Actor Dennis Hopper died at his home on Saturday, May 24th after a protracted battle with prostate cancer. He was 74.
Hopper made his filmic debut alongside James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause, but he remains best known for his role alongside Peter fonda in breakout counterculture paean Easy Rider, which also supplied him with an Oscar nomination for best co-screenwriter, and while the quality of scripts he worked on varied over the years he remained a magnetic screen presence, bringing an eerie sense of restrained lunacy to roles ranging from the sublime Blue Velvet to the ridiculous Waterworld.
Never afraid to poke fun at himself or his image, Hopper most recently provided typically solid support in TV spin-off ‘Crash’, and managed to find time to pop up in small roles in the likes of ‘Entourage’ outside of his busy movie schedule. Outside of the acting world, he was also known as a talented and prolific sculptor, artist and particularly for his photographic work.
Hopper passed away quietly at his home surrounded by family and friends early on Saturday morning.
Never let it be said that Slashing The Seats isn’t ten hours behind on the latest memes, but hey, we’re making something of a habit of slagging off Iron Man lately, so we’re happy to display this latest ridiculous mashup by reclusive genius Patrick Boivan, and starring his ridiculously cute daughter. Yep, it’s stupid, but it’s still weirdly cool -it’s Iron Baby!
Rapidly becoming our favourite movie of the year starring a talking potato (After Mickey Rourke in Iron Man 2 obviously), Toy Story 3 is shaping up to be even more fun than it’s predecessors, with plenty of laughs for kids, and plenty of chances for accompanying parents to side with the toys as they try desperatly to escape the clutches of their tiny tot jailers – will Woody be reunited with a college-bound Andy? Will Potato Head get his ‘tache back? Will Buzz learn to fly? Well…yes actually, at least according to this new video that snuck out from Disney’s vaults earlier today:
Whuh? Why the hell’s a movie site talkin’ about them thar readin’ books? Next they’ll be askin’ us to be a-learnin’ on our own time, an that thars aginst God’s own will boy.
Generally speaking, we’d much rather watch the movie than read it’s literary counterpart, I mean, since when did books have flashing colours, Robocop and the possibility of a Jenny Agutter shower scene? And let’s not forget, movies are done in 2 hours straight, while a book can take aaaaages to plough through, particularly if it’s the latest chapter in the Twilight series and you keep hurling it out of the window halfway through.
While all the above reasons are 100% true by us, there are a few paperbacks out there that haven’t yet received the Peter Jackson overhaul (not a euphamism), so the staff at STS decided to head to the local library and steal a few weighty tomes. Here’s what we came back with – it’s our: Top 5 Books That Should Be Movies!
