10) King of New York – Good movie. I like Christopher Walken.

9) Snatch – Some of Brad Pitt’s finer work. Couldn’t really understand a word he said, but it was still a good performance.

The real Serpico and Pacino as Serpico

8) Serpico – If you’re thinking this one doesn’t fit the category you’re wrong. Wearing a badge doesn’t stop you from being a criminal. This is a great movie, especially because Frank Serpico’s story is a true one.

7) Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels – Dangerous criminals + stupid criminals may be a recipe for disaster, but it makes for a good movie.

6) Pulp Fiction - All-star cast and a plot with lots of twists and turns. I’ve seen this dozens of times and I can still find little things that I’ve never noticed before.

5) The Untouchables – Kevin Costner and Sean Connery are awesome in this movie. It’s a great depiction of the mafia during the mafias hay-day - back when everyone owned a Tommy gun.

4) Donnie Brasco – Most movies where an undercover agent infiltrates the mob is full of suspense – this one takes the cake. Its funny with this film how you start to feel bad for the “bad guy” and begin to dislike the “good guy”.

3) Casino – Very brutal movie that shows how organized crime expanded from New York and Chicago to Las Vegas. Love everything about the movie except the part that takes place in the corn field – I don’t think I’ve watched that entire scene with my eyes open, ever.

2) The Departed – In my opinion, this is a modern classic. It’s one of those movies where the good guys are bad, the bad guys are good, and as for everyone in between, you really don’t know where they stand. It’s a shame that Scorsese had to wait so long for an Oscar, but I think he definitely deserved it for this movie.

1) Goodfellas – Hands down my favorite organized crime movie of all time. I think it’s just about perfect. It has an excellent cast and tells an excellent story, from beginning to end. You really get to know and like the characters, especially since you are first introduced to them when they are children. Plus, any movie that can make Layla feel so creepy gets a lot of cred in my book:

Honorable Mentions: Once Upon a Time in America, Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead, State of Grace, Eight Heads in a Duffel Bag, Made, Blow, Scarface… oh, and those Godfather. I’m only mentioning the Godfather movies because without them, the movies on my list may have never been made. I just don’t love the Godfather movies like everyone else does. I’ll probably wake up in the morning with a picture of a horse head in my inbox for saying that, but I’m just being honest.

Comments are welcome!

- Krissy

If you love or even like video games or horror movies, and absolutely hate every pile of Uwe Boll shite to come down from his self proclaimed almighty hand, please click on this link.

http://www.petitiononline.com/RRH53888/petition.html

Uwe Boll

From FEARnet’s interview with Uwe Boll:

FN: Are you aware that there is a petition online, signed by 18,000 people, requesting that you stop making movies?

FN: Hear that, haters? A challenge!

Keep in mind this is a man who has given us such golden quotes as:
“I’m not a fucking retard like Michael Bay or other people running around in the business or Eli Roth making the same shitty movies over and over again,” says Boll. “If you really look at my movies you will see my real genius you know, and if you go on May 23 on Postal you will see that I deliver a movie what nobody else delivered in the last 10 years, what is way better as all that social critic George Clooney bullshit what you get every fucking weekend.”*

and:
“You have to really wake up and you have to see me what I am,” he says. “I am the only genius in the whole fucking business. Goodbye.”*

What’s wrong with Michael Bay’s films? Sure no one likes them all, but you can say that of any film maker. Hell, I love Kubrick and still hated Eyes Wide Shut. Can you say Michael Bay half asses it and does a shitty job? No. Does he actually research his subject matter and try to deliver what the fans of the content want? Yes. Transformers is one of the best examples ever of successfully making a film version of any comic, cartoon, super hero, or video game. It included all those details that you look for as a fan of a particular subject. Does Uwe Boll use storylines that have nothing to do with the source material? Yes. Is there very little content even referencing the source material? Yes. WTF?

And don’t give me that major production house/money/backing/advertising crap. Uwe’s movies sell themselves based on the fact that they are already popular games, and so there is a built in market of those who loved the game. Money and backing don’t make or break a film either, huge productions have had horrible results while some small budget films (Desperado, anyone?) have had huge success.

In fact, Uwe Boll, you do make the same shitty movie over and over again, and I dread hearing your name when I hear of a new movie that would have potential if it didn’t have your asshattery all over it.

*Thank you Ozymand for finding these quotes.

- Kali

We would like for you to post lists pertaining to pop-culture, music, movies, television or video games on our site. Ok, it’s not a huge announcement. It’s not like as big as when the “Old Folks” announced their reunion tour, but at least this announcement doesn’t suck. I know, it’s not like having a website full of random lists is a new concept, but lists are fun, so we’re doing it anyways. Here are some reasons as to why we want to do this in descending order:

5) People make mental lists of things. People like to share lists on the interweb.
4) People have short attention spans. Lists are easy to read and comprehend.
3) Everyone ’s VH1 list shows (you know you do!). This will be like that. Only difference is: you have to read it.
2) As previously mentioned, lists are fun.
1) People have short attention spans. Lists are easy to make.

Your lists can be about anything pop-culture related. We want your opinions to be heard, even if you don’t want to write an “opinion piece” about a particular subject. We also want to encourage people to comment on your opinions, because that’s what they like to do. Your lists, for example, could be about:

- Your favorite video games.
- Favorite musicians with one-word names (i.e. Madonna, Prince, Bono, etc).
- Best movies featuring Mathew Lillard.
- Stupidest You Tube videos to appear on a real television show.
- Reasons why “sophomore” albums of new bands are absolute crap.

Your topic can be very specific or completely broad – it’s up to you. Make sure to send these lists to blendetta@verizon.net. You know you want to.

Blendetta is a pop culture blog.

Wait a sec, before you totally die of boredom, yes we are aware that finding a pop culture blog is about as easy as finding porn spam in your bulk message folder. But we’d like to think Blendetta gives you a little something different. Why’s that? Well, first of all, the content on Blendetta is provided entirely by you. And by “you,” we mean anyone with an opinion on music, movies, television, video games, or whatever else the kids are into these days. Want to write three sentences about how psyched you are to beat Metal Gear Solid? Fine with us. Want to write three pages about how emo is, like, so 2007? Good times. There are no limitations on what you can or can’t write for Blendetta. And remember to check the blog regularly to find posts from a few mildly famous people – cause, you know, they’ve got opinions too.

And that’s just the beginning. Think your writing deserves even more acclaim than the legion of fans posting on Blendetta is sure to earn you? Well, from time to time, we’ll be selecting the best posts from the blog to feature on sister site Rock Star Journalism, a webzine that has covered artists working outside the mainstream for the past four years.

What are you waiting for? Send your submissions right now! Unless you’d like your posts to appear anonymously, please include your name, email and / or website address. Feel free to include any links, pictures, videos, etc. that you would like to see with your posts.