User:Brittle heaven/Stuff
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some favourite stuff ... in no particular order ...
Contents |
[edit] Wiki articles
For it's sheer brilliance, it's well worth visiting 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake. This is as close as it gets to a blueprint for high quality article writing.
Another article to check out is Woody Allen. Whether you love or hate the man and his movies, his quotes and philosophical musings are nothing short of pure genius. Just click the Wikiquote link in Woody's 'External links' section.
The epigrams included for Harry Hill and Jimmy Carr are similarly amusing.
For a more varied list of humorous wiki articles, simply follow the recommendations of User:TheMadBaron.
[edit] 20 Chess Players
Viktor Korchnoi; Oleg Romanishin; Alexander Morozevich; Julian Hodgson; Mikhail Tal; David Bronstein; John Nunn; Bobby Fischer; Miguel Najdorf; Tony Miles; Alexei Shirov; Garry Kasparov; Simen Agdestein; Viswanathan Anand; Viacheslav Ragozin; Peter Svidler; Rafael Vaganian; Paul Morphy; Tigran Petrosian; Svetozar Gligoric.
[edit] 20 Actors
Kevin Spacey; Clint Eastwood; Matt Dillon; Mickey Rourke; Samuel L Jackson; Mel Gibson; John Cusack; Russell Crowe; Antonio Banderas; Guy Pearce; Jim Caviezel; Bruce Willis; Morgan Freeman; Dennis Hopper; Christopher Walken; Jean Reno; Richard Dreyfuss; Steve Buscemi; Robert De Niro; Sean Penn.
[edit] 20 Actresses
Kirsten Dunst; Faye Dunaway; Nicole Kidman; Uma Thurman; Cameron Diaz; Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio; Patricia Arquette; Daryl Hannah; Milla Jovovich; Angelina Jolie; Laura Dern; Sigourney Weaver; Debra Winger; Sandra Bullock; Katie Holmes; Isabelle Adjani; Jodie Foster; Emmanuelle Béart; Keira Knightley; Anna Friel.
[edit] 10 Comedians
Bill Hicks; Ricky Gervais; Woody Allen; Harry Hill; Jim Carrey; Ben Stiller; Denis Leary; Matt Lucas; David Walliams; Jimmy Carr.
[edit] 10 Movie Directors
Ridley Scott; Quentin Tarantino; John Hughes; Robert Rodriguez; Wolfgang Peterson; Luc Besson; Tony Scott; James Cameron; John McTiernan; M. Night Shyamalan.
[edit] 150 Music Artists
This Mortal Coil; Soundtrack Of Our Lives; Enigma (musical project); Colourbox; Balligomingo; A Camp; The Blue Aeroplanes; The Cult; Lowlife (band); The Adventures; Leaves' Eyes; Claudia Brücken; Porcupine Tree; Kent (band); Belinda Carlisle; The Room; Kylie Minogue; Grace Jones; Delerium; Garbage (band); Propaganda (band); The Wild Swans (band); Grant McLennan; Adrian Borland; VAS (band); Amethystium; Television (band); Then Jerico; Siouxsie And The Banshees; Placebo (band); Ian McNabb; Lush; The Heart Throbs (band); Editors; Spear of Destiny (band); Danielle Dax; New Order; Emiliana Torrini; B-Tribe; After Forever; Comsat Angels; Lilac Time; The Lotus Eaters (new wave); Cocteau Twins; Conjure One; The Snake Corps; No-Man; Fatal Charm; Doves; Jazz Butcher; Oceania (band); The Sisters Of Mercy; Myslovitz; Blow Monkeys; Julian Cope; Sacred Spirit; Fleetwood Mac; The Sound; The Gathering (band); Pixies; Spirea X; The Killers; The Chameleons; Sad Lovers & Giants; Gene Loves Jezebel; Interpol (band); Care (band); Joy Division; Sarah Brightman; Keane; The Cardigans; Anggun; Mew (band); Within Temptation; Sigur Ros; Echo & the Bunnymen; Act (band); Coldplay; The Hummingbirds; Curve (band); Sarah McLachlan; Bjork; Lisa Gerrard; Crowded House; B-Movie (band); Alpinestars; The Go-Betweens; Lacuna Coil; Magazine (band); Madonna (entertainer); The Lucy Show (band); The Cranberries; Clan Of Xymox; Genesis (band); State of Grace (British band); The House Of Love; The Doors; Talking Heads; The Waterboys; Travis (band); King Crimson; The Cure; Wannadies; Talk Talk; The Sundays; The Sun and the Moon; Moby; Kitchens Of Distinction; The Mock Turtles; Icicle Works; Deep Forest; Idlewild (band); Lloyd Cole & The Commotions; Leaves; Bluetones; B-52's; Electronic (band); Natalie Imbruglia; Gipsy Kings; Psychedelic Furs; Red Lorry Yellow Lorry; Modern English (band); R.E.M. (band); The Snapdragons; Ofra Haza; Split Enz; Ride (band); Stone Roses; The The; Onetwo (band); Dead Can Dance; Oasis (band); Blackfield; Radiohead; Ian McCulloch (singer); The Chills; Pink Floyd; Blondie (band); The Smiths; Evanescence; A Flock Of Seagulls; Geneva (band); Midnattsol; Coloursound (band); The Lover Speaks; Babybird; Prefab Sprout; The Clash; The Mission (UK); Skin Games.
