Best Scene: Whitey tries to explain why he wasn't a rat.
Best Scene: Gerry plays a piano.
Best Scene: "I wasn't a mistake"
Best Scene: Lipsky asks Wallace about his depression.
Best Scene: Macbeth learns of the fate of his wife.
Best Scene: Lance says he'll clean up the sport himself.
Best Scene: The final gift.
Best Scene: Mr. Holmes and Ann.
Best Scene: The Krays come to blows.
Best Scene: Preparing to leave the room.
- Ian McKellen in Mr. Holmes
- Paul Dano in Love & Mercy
- Jacob Tremblay in Room
- Tom Hardy in Legend
- Tom Courtenay in 45 Years
- Jason Bateman in The Gift
- Christopher Plummer in Remember
- Leland Orser in Faults
- Ben Foster in The Program
- Tom Hardy in Mad Max: Fury Road
- Michael Fassbender in Macbeth
- Jason Segel in The End of the Tour
- Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant
- Michael B. Jordan in Creed
- Kurt Russell in Bone Tomahawk
- John Cusack in Love & Mercy
- Christopher Abbott in James White
- Abraham Attah in Beasts of No Nation
- Tom Hanks in Bridge of Spies
- Viggo Mortensen in Far From Men
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in A Second Chance
- Tobey Maguire in Pawn Sacrifice
- Ben Mendelsohn in Mississippi Grind
- Ryan Reynolds in Mississippi Grind
- Andrew Garfield in 99 Homes
- Ralph Fiennes in A Bigger Splash
- Adam Driver in Hungry Hearts
- John Boyega in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Patrick Wilson in Bone Tomahawk
- Joel Edgerton in Black Mass
- Jesse Eisenberg in The End of the Tour
- Johnny Depp in Black Mass
- Jason Mitchell in Straight Outta Compton
- Domhnall Gleeson in Ex Machina
- Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs
- Song Kang-ho in The Throne
- Rolf Holger Lassgård in A Man Called Ove
- Antonythasan Jesuthasan in Dheepan
- Colin Farrell in The Lobster
- Al Pacino in Danny Collins
- Jason Clarke in Everest
- O'Shea Jackson Jr. in Straight Outta Compton
- Matt Damon in The Martian
- Corey Hawkins in Straight Outta Compton
- Reda Kateb in Far From Men
- Mathias Schoenaerts in A Bigger Splash
- Sharlto Copley in Chappie
- Frederick Lau in Victoria
- Vincent Lindon in The Measure of a Man
- Antonio Bolívar in Embrace of the Serpent
- Nilbio Torres in Embrace of the Serpent
- Géza Röhrig in Son of Saul
- Daniel Craig in Spectre
- Bryan Cranston in Trumbo
- Michael Fassbender in Slow West
- Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
- Kevin Bacon in Cop Car
- Pilou Asbæk in A War
- Ulrik Munther in The Here After
- Mathias Schoenaerts in A Little Chaos
- Tom Hardy in Child 44
- Chang Chen in The Assassin
- Buddy Duress in Heaven Knows What
- Tom Hiddleston in Crimson Peak
- Colin Firth in Kingsman: The Secret Service
- Armie Hammer in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
- Henry Cavill in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
- Paul Rudd in Ant-Man
- Robert De Niro in The Intern
- Vin Diesel in Furious 7
- Liam Neeson in Run All Night
- Richard Madden in Cinderella
- Taron Egerton in Kingsman: The Secret Service
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt in The Walk
- Alex Jennings in The Lady in the Van
- James Freedson-Jackson in Cop Car
- Hays Wellford in Cop Car
- Jake Gyllenhaal in Southpaw
- Bill Hader in Trainwreck
- Noah Schnapp in The Peanuts Movie
- Sean Penn in The Gunman
- Kodi Smit-McPhee in Slow West
- David Thewlis in Anomalisa
- Chris Pratt in Jurassic World
- Joaquin Phoenix in Irrational Man
- Michael Caine in Youth
- Chris Hemsworth in The Heart of the Sea
- Will Smith in Concussion
- Dev Patel in Chappie
- Ryan Reynolds in Woman in Gold
- Yoo Ah-in in The Throne
- Nick Cannon in Chi-Raq
- Channing Tatum in Jupiter Ascending
- Mark Ruffalo in Infinitely Polar Bear
- Asa Butterfield in 10,000 Saints
- Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl
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DAMN, Tremblay for the win!
Well this is suprising, not in a bad way at all actually but still a bit surprising. I'm pretty sad Fassbender isn't in your Top 5, I think he's definitely better than Courtenay (as I said before on this blog, I think he's great but Rampling owned 45 Years). Anyway, you did a great job as usual reviewing them all.
