5 Greatest Sports Films Of All Time
What were the greatest sports films of all time? Based on the money brought into the box office (by 2013 totals modified for inflation), plus critical reception, and award recognition make the following five films the best of the best. I was surprised with some of the results. Did you favorite movies make this list? I know one of mine did.
Five Best Sci-Fi Novels By H.G. Wells
Today is the birthday of one of my favorite authors, H.G. Wells (Herbert George Wells). He was an English writer best known for his science fiction books, although, his non-fiction body of work was more numerous. With a writing career that spanned more than sixty years, H.G. Wells wrote more than 120 books and numerous short stories. He had controversial views on politics and social society and was outspoken on his view of war. He believed that a Utopia could exist and advocated Free Love. If you ever get the chance to read any of his non-fiction work, you can get a better understanding behind the man. Here is a list of five of his best science fiction novels which gave him a shared title of "The Father of Science Fiction". The others being Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. Read more...
Five Best Traitors In History That Weren’t All That Bad
Nobody likes a traitor, right? The word traitor really depends on who's side you are on. You don't have to be a dastardly person of low moral character to be deemed as one. This happens especially if you are the "other team". The following list of people are considered traitors by the people who wrote history. The legend of the story is sometimes more important than the truth and these people had reasons for going against what everybody else in the country believed in. Here are five traitors that really weren't all that bad and actually contributed to society. Read more...
Categories: History Tags: adolph hitler, Claus von Stauffenberg, cuban missile crisis, gunpowder plot, gunpowder rebellion, guy fawkes, guy fawkes night, John Adams, Julius Caesar, marcus brutus, octavious, operation valkyrie, revolutionary war, russian spy, thomas paine, tom cruise, William Shakespeare
Where Five Actors Got Their Start
Everyone has to start somewhere and it is usually on the bottom wrung. Everyone knows their names, but you probably didn't know they were in these famous movies. Here is a list of some of the most popular actors and the film roles that started it all. They may have done some minor television or commercial work before this, but these were there first movies. You might just be surprised how they got into these movies! Read more...
