.

The Comedian (2014) Directed by Sean Penn. Starring Robert De Niro and Kristen Wiig. A look at the life of an aging insult comic.

Leningrad (2012) Written by Sergio Leon and starring Al Pacino. The histrical epic depicts the seige of Leningrad by the German army during World War II. The Russians suffered terrible losses but the the Communists would not give up the birthplace of the Russian revolution.

Sinatra (2013) Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The life story of legendary singer and actor Franck Sinatra.

The Three Stooges (2012) Directed by the Farrelly Brothers. Set in modern day and centering on the slapstick adventures of Moe, Larry, and Curly.

Pablo Escobar (2012) Directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) and written by David McKenna (American History X).

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Starring Leonardo Dicaprio. Based on the autobiography of Jordan Belfort. A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration.

Cogan's Trade (2012) Starring Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo, Casey Affleck, Ray Liotta, and James Gandolfini. Jackie Cogan is a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game.

Lombardi (???) Starring Robert De Niro and written by Eric Roth (Forrest Gump). The story of Green Bay Packers coach Vinco Lombardi and how he led his team to victory during the 1967 NFL Champioship.

Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Written and directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Harvey Keitel, Frances McDormand, and Jason Schwartzman. A pair of lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out and find them.

Gotti: In the Shadow of My Father (2012) Directed by Barry Levinson. Starring Al Pacino, John Travolta, and Joe Pesci. The story of crime boss John Gotti and his son.

Savages (2012) Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring John Travolta, Benicio Del Toro and Uma Thurman. Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.

The Wizard of Lies (2012 on HBO) Starring Robert De Nero as Bernie Madoff.

Untitled Whitey Bulger Project (2014) Directed by Ben Affleck and starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Casey Affleck. The story of notorious Boston mobster Whitey Bulger

The Trade (2012) Written by Ben and Casey Affleck. A chronicle of the 1970s scandal caused by New York Yankees Fritz Petterson and Mike Kekich, who admitted to swapping wives with one another.

Hemingway and Fuentes (2012) Starring Anthony Hopkins, Annette Benning, and Andy Garcia. Directed and written by Andy Garcia. Ernest Hemingway befriends boat captain, Gregorio Fuentes, who inspires him to pen the famous tale "The Old Man and the Sea."

Twelve Years A Slave (2014) Starring Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. A man living in New York during the mid-1800s is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the deep south.

The Gangster Squad (2013) Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, and Brian Cranston. A chronicle of the LAPD's fight to keep East Coast Mafia types out of Los Angeles in the 1940s and 50s

The Lone Ranger (2013) Directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer.

The Avengers (2012) Starring Robert Downey Jr, Scarlet Johanssen, Samuel L Jackson, and Jeremy Renner. The S.H.I.E.L.D. agency brings together a team of superhumans to save the Earth from annihalation by extraterrestrial invadors.

Interstellar (2014) Directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Jonathan Nolan. An exploration of physicist Kip Thorne's theories of gravity fields, wormholes and several hypotheses that Albert Einstein was never able to prove.

Waco (2012) Starring Adrien Brody, Sharon Stone, and Kurt Russell. A retelling of the 1993 stand-off between the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidian cult in Waco, Texas.

Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (2013) Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and produced by Martin Scorsese. A look at the formative years of the 26th President, from his transformation from a privileged New York politician to commander of the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War.

Gambit (2012) Written by the Coen brothers and starring Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz. An art curator enlists the services of a Texas steer roper to con a wealthy collector into buying a phony Monet painting.

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012) Starring Will Ferrell, Zack Galifianakis, John C. Reilly, Jeff Goldblum, and Will Forte.

Rush (2013) Directed by Ron Howard and written by Peter Morgan (The Last King of Scotland). Starring Chris Hemsworth, Russell Crowe and Olivia Wilde. A biography of Formula 1 champion driver Niki Lauda and the 1976 crash that almost claimed his life. Mere weeks after the accident, he got behind the wheel to challenge his rival, James Hunt.