And to think it was at one point in doubt that Tremblay would get a review :) I'm really happy with this. I'm also just kinda happy it wasn't Hardy or Fassbender even though they were both excellent, just because that would've been too obvious.
10 Reviews I think
The Cast Of Lawrence Of Arabia
James Stewart - How The West Was Won
Robert Ryan - Billy Budd
Charles Laughton - Advise And Consent
Peter Sellers - Lolita
Richard Attenborough - The Dock Brief
Tatsuya Nakadai - Sanjuro
Lee Marvin - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Terence Stamp - Term Of Trial
Robert Duvall - To Kill A Mockingbird
Ignore The Dock Brief since you did see it.
Happy for Tremblay, Courtenay and Bateman <3
Gig Young - That Touch of Mink
Peter Sellers - Lolita
Robert Ryan - Billy Budd
Frank Wolff - Salvatore Giuliano
Tatsuya Nakadai - Sanjuro
Mickey Rooney - Requiem for a Heavyweight
Lee Marvin - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Woah very happy and surprised to see Tremblay win!
Not a very good year for Redmayne lol
So happy McKellen is in the top 5. Surprised and love Tremblay's win.
For 1962 supporting my request Robert Duvall in To Kill a Mockingbird obviously and also:
The cast of Lawrence of Arabia (including Anthony Quayle PLEASE)
Peter Sellers in Lolita
Lee Marvin in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Louis: Thank you for giving Fassbender a five and the four month prediction drought is over. :)
Your rating & thoughts on Sharlto Copley in Chappie and is Fassbender still a 3.5 or is he now a 4 for Slow West.
I'm gonna have to think about my request.
For 62 supporting
Lawrence Of Arabia cast
Sellers
Duvall/Peters
Marvin
Ryan
Nakadai
Louis: Is your Lead actress winner, Theron or Ronan.
Can I have your incredibly early nominee predictions for Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress for next year's Oscars.
Louis: My request is Karl Markovics in The Counterfeiters.
Louis: Your ranking for all of Tom Hardy's fives.
I'd put Jason Segel at 2 or 3 but this is a pretty good ranking nonetheless. Man... Tom Hardy was really something in 2015.
Louis: You forgot about Jake Gyllenhaal in Southpaw.
Louis: Last question, Is this the best year for acting in general for you and will you be finishing off Wolf Hall soon.
Calvin, Anonymous and RatedRStar: Do you think we're in a golden era for acting.
This has been truly a great year. Hooray for Tremblay's win and for Fassbender getting a 5.
For 1962 Alternate Supporting
Lawrence of Arabia cast
Peter Sellers in Lolita
Robert Duvall and Brock Peters in To Kill A Mockingbird
Lee Marvin in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Robert Ryan in Billy Budd
Louis: My request is Robert Ryan in The Set-Up.
Luke: We sure are in a golden era for acting, my friend.
If Louis doesn't work on 2007 Lead again, before the end of the year, I'll switch my current request for a 2016 performance.
Luke: He has already covered 2007 Lead, oh wait, you mean the bonus rounds?
Anonymous: Yes. :)
Gyllenhaal's a 3 for Southpaw. By far the most disappointing performance of 2015.
Luke: So he's going to start with 2007 Bonus Lead?
I'm pleased to see Bateman and Courtenay in the top 5.
Anonymous: He mentioned before that he would start off with 2012, then hopefully Pre-1928. I honestly don't mind if 2007 doesn't come this year, because I want 2005 and 2003 before then.
Anonymous: If I were to switch my request, It'll somewhat likely be a Fassbender performance. He has another busy year, though I doubt that he's gonna get an Oscar nomination.
My predictions for Louis' 2016 overall winners.
Picture: Silence
Director: Scorsese/Gibson
Actor: Andrew Garfield in Silence or Michael Keaton in The Founder
Actress: Rebecca Hall in Christine or Anya Taylor-Joy in The Witch
Supporting Actor: Liam Neeson in Silence
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Jason Leigh in LBJ
Stop it, Luke. It's February.
Robert: Very Well.
Robert: I know you get easily irritated, so I'm sorry. I did it out of boredom.
And have you seen The Witch yet.
I'm seeing it Wednesday. And I'm sorry too, but I already get annoyed when Oscar "pundits" make year-in-advance predictions. This Oscar season isn't even over until Sunday.
Robert: :)
As Louis said before though, I certainly think Neeson is the Leonardo DiCaprio of this upcoming awards season.
Luke: Hm it certainly is a great time for acting but I would say the golden era was still the late 1950's to early 1960's.
