Top 5 Hollywood Dons ;/

1. Christian Bale

I first saw him in Reign of Fire, a bad film but made watchable only because of Christian. I then caught Equilibrium, remembering Bale, and again enjoyed the film. When Harsh Times came out, that was it, I saw the poster and knew it was gonna be good! And it was better than even I imagined xD Except for the somewhat sad ending, but I won't spoil it for potential viewers reading. The Machinist, Batman, Terminator Salvation, American Psycho and now The Big Short! He's the top don for me hehe! Even went back and saw the film of when he was little kid lol Empire of The Sun xD

Is it anything to do that he from UK like me? Well, maybe, maybe I subconsciously saw that and it affected me. Anyway I have somewhat lived life with Christian, going back and watching Empire of The Sun, Christian was in Japan as a little kid, which reminded me of my half-japanese roots. In Harsh Times, he is very much basically a latin guy (my other half!). First saw Reign of Fire maybe 10 or 11 years ago? Long time. And when I was watching The Big Short a few weeks ago in the cinema there was a scene where he was listening to a song by Darkest Hour one of my favourite metal bands, but not many people have heard of them. Some sort of fate going on? I'd like to believe!

2. Leonardo DiCaprio

The Departed! The hook film that made me an insta-fan xD But after that he didn't disappoint me as he ruled in a bunch of other films: Blood Diamond, Gangs of New York, The Basketball Diaries, The Wolf of Wallstreet and recently The Revenant which I went to see last week!

3. Willem Dafoe

I saw The Last Temptation of Christ recently, that and his somewhat similar role & performance in Platoon (I think) cements Dafoe's inclusion in this list. Other good films he's acted in are Born on the 4th July and Spiderman. I must also note here that his name is mentioned to great effect in one of my favourite rap songs by Goretex, a track called 'Momentary Lapse of Reason' ;0

4. Robert DeNiro

The true Don? Many people would say so. When you watch Taxi Driver... well no words necessary really! "Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape. I'm God's lonely man..." when you heard Rob utter these words at the beginning of Taxi Driver (and you're a kind of young, lonely guy watching yourself, let's say, as I kinda was) it hits you, and you know you want to keep watching and will probably, hopefully, enjoy this film very much. And I did.

And then of course, Goodfellas, Casino, The Deerhunter, I even liked him in his original Mean Streets. And to be honest I can even catch Meet The Fockers on tv and enjoy it!

5. Keanu Reeves

hellz yes, how I could not include Neo The One in my list? You'll notice I went for the lesser known Street Kings though, in chosen picture. Yes The Matrix, and Keanu in said film, was stunning but what about his other stuff? If you haven't seen Street Kings (by one of my favourite directors David Ayer, who did Harsh Times too!) and are a fan of Keanu you need to check that! Also who can forget the iconic Bill & Ted and Point Break xD

Runners-Up

Bruce Willis very close between him and Reeves. John McClane, 12 Monkeys and his boxer role in Pulp Fiction means he is #1 runner-up!

Al Pacino ooh another close one

Arnold Swartzenegger hasta la vista baby xD

Aaron Paul, newbie but this guy has potential for me!

Brad Pitt, Fight Club was wow, also his crazy guy role in 12 Monkeys. Anything else? Meh.

Jim Carrey, ok a comedy actor but I had to include this guy!

Tom Hardy

My Top 10 cds from The Wu-Tang Clan

man, I love this legendary hip hop crew. I used to really love them back in my early teens! I remember buying the cd The Rza hits back in 1999 (I was 16 or so) and thinking, 'yup, this is very good'. I had listened to other hip hop from around that day e.g.EPMD, Tribe called quest, Busta Rhymes but Wu-Tang was the best. Then of course I started listening to 2pac, DMX and stuff.

1. Enter the 36 Chambers

the first strike, many people still say the best! Was so good, especially when it came out. This cd needs to be in everyone's collection whether you like hip hop, rap, rock, pop, dance or anything! Well maybe not if you like only pop xD

2. Raekwon Only built for Cuban linx

I've often said this is the best cd out of Wu-Tang, ever put out. And I'd probably stand by this :)

It's a classic for sure, and has survived right up to forefront of music today.