Lovelace (2012) Starring Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard and Sharon Stone. The story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband before taking control of her life.

The Mission (2013) Directed by David O. Russell and starring Brad Pitt (rumored). An action thriller about the 2008 rescue of 15 hostages from a guerrilla group in the Columbian jungle.

The Great Gatsby (2012) Starry Leonardo Dicaprio and Tobey Maguire. An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

The Odyssey (?) Directed by George Miller. Odysseus and his 10-year journey home after the Trojan War, during which he is confronted by natural and supernatural threats including shipwrecks, battles, monsters, and the sea god Poseidon. Tale is told through Odysseus' son Telemachus.

On the Road (2012) Based on the novel by Jack Kerouac. Directed by Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries) Starring Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Viggo Mortensen, and Steve Buscemi. Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation living in the here and now during the Fifties. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Written and directed by the Coen brothers. Starring Carey Mulligan, John Goodman and Justin Timberlake (rumored) A singer-songwriter navigates New York's folk music scene in the 1960's.

Arrested Development (?) Starring Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Portia de Rossi, David Cross, Michael Cera, and Jeffery Tambor. Presented by Ron Howard (executive producer). A big screen adaptation of the critically-acclaimed television series centering on the adventures of the dysfunctional Bluth family.

Brave New World (?) Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio (rumored)

Hamdam v. Rumsfeld (?) Produced by George Clooney and written by Aaron Sorkin. A thriller set against the backdrop of the war on terror, The Challenge tells the inside story of a historic Supreme Court showdown. At its center are a Navy JAG and a young constitutional law professor who, in the aftermath of 9/11, find themselves defending their nation in the unlikeliest of ways: by suing the president of the United States on behalf of an accused terrorist in order to prevent the American government from breaking the law and violating the Constitution.

The Bourne Legacy (2012) Directed by Tony Gilroy and starring Jeremy Renner and Edward Norton.

World War Z (2012) Starring Brad Pitt and Brian Cranston. A UN representative, writing a report on the great zombie war, interviews survivors in the wake of World War Z.

Flight (2012) Directed by Robert Zemekis. Starring Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Melissa Leo and John Goodman. An airline pilot saves a flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfuctions reveals something troubling.

Broken City (2013) Directed by Allan Hughes and starring Russell Crowe, Mark Wahlberg, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. A neo-noir about a New York City private eye who gets pulled into a shady mayoral election.

The Irishman (??) Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Robert Deniro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci. A mob hit man recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.

Liberace (2013 on HBO) Starring Matt Damon and Michael Douglas. The life of celebrated pianist Liberace.

Yellow Submarine (??) Directed by Robert Zemeckis. A 3-D adaptation of the classic Beatles animated feature.

The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) Directed by RZA. Written by RZA and Eli Roth. Starring Russell Crowe, Jamie Chung and Lucy Lui. In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he has to depend himself and his fellow villagers.

Prometheus (2012) Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron and Guy Pierce.

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The 30 Greatest Saturday Night Live Cast-Members of All-TIme

