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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Vicky's Doctor Who thread got me pondering my favourite actors and what films I think they're amazing in.
Sam Rockwell - 3 Billboards, Moon, Vice, 7 Psychopaths
Cate Blanchett - Carol, Heaven, Notes on A Scandal
Would love to hear yours. Give me something else to add to the watch list.
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"Vicky's Doctor Who thread got me pondering my favourite actors and what films I think they're amazing in.
Sam Rockwell - 3 Billboards, Moon, Vice, 7 Psychopaths
Cate Blanchett - Carol, Heaven, Notes on A Scandal
Would love to hear yours. Give me something else to add to the watch list.
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Sam rockwell in the green Mile,Sam rockwell in 7 pshycopaths, he's superb |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Vicky's Doctor Who thread got me pondering my favourite actors and what films I think they're amazing in.
Sam Rockwell - 3 Billboards, Moon, Vice, 7 Psychopaths
Cate Blanchett - Carol, Heaven, Notes on A Scandal
Would love to hear yours. Give me something else to add to the watch list.
Sam rockwell in the green Mile,Sam rockwell in 7 pshycopaths, he's superb"
Isn't he great? I forgot about The Green Mile. A film that does justice to the book is a rare thing. |
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"Robert Duval... Never the main lead from what I know but enhances every movie ive seen him in...
Apocalypse Now and Geronimo are 2 that spring to mind  "
I had to look him up although the name rang loads of bells. He's been in hundreds of films! I'll add Geronimo to my list then |
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Sam Rockwell is a fantastic actor doesn't seem to get the recognition he deserves.
Karl urban is also pretty underated despite his dubious accent in the boy's,his portrayal of characters is quite varied.
John Cusack is a favourite also. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Robert Duval... Never the main lead from what I know but enhances every movie ive seen him in...
Apocalypse Now and Geronimo are 2 that spring to mind
I had to look him up although the name rang loads of bells. He's been in hundreds of films! I'll add Geronimo to my list then "
It's a very good historic account of Geronimo's plight if you like a truthful western  ... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Robert Duval... Never the main lead from what I know but enhances every movie ive seen him in...
Apocalypse Now and Geronimo are 2 that spring to mind
I had to look him up although the name rang loads of bells. He's been in hundreds of films! I'll add Geronimo to my list then It's a very good historic account of Geronimo's plight if you like a truthful western ... "
I do, any faithful historic pic is good by me. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Robert Duval... Never the main lead from what I know but enhances every movie ive seen him in...
Apocalypse Now and Geronimo are 2 that spring to mind
I had to look him up although the name rang loads of bells. He's been in hundreds of films! I'll add Geronimo to my list then It's a very good historic account of Geronimo's plight if you like a truthful western ... I do, any faithful historic pic is good by me."
Then try le reine margot it's brutally wonderful |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Robert Duval... Never the main lead from what I know but enhances every movie ive seen him in...
Apocalypse Now and Geronimo are 2 that spring to mind
I had to look him up although the name rang loads of bells. He's been in hundreds of films! I'll add Geronimo to my list then It's a very good historic account of Geronimo's plight if you like a truthful western ... I do, any faithful historic pic is good by me."
then I think yu will enjoy.... actually im thinking of it and im gonna add Wes Studi as a great native american actor for his portrayel of Geronimo and also the very scary Magua in "last of the Mohicans" |
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By (user no longer on site)
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John Hurt
Scandal
The Naked Civil Servant
44 inch chest
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Kate Winslet
The Reader
The Life of David Gale
Iris
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Penelope Cruz
All about my mother
Volver
Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Forest Whitaker. His acting skills are brilliant.
Ghost Dog.... one of my favourite films "
Haven't seen that film in years, I'll watch that this week. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Forest Whitaker. His acting skills are brilliant.
