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Filmotomy Podcast 53: Happy Thanksgiving: Dysfunctional Film Families

It’s the Thanksgiving podcast at Filmotomy. Bianca jumps back in the hot seat to host this week’s episode, where she is joined by two Americans,…

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Happy T.Hanksgiving: The Three Stages of the Ineffably Endearing Tom Hanks

Things People Have Said About Tom Hanks: – “He’s the last good man left in Hollywood” – “He’s a consummate professional on set” – “He’s…

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Filmotomy Podcast 52: Highlighting Some Personal Best Picture Oscar Winners

A bumper Academy Awards edition of the Filmotomy podcast, as we scan the 90 year history for some of our favorite Best Picture Oscar winners….

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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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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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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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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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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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Nice Acting! Shame About The Movie… Part 3 of 10

Some truly huge presences here for part three. And even some of the great filmmakers showing us that even they are human and can make…

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Nice Acting! Shame About The Movie… Part 2 of 10

Onto part two of the battle between the actress / actor versus the movie in which they play. And where the acting wins every time….

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Nice Acting! Shame About The Movie… Part 1 of 10

As Actober heads furiously into its second half, we’re throwing another 50 performances your way. This time we big up the acting, but in films…

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The Top 10: What are the Legitimate Best Nicolas Cage Performances?

So we asked What are the Legitimate Best Nicolas Cage Performances? And many of you voted, picking up to 10. We were kind of going…

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