Written by Ben Pogany

Will Ferrell (1995 - 2002)-Maybe a bit of a controversial choice to some, but for 7 years, Ferrell was the glue that held the entire show together. His Alex Trebek may be the funniest reoccuring sketch ever, and his W. Bu sh, James Lipton, and Harry Caray renditions are unforgettable.
Phil Hartman (1986 - 1994)
Chris Farley (1990 - 1995)-Living in the van down by the river in the sky.
John Belushi (1975 - 1979)
Bill Murray (1977 - 1980)
Dan Aykroyd (1975 - 1979)-Beldar Conehead, Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute, and one wild and crazy guy.
Eddie Murphy (1980 - 1984) Mr. Robinson, Buckwheat, Gumby
Darrell Hammond (1995 - 2009)- His fourteen seasons is by far the longest running tenure in the history of the show. Darrell has been the go-to guy for political impressions, playing everyone from Bill Clinton and John McCain to Dick Cheney and Bill O'Reily. However, nothing can top his Sean Connery on Celebrity Jeopardy. "The Rapist for 500, Alex!"
Dana Carvey (1986 - 1993)-One of SNL's greatest impressionists, Carvey nailed it with Bush I, Ross Perot, and Johnny Carson. His Church Lady and Garth Algar characters are also legendary.
Adam Sandler (1991 - 1995) Opera Man, Canteen Boy
Chris Rock (1990 - 1993)
Tim Meadows (1991 - 2000)-The token black guy of the 90's, Meadows' best work has to be for Leon Phelps, The Ladies Man
Chevy Chase (1975 - 1976)-Also a 9-time host, more than any other former cast-member
Kevin Nealon gt; (1986 - 1995)-Arguably the gold-standard of Weekend Update hosts.
Mike Myers (1989 - 1995)
Kristen Wiig (2005-Present)
Norm Macdonald (1993 - 1998)-Another top-notch Weekend Update host. Norm also hit it out of the park as Burt Reynolds and Bob Dole.
Molly Shannon (1995 - 2001)- Superstar!
Chris Kattan (1996 - 2003)-Mr. Peepers, Mango
Tracy Morgan (1996 - 2003)-Brian Fellow's Safari Planet, Uncle Jemima, Tracy also played a mean Star Jones.
David Spade (1990 - 1996)
Gilda Radner (1975 - 1980)
Tina Fey (2000 - 2006)-A staple of Weekend Update. Her greatest moment may have come with her Sarah Palin cameos, for which she won a well-deserved Emmy.
Jon Lovitz (1985 - 1990)
Garrett Morris (1975 - 1980)
Jane Curtin (1975 - 1980)
Jim Breuer (1995 - 1998)
Chris Parnell (1998 - 2006)
Amy Poehler (2001 - 2008)
Andy Samberg (2005 - present)-His digital shorts alone (Lazy Morning, Dick in a Box, Mother Lover...) are good enough to squeeze him into the top 30.

Notes: Though Steve Martin is a frequent host (15 appearances), he has never actually been a cast-member on the show. Other notable hosts include Alec Baldwin (15), John Goodman (12), Tom Hanks (8), and Christopher Walken (7).

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The 30 Greatest South Park Moments

Written by Ben Pogany

15 seasons after Cartmen, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny first entered our living rooms, South Park continues to be one of the most brilliant, provocative, and downright hilarious shows on tv. After sifting through 216 episodes, here are Definitive Dose's picks for the 30 most awesomely hilarious moments thus far.

$3.50--Watch Clip

Dey Tuk er Jobs! -- Watch Clip
Stupid Mongorians! -- Watch Clip

Scott Tennerman Eats Cartman's Chili con Carne -- Watch Clip
"People Who Annoy You" -- Watch Clip
Kyle's Mom's A Bitch--Watch Clip
Trapped in the Closet -- Watch Clip
Tacos and Burritos -- Watch Clip
A Lonely Jew On Christmas-- Watch Clip

Lemiwinks -- Watch Clip
Kanye is a Gay Fish, Yo-- Watch Clip

"Whateva, I Do What I Want!"-- Watch Clip
Mr. Jefferson's Slumber Party -- Watch Clip
"Towelie, You're The Worst Character Ever" -- Watch Clip
Chocolate Salty Balls -- Watch Clip
Cartman's Dry Balls Dream -- Watch Clip
Montage! -- Watch Clip
Cartman Takes The Passion Too Far- Watch Clip
Professor Chaos Goes Anime- Watch Clip

Randy Chases The Dragon -- Watch Clip
"They Put A Little Suit On Him!"--Watch Clip
"Stick Your Finger In My Thresher"- Watch Clip
Cripple Fight!! -- Watch Clip

Cartmen Sings Poker Face- Watch Clip
World of Warcraft- Watch Clip
"No Kitty This Is My Pot Pie!"- Watch Clip
Jew Gold- Watch Clip
Chef Returns- Watch Clip
Butt Faces -- Watch Clip
Douche and a Turd Sandwich-- Watch Clip

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The 20 Biggest Movie Douchebags

Written by Ben Pogany

1) Biff Tannen
Back to the Future

---"Hey butthead! Say hello to your mom for me."