Ghost Dog.... one of my favourite films
Haven't seen that film in years, I'll watch that this week. "
Yeah I love Ghost Dog. He was amazing in Rogue One too, my fav Star Wars film. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"John Hurt
Scandal
The Naked Civil Servant
44 inch chest
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Kate Winslet
The Reader
The Life of David Gale
Iris
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Penelope Cruz
All about my mother
Volver
Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona "
Some cracking films here. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Robert Duval - Days Of Thunder, Reacher, anything else he's ever been in.
Denzel - Man On Fire and Training day are 2 of my favourite films.
Ryan Reynolds - Dripping charisma in every role
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
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"Sam Rockwell is a fantastic actor doesn't seem to get the recognition he deserves."
He won an Oscar for 3 billboards, that’s recognition!
I like when actors do real people, Joaquin Phoenix In Walk the Line was pretty good.
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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I'm hopeless at modern actors but still have a soft spot for Michael Caine and Sean Connery, Clint Eastwood and Steve McQueen types
Would have to go a long way to beat McQueen's performance in Papillon for example |
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By *ambozaMan
over a year ago
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"Forest Whitaker. His acting skills are brilliant.
Ghost Dog.... one of my favourite films
Haven't seen that film in years, I'll watch that this week. "
Cracking soundtrack too... lots of RZA |
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"Robert Duval... Never the main lead from what I know but enhances every movie ive seen him in...
Apocalypse Now and Geronimo are 2 that spring to mind "
Not forgetting The Godfather and he was also the due to retire cop in Falling Down.
One of that rare breed of actors where you see the character rather than the actor. Always liked him. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Sam Rockwell is a fantastic actor doesn't seem to get the recognition he deserves.
He won an Oscar for 3 billboards, that’s recognition!
I like when actors do real people, Joaquin Phoenix In Walk the Line was pretty good.
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Sam Rockwell's George W Bush was painstakingly accurate in Vice. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Paddy Considine - Room for Romeo Brass, Dead Man's Shoes, Journeyman
Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire, Sopranos, Pulp Fiction - he's even the highlight of many a shite Adam Sandler film.
Patricia Arquette - Stigmata, True Romance and my guilty pleasure, Medium  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Paddy Considine - Room for Romeo Brass, Dead Man's Shoes, Journeyman
Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire, Sopranos, Pulp Fiction - he's even the highlight of many a shite Adam Sandler film.
Patricia Arquette - Stigmata, True Romance and my guilty pleasure, Medium "
Ahh, I love Medium |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"John Hurt
Scandal
The Naked Civil Servant
44 inch chest
---
Kate Winslet
The Reader
The Life of David Gale
Iris
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Penelope Cruz
All about my mother
Volver
Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona
Some cracking films here."
John Hurts acting is amazing. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Paddy Considine - Room for Romeo Brass, Dead Man's Shoes, Journeyman
Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire, Sopranos, Pulp Fiction - he's even the highlight of many a shite Adam Sandler film.
Patricia Arquette - Stigmata, True Romance and my guilty pleasure, Medium "
I haven't seen any of the Paddy Considine films. Having them. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Paddy Considine - Room for Romeo Brass, Dead Man's Shoes, Journeyman
Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire, Sopranos, Pulp Fiction - he's even the highlight of many a shite Adam Sandler film.
Patricia Arquette - Stigmata, True Romance and my guilty pleasure, Medium
I haven't seen any of the Paddy Considine films. Having them."
Dead man's shoes is superb |
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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago
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Stanley Tucci - he is simply superb in Conspiracy and he has a heck of a lot of talent to compete with in that.
Tom Hiddleston is always good value for money. James Cosmo is a great character actor. Tom Bell was superb in Out.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Did anyone say Ralph Fiennes yet?
The Reader
In Bruges
The English Patient
Schindlers List
Plus his Harry Potter and 007 bits n pieces
I still his portrayal of 'Harry' in In Bruges is one of my favourite character portrayals ever
Totally believable nutcase  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Did anyone say Ralph Fiennes yet?
