Tag Archives: Hollywood

“You people are insane!! These movies are TERRIBLE!!!”

What’s your favourite scene in Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Bill Murray and Martin Landau’s best movie? (I’ve written an appreciation of Ed Wood for the new online arts mag Culture Kicks.) Here’s mine.

January 28, 2013 – 4:07 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in film, popular culture | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

“Don’t you have a poster of Matthew McConaughey in your room?”

April 28, 2012 – 2:29 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in commentary | Tagged , , | Comments Off

Muscle: Hollywood’s Biggest Special Effect

By Mark Simpson (Independent on Sunday 31 March, 2002) Guys! Do you worry that your body isn’t sufficiently lean and muscular? Do you frequently compare your muscles with other men’s? If you see a man who is clearly more muscular than you, do you think about it and feel envious for some time afterwards? If …

July 25, 2010 – 1:04 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in article, journalism, metrosexual | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (4)

Gore Vidal Turns Off The Lights on the American Dream

Mark Simpson speaks to the mother of Myra Breckinridge and scourge of imperialism, monotheism and monosexuality (Arena Hommes Plus, Summer 2009)   I’m having trouble hearing the last living Great American Man of Letters. He says something else I don’t hear and I ask him to repeat it. Suddenly this 83 year old legend is …

May 19, 2009 – 10:35 am | By Mark Simpson | Posted in article, interviews, journalism | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (27)

Metro Cowboy to Play Metro Athlete

Hollywood has apparently taken note of the global publicity surrounding uber-metrosexual English footballer David Beckham’s arrival in Tinseltown and decided to dust off America’s own, discarded metrosexual sportsman prototype, 1960s flamboyant, fur-coat wearing NFL quarterback Joe Namath and give it the big-screen treatment. Jake Gyllenhaal is to play Namath — popularly dubbed ‘Broadway Joe’ — …

November 28, 2007 – 7:48 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in metrosexual, sporno | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (2)