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Nice Acting! Shame About The Movie… Part 10 of 10

And finally, we close the curtain on our series on those acting performances in films that didn’t live up to them. Nothing artificial about these…

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Actober: Great Performances from Kate Winslet

Since her debut in Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures way back in 1994, Kate Winslet has steadily become one of the UK’s national treasures. Known for her…

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Actober: Peter Lorre and the Making of a Hollywood Villain

I don’t want to go down in history as a monster. Peter Lorre Peter Lorre (born László Löwenstein) was the first child of Alajos Löwenstein…

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Nice Acting! Shame About The Movie… Part 9 of 10

So I’ll try not to be witty here, out of a kind of respectful reflection. Not just because Actober is nearing its end, but mainly…

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Nice Acting! Shame About The Movie… Part 8 of 10

The next five acting turns featuring in films that perhaps left something to be desired, include one of Batman’s enemies, a gun-fighter of yore, a…

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Actober: Bette Davis in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Bette Davis is a memorable name in the history of both the world and the American cinema in her career. Starting from her youth years and…

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Nice Acting! Shame About The Movie… Part 7 of 10

Some perfectly fine movies here, almost making me question the very premise of our acting quality over the movies. There is little shame in these…

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My Top 5 Favourite Julia Roberts Films

Julia Roberts is one of my favourite actresses. I first watched her in Erin Brockovich years ago, and since then I’ve just loved her. There…

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Nice Acting! Shame About The Movie… Part 6 of 10

With awards season upon us, it tends to be a warm topic of conversation about how some of the big winners in history, in the…

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Mia Wasikowska and Robyn Davidson: A Brief Tribute To A Long Journey

“The trip wasn’t conceived as an adventure, in the sense of something to be proved or conquered. And when people asked me why I’m doing it, my usual answer is why…

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Nice Acting! Shame About The Movie… Part 5 of 10

Hi all. Wanted to chip in and get part 5 posted of our Nice Acting! Shame About The Movie… series. With Robin and Bianca both…

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Nice Acting! Shame About The Movie… Part 4 of 10

An actor might be our most unheralded master performer. It doesn’t matter whether he’s slumming it in a megabudget atrocity, or headlining some indie that only four…

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Actober: Going around the Bend- What has happened to Michael Fassbender?

2017 was not a good year for Michael Fassbender; The Snowman melted into a puddle of slush at the box office, Assassin’s Creed should have…

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Actober: Jean Harlow Hollywood's first Platinum Blonde

Jean Harlow wasn’t born, but created by, Hollywood. In fact, it was Howard Hughes who was behind the creation of the woman who would become…

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