Maxim - May, 2008

Chuck Palahniuk, author
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The 300 Movies You Must See Before You Die

Comedy

Top Picks
The Big Lebowski
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Kingpin
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
This is Spinal Tap
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Other
Airplane
Animal House
American Pie
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Bachelor Party
Bananas
Beverly Hills Cop
Blazing Saddles
Caddyshack
The Cannonball Run
Clerks
Dazed and Confused
Duck Soup
Dumb and Dumber
Election
The 40-year-old Virgin
Ghostbusters
Groundhog Day
Happy Gilmore
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Jerk
Modern Times
The Nutty Professor
Office Space
Old School
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Princess Bride
Raising Arizona
Sixteen Candles
Some Like It Hot
Trading Places
Vacation
Wedding Crashers
Wet Hot American Summer
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Young Frankenstein

War

Top Picks
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Dr. Strangelove
The Deer Hunter

Other
Apocalypse Now
Black Hawk Down
The Dirty Dozen
Gallipoli
The Great Escape
MASH
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan

So Bad They're Good

Top Picks
Showgirls
Glen or Glenda

Other
Airport 1975
Barbarella
Battlefield Earth
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Death Race 2000
Phantom of the Paradise
Reefer Madness
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Toxic Avenger

Rebels

Top Picks
Cool Hand Luke
Taxi Driver
Sid & Nancy
Easy Rider

Other
Billy Jack
Dirty Harry
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Graduate
A History of Violence
The Hustler
The King of Comedy
Network
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Raging Bull
Risky Business
Smokey and the Bandit
Three Days of the Condor
Trainspotting

Classics

Top Picks
Lawrence of Arabia
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Adventures of Robin Hood

Other
Ben-Hur
Casablanca
Double Indemnity
Metropolis
The Night of the Hunter
On the Waterfront
The Third Man
Touch of Evil
Vertigo
White Heat
The Wizard of Oz

Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Top Picks
Starship Troopers
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Empire Strikes Back

Other
Alien/Aliens
Back to the Future
Blade Runner
Children of Men
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
ET
King Kong
Planet of the Apes
Star Wars
Terminator/T2

Horror

Top Picks
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead

Other
Carrie
The Exorcist
The Fly
Halloween
Jaws
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Psycho
Rosemary's Baby
The Shining
28 Days Later

Westerns

Top Picks
The Searchers
Jeremiah Johnson
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Other
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
High Noon
High Plains Drifter
Tombstone
True Grit
Unforgiven
The Wild Bunch

Buddy Movies

Top Picks
The Last Detail
Top Gun
Superbad
Deliverance

Other
American Graffiti
The Blues Brothers
Breaking Away
Glengarry GlenRoss
The Goonies
Lethal Weapon
The Right Stuff
Saturday Night Fever
The Shawshank Redemption
Stand by Me
Stripes
Swingers
The Warriors

Action

Top Picks
Rocky I-IV
The Matrix
The Road Warrior

Other
Batman
Batman Begins
Battle Royale
Bourne trilogy
Braveheart
Clash of the Titans
Die Hard
Enter the Dragon
Face/Off
First Blood
48 Hrs
Gladiator
The Incredibles
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and 2
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Predator
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Speed
Spider-Man

Art House

Top Picks
City of God
A Clockwork Orange
Annie Hall
Withnail and I
Midnight Cowboy

Other
Badlands
The Bicycle Thief
The Conversation
Do the Right Thing
Elephant Man
The Last Picture Show
Repo Man
Rushmore
Short Cuts
There Will Be Blood

Mindbenders

Top Picks
Akira
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Others
Beetlejuice
Blue Velvet
Brazil
Donnie Darko
Edward Scissorhands
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fight Club
Memento
Pink Floyd: The Wall
The Manchurian Candidate

Cops

Top Picks
Bullitt
To Live and Die in LA
Hard Boiled

Other
Bad Lieutenant
Chinatown
The Departed
Donnie Brasco
Fargo
The French Connection
RoboCop
Se7en
Shaft
The Silence of the Lambs
The Untouchables

Criminals

Top Picks
The Godfather I and II
No Country For Old Men
Bonnie and Clyde
Reservoir Dogs

Others
Atlantic City
Bad Boys
Bloody Mama
The Boyz From Brazil
Boyz N the Hood
Carlito's Way
Casino
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Dog Day Afternoon
The Getaway
Get Carter
Goodfellas
Heat
A History of Violence
In Cold Blood
The Long Good Friday
Mean Streets
Natural Born Killers
Pulp Fiction
River's Edge
Scarface
Sexy Beast
Sin City
Super Fly
True Romance