The Reader
In Bruges
The English Patient
Schindlers List
Plus his Harry Potter and 007 bits n pieces
I still his portrayal of 'Harry' in In Bruges is one of my favourite character portrayals ever
Totally believable nutcase "
I agree with all of this. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Gary Oldman, Ben Kingsley and Tom Hardy (in Bronson mostly)
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I suppose I should watch Bronson at some point. The fact he's a real person and not a fictional character makes these things harder to watch.
Same reason I'm not watching anymore holocaust films. Enough of that evil now thanks. |
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"Gary Oldman, Ben Kingsley and Tom Hardy (in Bronson mostly)
I suppose I should watch Bronson at some point. The fact he's a real person and not a fictional character makes these things harder to watch.
Same reason I'm not watching anymore holocaust films. Enough of that evil now thanks."
I never knew the Bronson story but it opened my eyes to a few things, a bit like Murder in the First did.
I understand the Holocaust thought, it was truly an awful time. Strangely I found myself watching a lot of this during lockdown, along with resistance movies and it made lockdown easier, as not really suffering at all in comparison. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Gary Oldman, Ben Kingsley and Tom Hardy (in Bronson mostly)
I suppose I should watch Bronson at some point. The fact he's a real person and not a fictional character makes these things harder to watch.
Same reason I'm not watching anymore holocaust films. Enough of that evil now thanks.
I never knew the Bronson story but it opened my eyes to a few things, a bit like Murder in the First did.
I understand the Holocaust thought, it was truly an awful time. Strangely I found myself watching a lot of this during lockdown, along with resistance movies and it made lockdown easier, as not really suffering at all in comparison. "
Very valid point. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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The late Leslie Nielson. Obviously Police Squad and The Naked Gun. But have you seen him playing it straight in Forbidden Planet. A sci fi classic featuring the first all electronic music score. |
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"The late Leslie Nielson. Obviously Police Squad and The Naked Gun. But have you seen him playing it straight in Forbidden Planet. A sci fi classic featuring the first all electronic music score."
A hero of mine, what a legend. |
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"I'm hopeless at modern actors but still have a soft spot for Michael Caine and Sean Connery, Clint Eastwood and Steve McQueen types
Would have to go a long way to beat McQueen's performance in Papillon for example "
McQueen was excellent in The Sand Pebbles and Bullitt |
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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago
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Gene Hackman Forest Whitaker robin Williams Denzel Washington Sean bean Sean bean Sean bean Nicole Kidman Penelope Cruz Tom cruise Tom cruise Tom cruise Tom cruise Donald Sutherland Donald Sutherland Donald Sutherland Morgan Freeman ..... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Gene Hackman Forest Whitaker robin Williams Denzel Washington Sean bean Sean bean Sean bean Nicole Kidman Penelope Cruz Tom cruise Tom cruise Tom cruise Tom cruise Donald Sutherland Donald Sutherland Donald Sutherland Morgan Freeman ....."
What films bud? Lot of choices there... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Bill Murray ~ everything he’s ever done.
Special favourites are Groundhog Day and ghostbusters.
The late Allan rickman ~ again I don’t recall a bad film he’s been in, I even still enjoy Robin Hood Prince of thieves occasionally.
I think it’s the case with them both that their delivery and expression was always spot on.
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"Stanley Tucci - he is simply superb in Conspiracy and he has a heck of a lot of talent to compete with in that.
Tom Hiddleston is always good value for money. James Cosmo is a great character actor. Tom Bell was superb in Out. "
Stanley Tucci is awesome in everything I agree there . Along with Denzel , Robert Downey Jr , Tom Hanks . But in terms of acting Jack Nicholson is probably my favourite |
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Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman all nailed it in Unforgiven
Tim Robbins and Freeman in Shawshank, I also really enjoyed the performance by Clancy Brown. Although saying that, I don’t think there was a single bad performance in that entire film.
John Wayne in The Shootist. I think the fact that he knew he was dying really gave his performance a gravity that he never achieved in his other films.
The Green Mile is another film I think has a truly outstanding cast, actors both main and supporting giving their absolute best. |
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I  Michael Sheen, he's so versatile in the same way Daniel Day Lewis is. He was brilliant in a TV drama about a man with OCD. I think it was called Dirty Filthy Love, or something like that.
