This is not my list, it is the imdb list, called STARmeter, which is a poll using proprietary algorithms that take into account several measures of popularity for people, titles and companies. The primary measure is who and what people are looking at on the IMDb.com and IMDbPro websites. This can't be rigged because rankings are based on a cumulative total of more than 3 billion pageviews per month. Imdb has designed the ranking algorithm so that the actions of one user (or small group of users) … [Read more...]
Bukowski in Hollywood
"That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen." - Charles Bukowski (Women) Drinking is a problem. Not for those who drink, though. I'm not a fan of the great Bukowski, but I do appreciate him a lot, so I'm about to write about two movies based on his work. One of them is Barfly, with … [Read more...]