The Master Class
Breathless
Citizen Kane
La Dolce Vita
Seven Samurai
The 400 Blows
The Seventh Seal
Un Chien Andalou

Sequels That Are Better Than The Original
Bride of Frankenstein
Evil Dead II
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan
Superman II
Terminator 2
The Empire Strikes Back

Non-Boring Documentaries
Brother's Keeper
Don't Look Back
Gimme Shelter
Hoop Dreams
Pumping Iron
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
When We Were Kings

Essential James Bond Movies
Casino Royale
Goldfinger
The Spy Who Loved Me
Live and Let Die
You Only Live Twice

Best Movies With Puppets
Being John Malkovich
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Team America
The Dark Crystal
The Muppet Movie
Weekend at Bernie's

Movies You Need to See Once, But Are So Traumatic That You Never Need to See Again
Leaving Las Vegas
Million Dollar Baby
Requiem For a Dream
Schindler's List
United 93

The Super B's, B-list superheroes who deserve their shot in a movie
She-Hulk (short list: Jessica Biel, Katherine Heigl)
Luke Cage (Will Smith)
Captain Canuck (Keanu Reeves)
Black Widow (Jessica Alba)
Nixon (Nicolas Cage)
The Sandman (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers)
The Savage Dragon (The Rock)
Emma Frost (Charlize Theron)
The Flaming Carrot (Carrot Top)
The Green Arrow (Sean Penn)
Thor (Matthew McConaughey)
Nick Fury (Martin Lawrence)

History of Violence, the blood-soaked world of New York's Five Families

Bonnano: founded by Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno Sr., the story of the family was told by Gay Talese in "Honor They Father". In the 70s, Federal Agent Joe "Donnie Brasco" Pistone famously infiltrated the group.

Gambino: in 1957, Carlo Gambino, said to be the primary inspiration for Vito Corleone in The Godfather, took over the family that now bears his name. It's long been the most powerful of the five families.

Colombo: originally known as the Profaci family, the Colombos gained renown under fame-hungry boss Joe Colombo. The 1971 film "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" is based on a faction of the family.

Genovese: the family founded by "Lucky" Luciano and later run by Vito Genovese, was taken over by the "Oddfather", Vincent "The Chin" Gigante, who's said to be the model for Uncle Junior in The Sopranos.

Lucchese: famous among movie fans as the inspiration for GoodFellas, the Lucchese family rose to power under boss Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese. The New Jersey contingent inspired The Sopranos.

Fit To Fly, working out your legs with Dwight Howard

1. Quadriceps: Lunge

Beginner: take a large step (3 ft) forward, plant your front food, and lower your back knee to about an inch from the ground. Push back up to a standing position, switch legs, and repeat. Try four sets of 10 per leg.

Intermediate: throw the lunge into reverse. Grab a medicine ball or dumbbells and take a big step backward, this time dropping the knee of the stepping leg. Drive that knee forward to stand again, switch legs, and repeat. Try four sets of 10 per leg.

Advanced: holding dumbbells at your sides, place the sole of one foot on a stability ball or bench behind you. Slowly lower front leg to form 90-degree angles with each knee. Try four sets of 10 per leg.

Gastrocnemius: Donkey Calf Raise

Beginner: stand bent-over next to a railing, holding it for support. With legs straight and back flat, contract calves to rise up to your toes. Count two to lift, four to lower, and repeat. Try four sets of 10.

Intermediate: from same position, but with a step under the balls of your feet, cross your left foot behind your right ankle, slowly lower your right heel toward the floor, then rise up as high as possible. Try four sets of 12 per leg.

Advanced: do either of the first two exercises with extra resistance, such as a dip belt, weight plates, or someone on your back. Five sets of 10.

Hamstrings, Glutes: Stability Ball Bridge

Beginner: lie on your back with your lower legs on a stability ball. Contracting your abs and glutes, press your legs into the ball to lift your hips until your body forms a straight line. Hold for three seconds, lower down, and repeat. Three to four sets of 15.

Intermediate: from the hips-up position, bend your knees to bring them toward your chest while rolling the ball to the soles of your feet. Slowly return to the starting position and repeat. Four sets of 12.

Advanced: this time, once your hips are up, point one leg straight up. Keep your lower back firm as you curl the ball with your other leg. Do all reps with one leg, then switch without letting your butt hit the ground. Four sets of 12.