3. Gza Liquid Swordz

Along with the last 2 albums listed, this is the 3rd first-wave Wu album in my top 10. Like the above 2 pretty much essential, everyone knows this was 1 hell of an album where Gza rapped as best as he ever could. I have the Gza album after this one also ('Beneath the Surface'), which I have to say is excellent also, though I was put off at first by silly, annoying skits on that album hehe.

4. Wu-Chronicles

2 of the 16 tracks are direct duplicates of songs found in the above 2 albums, however the other 14 tracks makes this album worth getting. Volume 2 was also excellent!

5. Ghostface Supreme Clientele

Gone for Ghostface's second release, which I'd say is better than his first album. Too many great songs on here, with a fantastic flow from the high-pitched sounding Wu-member. Just a shame that the version of Ghostdeini on this is the inferior remixed version, the original (only found on Canadian versions of the album apparently bizarrely so) was much better!

6. The Definitive Ol' Dirty Bastard Story [CD + DVD]

the best songs from the ODB (r.i.p.) and also includes a great read about the history of ODB and the Wu in the booklet. It also has a DVD of a couple of music videos and little interview which is kinda cool.

7. Method Man Tical 2000 Judgement Day

man, this album was so good. Like Ghostface before, I believe it was even better than Method Man's debut, though I understand I maybe in the minority there! It's basically a team-up album with the Wu-Fam rapper Streetlife who is also an excellent rapper.

8. Wu-Tang Forever

"It's yours - double LP from Wu-Tang Clan!" Rza raps in 'It's Yourz' the last track on the first disc of this album. And thanks Rza! Yup this album is great indeed haha. Get the international version if you can it comes with an extra song by Rza called Sunshower, which is a good song (also some remix song which isn't that good). The Wu-Tang Clan album after this one ('The W' it was called), was actually kinda rubbish I thought. They picked it up again with 'Iron Flag' (their 4th album) which was great, but this 'Wu-Tang Forever' makes my number 8.

9. Killah Priest The Offering

Technically this guy is a Wu-Family member (not a Clan member) but I had to put this album on there. It's really, very good! The song Standstill with one of my favourite and best rappers on the planet (Immortal Technique) is mind-blowing.

10. Ghost Dog soundtrack

Topping off my list is the Rza produced Ghost Dog soundtrack. Fantastic, featuring not only very good songs from Clan and Fam members, also really good rappers not in Wu, but similar to them. Cool quotes from Ghost Dog, from the film also. The amazing North Star & Rza track 4 Sho Sho alone means this had to make the list!

some runners-up:

Wu-Tang Clan Old School Kung-Fu dvd

Disciples Of The 36 Chambers: Chapter 2 dvd
Method Man & Redman - Blackout
Inspectah Deck - Uncontrolled Substance
Wu-Tang The Sting

Shyheim - Manchild

Sunz of Man - The Old Testament

Killarmy - Dirty Weaponry

Bobby Digital presents: North Star 

I met DJ Westwood a few years ago, I listened to tunes like this alot on his radio show

Top 10 PSP games (in no particular order)

heh the Sony PSP to me will always be the greatest videogames handheld. As a massive fan of games (and films! which you can also watch on a PSP) it's a good list to start my blog with :D My PSP has accompanied me to a great many places, on work placements far away, at stays at friends or family's houses, or when I have tripped to foreign lands! I mentioned films before because I have used it not only to play some great games but also to watch great TV and films that were available from the massive library of video UMDs Sony were able to produce (and are really cheap to buy now!). Tbh I have owned a few of these things (my first was stolen when I stupidly left my bag somewhere many a year ago -_-), my favourite and the one I currently use is a lovely white Street PSP aka the PSP-e1003 ^_^

1. Ratchet & Clank Size Matters

I remember once declaring this the best game on the PSP, after completing it a few years ago. And I’d probably still have to stand by that declaration. After changing the controls (which the game lets you do very impressively), playing and controlling little Ratchet on this psp game is a dream!

2. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

Probably my favourite GTA game ever. Characters and stories were just the best in this one! Rockstar opted to play you in the life and setting of classic New York Italian Mob, so fans of Goodfellas, Casino and other Scorsese etc. will enjoy this! Some very funny moments in this xD Fat Joe & Big Pun on the radio classic, also Moving Shadow.

3. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

As a massive fan of the orginal GTA1 all I have to say is: hellz yeh!! Incredibly fun top-down action, reminiscent of the very first (and 2nd) GTA game, and like GTA:LCS some very funny characters and stories in this! Is it better than GTA:LCS? That’s a very tough call xD

P.S. I didn’t actually like GTA:VCS that much, found it a bit boring =P

4. Tekken 6

I’m a big, BIG Tekken fan! And wow this tekken game for psp is great. Doesn’t have the cool scenario mode like in PS3 version but I play the amazing Ghost Battle vs. the CPU almost daily! Street Fighter Alpha 3 is also great on the psp but I prefer Tekken ;D

5. Final Fantasy: Crisis Core

I am a huge fan of Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy 7 in particular, so when I started playing this game – just wow! The settings were the same (e.g. Midgar), the story and action (combat system) were good (incorporating materia, just like in FF7) and the music was remixed versions of FF7 tunes! Which was fantastic! RPG greatness on the psp =D

6. Wipeout Pulse

The best racer on the PSP. I have Wipeout Pure also, but Pulse is easier to play, and more fun overall. I also have Burnout Dominator and Midnight Club which are also great, if you don’t fancy some futuristic hovercraft racing and prefer normal cars! I also had a need for speed game which was rubbish xD I can't remember which one it was though.
P.S. worth mentioning this game like all wipeout games had amazing electro soundtrack but I think the Wipeout Pure ost was slightly better.

7. Sonic Rivals

Could this be the best Sonic game I ever played? I do believe so ;D I put a 3D platformer game (with shooting too) as number 1 in my list, but this game takes the cake for the finest 2D platforming fun, it's superb. No Mario on the Sony PSP but no matter you have this! The sequal is also excellent, though I think I found it a bit hard. 

8. Medal of Honor Heroes

The very best fps for the PSP, I've done the research and could find none finer. The controls were excellent in this game, you used to the analogue nub to look left and right and the shoulder buttons to strafe. For some silly reason these controls were changed in the sequel (also on the psp), where you instead used x and o buttons to strafe. Why!? Anyway this game (the sequel also) is a great, fairly typical fps, set in WW2 times, as an allied soldier.

9. Wild Arms XF

ok I still haven't played (the apparently fantastic) Final Fantasy Tactic Psp. But I have played this, and it was amazing. I was a pretty big fan of the Wild Arms franchise (even though I had only played 1 and 3 :P), so my decision to buy this game when I saw it in the shop was hasty. Imagine my surprise when I realized it was a strategy rpg. A mere couple of hours into the game however I was hooked, the story, the characters, the system, the gameplay, the music and the graphics were all top to me! Yes sir, definitely makes the list :)

10. Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded

Topping off the list had to be this. More than just one game, 19 Capcom (whom any gamer worth his salt knows made fantastic games) classics on 1 psp disc. Street Fighter 2 Hyper Fighting (actually my favourite version of SF2, and it's arcade perfect here) is a real joy to play, then we have the amazing snes platformer Super Ghouls N Ghosts, which is superb. And the cool thing about Reloaded is you can save your games mid-way through (as if playing a normal game), so I can complete a couple of levels of Ghouls N Ghosts, then play something else, then come back later and start on level 3. Other fun favourites of mine here were Gun Smoke (pretty hard but fun once you've configured the buttons to how you like) and 1943 for some (admittedly rather mindless) shooty action. Capcom Classics Collection Remixed was also released but in my opinion this one (Reloaded) is better, it has better games.

And the best of the rest - some great psp games that didn't make my top 10:
Sega Megadrive Collection (had the awesome 2 original Sonic games!)
Breath Of Fire III (perfect port of one of the best PS1 games ever!)
Persona 3 Portable (only started playing this one recently, amazing)

Castlevania Dracula X (another one I added recently, I don't even have this it's stupidly expensive to buy but I played Symphony Of The Night, which is included in this game, recently on my Xbox, Microsoft actually gave the game away for free, and it's amazing!)

Blood Bowl
Burnout Dominator
Midnight Club LA Remix
Daxter
Tenchu Shadow Assassins
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Tekken 5: DR
Jak Frontier

a few more classics I'm sure I've yet to play!

Also don't forget all the great movie umds you can buy for psp to watch on the go! Kudos to the Sony PSP, my favourite portable gaming (and film!) device of all time =D