Top 10 Hunks of 2003
Russell Crowe ("Master and Commander"):
Crowe inspired dreams of unmentionable pleasures whilst
commanding his frigate
in fitted breeches and an impossibly ruffly shirt.
Johnny Depp ("Pirates of the Caribbean"): One of
the greatest talents of his generation is also a shameless
scene-thief.
Who wouldn't
desire a pillage and plunder at the hands of Depp's seductive buccaneer?
Peter Dinklage ("The Station Agent"): Brooding, temperamental
and tremendously sensual; good things do come in small
packages.
Robert Duvall ("Open Range"): Nice guys don't float my boat,
but cantankerous is sexy as hell. Duvall roamed the range every
inch the tetchy cowpoke, and rode off into the sunset with my heart.
Colin Firth ("Girl With a Pearl Earring"): I can be had
for a guy with a ponytail; Firth's edgy and unkempt artist had
me at
hello.
Viggo Mortensen ("The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King"):
I nearly exploded when the sensual, cleft-chinned Aragorn (my only
Hunks List three-peater) led the Army of the Dead into the charge
of battle.
Bill Murray ("Lost in Translation"): Pitching Suntory Whiskey
or crooning off-key karaoke to Brian Ferry's moody anthem, Murray
gave me palpitations while giving unassuming a good name.
Sean Penn ("Mystic River"): Swaddled in black leather and
a Boston brogue, Penn's grieving neighborhood heavy was the poster
child for blue-collar heat.
Keanu Reeves ("Something's Gotta Give"): Reeves finally
shed the snaky skin of Neo and charmed the pants off Diane Keaton.
Oh
to be that lucky lady.
Sam Rockwell ("Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" and "Matchstick
Men"): Rockwell is a repeat offender for taking my breath away and jiggying
with my libido twice in the same year. |
Top 10 Babes of 2003
Patricia
Clarkson: What
a good year for Clarkson, who starred as Olivia Harris
in "The Station Agent" and Joy
Burns in "Pieces of April." Her combination of refined
beauty, off-kilter grasp of reality and raw emotion created
an exciting
cinematic presence
Jennifer Connelly As
Kathy in "House of Sand and
Fog," Connelly
played a very beautiful woman in real distress, a dangerous combination
with horrific consequences.
Ellen DeGeneres DeGeneres gave life to Dory, the
blue tang in "Finding Nemo." Even though she had memory issues, her optimism
and big heart made her gorgeous. I forgot she was digital.
Scarlett Johannson Johannson's
wide-set eyes and illegally sumptuous lips appeared in
two fine films this year -- "Lost in Translation" and "Girl
with A Pearl Earring." Both cinematographers wisely took full advantage
of her natural wonders. Just imagine her in Imax.
Diane Keaton Jack
Nicholson's horrified reaction to seeing her naked in "Something's Gotta Give" was all a fake. Annie Hall
has matured beautifully, and Keanu Reeves knew a good thing when
he saw it.
Koyuki Her
luminous portrayal of Taka, the young widow in "The
Last Samurai," gave Tom Cruise something to live for. Tragic beauty
epitomized.
Lucy Liu You
can just forget "Charlie's Angels" and enjoy
her joyful decapitation of an inconsiderate inferior in "Kill Bill:
Vol. 1." She was even great in the animated sequence. This year
sharp swords = sex appeal.
Miranda Otto Mead,
wheat, peaches and cream: All that is worth fighting Orcs
for in one bad-ass sword-wielding queen-to-be of Rohan.
Aragorn really blew it by choosing the elf girl.
Ludivine Sagnier Self-indulgent pulchritude has never
been more lasciviously arrayed than in "Swimming Pool."
Charlize Theron Theron's shocking and grotesque portrayal
in "Monster" is all the more thrilling seen in context of her previously
lithe and winsome beauties. |