[edit] 150 (English speaking) Movies
Homeboy (film); Léon; Notting Hill (film); 2 Days in the Valley; Roxanne (film); The Last Boy Scout; Rumblefish; Equilibrium (2002 film); Ben-Hur (1959 film); Three Kings (film); Terminator 2: Judgment Day; Grosse Pointe Blank; Troy (film); Taxi Driver; Crazy/Beautiful; Escape from Alcatraz (film); Hostage (film); The Postman; Million Dollar Baby; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; Armageddon (film); A Clockwork Orange (film); Dead Calm (film); The 13th Warrior; Dirty Harry; Fatal Attraction; Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; Revenge (film); Weird Science; Field Of Dreams; Terms of Endearment; A Beautiful Mind (film); Dangerous Liaisons; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film); Desperado (film); The Shawshank Redemption; I, Robot (film); Wild at Heart (film); Total Recall (film); Four Rooms; Mr. Destiny; The Fifth Element; K-PAX (film); The Mask (film); Smokin Aces; The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc; A League Of Their Own; The Big Blue; The Gift (film); The Abyss; Aliens (1986 film); Stakeout; Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome; Love Actually; Pulp Fiction; Blade Runner; The Mask of Zorro; Mrs Doubtfire; Kill Bill; Cool Hand Luke; The Breakfast Club; Far and Away; Sense and Sensibility (film); Die Hard; True Romance; Howards End (film); From Dusk Till Dawn; Dumb And Dumber; Kate & Leopold; A Fistful of Dollars; Bring It On (film); Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Signs (film); A Time to Kill (film); Minority Report (film); The Bridge on the River Kwai; Betrayed (1988 film); Uncle Buck; Starship Troopers (film); Angel Eyes (film); Jackie Brown (film); Cast Away; Chinatown (film); My Best Friend's Wedding; The Remains of the Day (film); Sin City; Blue Velvet; Racing with the Moon; The Green Mile (film); The Hot Spot; Femme Fatale (2002 film); Independence Day (film); Class (film); Lethal Weapon; Black Widow (1987 film); Payback; The Matrix; The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film); Backdraft (film); LA Confidential; Pretty In Pink; Gladiator (film); After Hours (film); Die Hard with a Vengeance; War of the Worlds (2005 film); Spider-Man (film); Vanilla Sky; Lucky Number Slevin; Terminator 3; Seven (film); Shakespeare in Love; Kindergarten Cop; Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film); Spartacus (film); Midnight Run; Waterworld; Strange Days (film); St. Elmo's Fire (film); Some Kind of Wonderful; Kill Bill 2; Speed (film); Unbreakable; There's Something About Mary; For a Few Dollars More; The Legend of Zorro; True Lies; Fargo (film); Meet The Parents; Silent Running; Titanic (1997 film); Pearl Harbor (film); The Bourne Identity (film); XXX (film); Grand Canyon (film); Memento; U-Turn; The Count of Monte Cristo (2002 movie); Spider-Man 2; The Jerk (film); Gattaca; Buffalo 66; Reservoir Dogs; Raiders of the Lost Ark; Cape Fear (1991 film); Ace Ventura: Pet Detective; Sixth Sense; The Last Samurai; Bruce Almighty; Angel Heart.
[edit] 10 (French speaking) Movies
Jean de Florette; La Reine Margot (Queen Margot); Amelie; Delicatessen (film); Betty Blue; Péril en la Demeure (Death In A French Garden); L'été meurtrier (One Deadly Summer); Manon des Sources; Wasabi (film); La Femme Nikita.