I like Cate Blanchett for the same reasons, she is a chameleon. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Stanley Tucci - he is simply superb in Conspiracy and he has a heck of a lot of talent to compete with in that.
Tom Hiddleston is always good value for money. James Cosmo is a great character actor. Tom Bell was superb in Out.
Stanley Tucci is awesome in everything I agree there . Along with Denzel , Robert Downey Jr , Tom Hanks . But in terms of acting Jack Nicholson is probably my favourite "
I meant to say to Tina earlier I had never heard of Stanley Tucci before she mentioned him. But then that's what this thread is for. Sharing the love of film. |
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"I Michael Sheen, he's so versatile in the same way Daniel Day Lewis is. He was brilliant in a TV drama about a man with OCD. I think it was called Dirty Filthy Love, or something like that.
I like Cate Blanchett for the same reasons, she is a chameleon."
She's wonderful. I keep telling people to watch Heaven. Nobody's heard of it apparently. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman all nailed it in Unforgiven
Tim Robbins and Freeman in Shawshank, I also really enjoyed the performance by Clancy Brown. Although saying that, I don’t think there was a single bad performance in that entire film.
John Wayne in The Shootist. I think the fact that he knew he was dying really gave his performance a gravity that he never achieved in his other films.
The Green Mile is another film I think has a truly outstanding cast, actors both main and supporting giving their absolute best."
Brillient list you have there |
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"The late Leslie Nielson. Obviously Police Squad and The Naked Gun. But have you seen him playing it straight in Forbidden Planet. A sci fi classic featuring the first all electronic music score."
Shirley you can't be serious?
Yes I am and stop calling me Shirley! |
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"The late Leslie Nielson. Obviously Police Squad and The Naked Gun. But have you seen him playing it straight in Forbidden Planet. A sci fi classic featuring the first all electronic music score.
Shirley you can't be serious?
Yes I am and stop calling me Shirley!"
We need to take this man to a hospital
What is it?
It's a big building with Drs and nurses in |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
"I'm hopeless at modern actors but still have a soft spot for Michael Caine and Sean Connery, Clint Eastwood and Steve McQueen types
Would have to go a long way to beat McQueen's performance in Papillon for example McQueen was excellent in The Sand Pebbles and Bullitt"
Struggling to think of a bad McQueen film to be honest - he's often thought of as a cool guy but he acted so effortlessly and had you believing he *was* the character |
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"I'm hopeless at modern actors but still have a soft spot for Michael Caine and Sean Connery, Clint Eastwood and Steve McQueen types
Would have to go a long way to beat McQueen's performance in Papillon for example McQueen was excellent in The Sand Pebbles and Bullitt
Struggling to think of a bad McQueen film to be honest - he's often thought of as a cool guy but he acted so effortlessly and had you believing he *was* the character "
After papillon has to be Cool Hand Luke |
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Ooh, so many....
Jean Reno - Leon
Gabriel Byrne - Assassin. But ANY film, really.
Kathleen Turner - War of the Roses
Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking
Colin Farrell - In Bruges and Horrible Bosses.
James Spader - Secretary.
And as many have said, Sam Rockwell in 7 psychopaths & 3 Billboards. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I Michael Sheen, he's so versatile in the same way Daniel Day Lewis is. He was brilliant in a TV drama about a man with OCD. I think it was called Dirty Filthy Love, or something like that.
I like Cate Blanchett for the same reasons, she is a chameleon.
She's wonderful. I keep telling people to watch Heaven. Nobody's heard of it apparently."
She was awesome opposite Dame Judy in Notes on a Scandal
Also enjoyed her in Veronica Guerin, Charlotte Grey and The Good German |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Another often overlooked actor is David Strathairn
Loved him as the commanding officer in Memphis Belle, but he blew me away playing Edward R Murrow in Good Night and Good Luck
What a thought provoking film that is |
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