2) Shooter McGavin
Happy Gilmore
---"Damn you people. Go back to your shanties."

3) Sensei John Kreese
The Karate Kid
---"Sweep the Leg"

4) Walter Peck
Ghostbusters
---"Frankly there have been a lot of wild stories in the media and we want to assess any possible environmental impact from your operation like the presence of noxious, possibly hazardous waste chemicals in your basement. Now either you show me what is down there or I come back with a court order."

5) Fred O'Bannion
Dazed and Confused
---"Y'all ready to bust some ass?"

6) Clark
Good Will Hunting
---"I was just hoping you might give me some insight into the evolution of the market economy in the southern colonies. My contention is that prior to the Revolutionary War, the economic modalities, especially in the southern colonies, could most aptly be characterized as agrarian precapitalism..."

7) Bill Lumbergh
Office Space
---"Oh, oh, and I almost forgot. Ahh, I'm also gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Sunday, too..."

8) Percy
The Green Mile
---"I didn't know the sponge was supposed to be wet."

9) Ernie McCracken
Kingpin
---"Do me a favor, will you? Would you mind washing off that perfume before you come back to our table?

10) Eric Gordon
Billy Madison
---"Well, 'sorry' doesn't put the Triscuit crackers in my stomach now, does it Carl?"

11) Caledon Hockley
Titanic
---"Where are you going? To him? To be a whore to a gutter rat?"

12) Charlie Dillon
School Ties

---"You know something? I'm still gonna get into Harvard. And in 10 years no one will remember any of this. But you'll still be a goddamn Jew."

13) Harry Ellis
Die Hard
---"Hey babe, I negotiate million dollar deals for breakfast. I think I can handle this Eurotrash. "

14) Derek
Step Brothers
---"I am the VP of the biggest executive helicopter leasing company on the western seaboard. I haven't had a carb since 2004. Check these out."

15) Prince Humperdinck
The Princess Bride

---"Tyrone, you know how much I love watching you work, but I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder and Guilder to frame for it; I'm swamped."

16) Sack Lodge
Wedding Crashers
"I hunt quail, Jeremy. They're overpopulated in this region and they're decimating the grubworm population. You got a fucking problem with that?"

17) Principal Ed Rooney
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
---"I did not achieve this position in life by having some snot-nosed punk leave my cheese out in the wind."

18) Judge Smails
Caddyshack
---"Well, the world needs ditch diggers, too."

19) Dean Gordon 'Cheese' Pritchard
Old School
---"This is me leaving."

20) White Goodman

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

---"Nobody makes me bleed my own blood - nobody!"

Honorable Mentions:
Carter Burke- Aliens, Douglas C. Neidermeyer- Animal House, Buzz McCallister- Home Alone, Mike Damone- Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Richard- Van Wilder, Stifler- American Pie, Ace Merrill- Stand By Me, Pat Healy- There's Something About Mary, Tony Perkis- Heavyweights, Stan Gable- Revenge of the Nerds, Col. William Tavington- The Patriot, Dave Harken- Horrible Bosses.

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Love That Dirty Water

Written by Ben Pogany

Say what you will about Ben Affleck the person, but its getting harder and harder to argue with the merits of Ben Affleck the screenwriter and director. Bennifer 2.0 has come along way since the hollywood punchline days of Gigli and Daredevil (both of which garnered him a worst actor golden raspberry) and has found new life as the screenwriter and director of Gone, Baby, Gone and the newly acclaimed The Town. Even better, he's gone above and beyond to put Boston back on the cinematic map. Seemed like a good time to break out the ten best Boston-based flicks of the generation.