Calvin: Hopefully, he wouldn't be divisive as DiCaprio.
Luke: Um I suppose it is a Golden Era for acting.
Hey thought that DiCaprio will be in the top five of the Overall Rank. I hope this is a mistake of Louis Morgan and reclassique it as he did with Jeff Daniels (1993), Brendan Gleeson (1998) and Tom Cruise (2004).
Not sure if you're the real Michael Keaton or not, but I respectfully disagree. If anything I'm hoping DiCaprio drops out of the top 10 and pushes Jordan in.
I'm so happy with your choice, Tremblay was fantastic.
Robert: I'm quite sure he's not the real Keaton.
Louis: Just realised funnily enough all your #3's this year (McKellen, Mara, Stallone, Vikander) are my wins. Coincidence much? :)
How do we all think The Disaster Artist will pan out? Personally I think if they handle it well it could be a wonderful experience.
Calvin: I hope it's good and it would be quite pleasing for me if Franco gave his best performance yet, playing an actor/director who gave one of the most entertainingly bad performances of all-time.
The Disaster Artist can probably be entertaining enough.
I strongly believe that Wiseau was once a criminal in an Eastern European country.
Louis: Actually, I'll change my current request to Michael Fassbender in Jane Eyre.
Luke: Is Fassbender Co lead or supporting?
Anonymous: I think he's only just Co-Lead.
He's lead but you can make a strong argument for supporting. He's a very good Rochester, although my personal favourite is Toby Stephens (though Fassbender did everything he could with the character within the film's limited running time).
Good request though Luke, because the film is very good overall.
Calvin: Have you seen Man of the West yet?
Louis: What are your thoughts on Jeremy Irons, James Woods, Raul Julia, Mickey Rourke and William Hurt as actors?
What was Russell's rating again?
Michael Patison: 4.5
Luke: Can you remember a little while ago you asked what my bonus choices would be for 2010, 2012 and 2013 I believe? if you do, could you please possibly find them as I have completely forgotten where they are on the blog?
2010
Jim Broadbent - Another Year
Ryan Reynolds - Buried
Michael Douglas - Solitary Man
Riz Ahmed - Four Lions
Nicholas Tse - The Stool Pigeon
You forgot about Mads Mikkelsen in Valhalla Rising.
2012 (You only suggested Tse and Wan from The Bullet Vanishes. My suggestions though are Mads Mikkelsen in A Royal Affair and The Hunt, Toby Jones in Berberian Sound Studio, Tom Courtenay in Quartet, Terence Stamp in Song For Marion and Matthias Schoenaerts in Rust And Bone)
2013
Nick Cheung - Unbeatable
Lee Kang Sheng - Stray Dogs
Miles Teller - The Spectacular Now
Ethan Hawke - Before Midnight
Xavier Dolan - Tom At The Farm
2014
Tom Hiddleston - Only Lovers Left Alive
Dan Stevens - The Guest
Christophe Paou - Stranger By The Lake
Jesse Eisenberg - Night Moves
Huang Bo - Dearest
Luke: Thanks =)
I'm interested in knowing about Louis' opinion on The Guest.
Predicted ratings. I'll exclude the HK performances for now.
Broadbent - 4
Reynolds - 4.5
Douglas - 4
Ahmed - 4
Mikkelsen (Valhalla Rising) - 4.5/5, (A Royal Affair) - 4.5, (The Hunt) - 5
Jones - 4.5
Courtenay - 4.5
Stamp - 4/4.5
Schoenaerts - 4
Teller - 3.5
Hawke - 4.5
Dolan - 4
Hiddleston - 4.5
Stevens - 4/4.5
Paou - 3.5/4
Eisenberg - 4.5
Bo - 3.5
For 1962:
Lawrence of Arabia cast
Robert Duvall in To Kill a Mockingbird
Tatsuya Nakadai in Sanjuro
somebody from Advise & Consent
Lee Marvin in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Peter Sellers in Lolita
Robert Ryan in Billy Budd
Luke: I probably wont suggest Bo or Paou now if im honest, I think there are better options out there.
RatedRStar: Who would you go with now.
Luke: I dont know, just not those 2 lol.
RatedRStar:
Jack O'Connell in '71
Antoine-Olivier Pilon in Mommy
I am curious about Mommy, I may have to see it first because it could be good or bad, Xavier Dolans films seem to have that effect.
RatedRStar: Have you finished 1939 Bonus Lead and Supporting?
Luke:
I'll be generous and give Fassbender a 4.
Copley -(The only part of the film that worked in the slightest. His motion capture and voice really effectively captured the maturation of his robot extremely well, and managed to derive an honest warmth out of the mechanical creature. It's a shame about the rest of the film, but he is good and I hope in the future he gets more non-villain roles)
Theron.
1. The Revenant
2. Bronson
3. Legend
4. Locke
5. Mad Max: Fury Road
As for the year's placement overall it was a great year, but really there's certain years were I really haven't seen enough. I finished Wolf Hall, I also watched Show Me a Hero.
Calvin:
Unfortunately not based on Franco's apparent track record as a director. I was hoping he would have placed himself as Greg Sestero, and gotten a less comically inclined actor to play Wiseau. I would have loved to see say maybe Gary Oldman as Wiseau, as it's going to be very difficult not to be just a parody, I mean it's hard enough for the man himself if you see him even out of the film.
Anonymous:
Jeremy Irons - (Had one of the most impeccable runs for an actor during the 80's and I don't know if enough people remember how much range he showed during that time. He proved himself to be one of all time greats though it is a shame he seemed to get pigeonholed hole in bland standard roles or just as the villain. He could be good in these roles too, but a devoted Irons is something to behold. That is, I'll say it again, why I'm certainly looking forward to Batman V Superman since Irons looks he's not phoning it in)
James Woods - (Ah this seems to be a theme as once again Woods is someone I wish would have a great role to make a comeback with. His 80's run was also pretty impeccable proving himself to be one of the most magnetic performers, with this sort of a style all his own that seemed to be frequently the case for the actors who broke out during the 80's)
Raul Julia - (Break off the theme and it is such a shame why. Julia is one of the most underrated actors of all time, and it's so unfortunate that he has to join the ranks of Laird Cregar, John Cazale, and Louis Wolheim. He was such a talented performer that never phoned in a performance even with downright terrible material. Any man who gave the performance he gave in Street Fighter, despite being Street Fighter, deserves some recognition.)
Mickey Rourke - (A consummate scene stealer when ever he chose to be, or still chooses to be as Sin City wasn't that long ago. Rourke will always be the star that never quite happened but should have by the quality of his work before his career went off the rails. To his credit his talent shone through again as he went right back to be great again when he had the chance, but unfortunately fell off even faster than last time)
William Hurt - (Yet another impeccable run for the 80's with his crown jewel being his Oscar winning turn. Although I can see the blandness so many define him as in his lesser roles, that's never the case when the material is there. Hurt as with the four other actors listed here had a presence that really was all his own, and such a considerable talent that perhaps peaked too early, but what a peak it was)
Louis: Just one premake question: Your cast and director for Saving Private Ryan in the 40's?
William Wellman's going to be director without a doubt. Agree about Oldman, that would've been great.
Louis: Did you ever give ratings and thoughts on the rest of the cast of Chappie?
Anonymous:
Saving Private Ryan (1940's yep Wellman)
Captain Miller: Humphrey Bogart
Sergeant Horvath: William Bendix
Private Reiben: William Holden
Private Ryan: Montgomery Clift
Private Jackson: Ralph Meeker
Private Mellish: Jack Klugman
Private Carpazo: Ernest Borgnine
Wade: Marlon Brando
Upham: Tim Holt
Matt:
No I did not, but here's the quick low down. Jackman is way overcooked, and after seeing Wagner Moura's great performance in Narcos I'm going to say that Neil Blomkamp either sends actors in the wrong direction or does not stop them if they're going that way. Visser and Ninja are great examples of when a musician turned actor can go very very wrong. Dev Patel is doing his usual shtick that's not very interesting, and Sigourney Weaver is wasted.
Louis: I think Irons could be a great Boris Karloff. Wouldn't you agree?
Apparently Jackman, who as far as I can tell has never gotten into any real behind the scenes drama, hated Ninja so much that he was pissed the entire shoot. Might be why he overacted.
Anonymous:
Yes I would.
Robert:
That makes a lot of sense as he seems ticked off the whole time.
Louis: thoughts on Rylance, Lewis, Foy and Charity Wakefield in Wolf Hall, and Oscar Isaac in Show Me a Hero.
Although leave off Rylance and Isaac if you think brief thoughts won't do them justice.
Calvin:
Thank you for that, as I did not know even where to begin with those two.
Lewis - (I really liked his performance as I felt we almost got to see what Robert Shaw would have done with Henry if he got more than two scenes to work with the part. Lewis really surprised me here as he brings that larger than life presence needed for the part, but never shies away from the certain petulance that defines the man equally. He has the powerful magnetism one would expect from a King yet brings it with the right emotional volatility that rightly suggests why his reign had so many upheavals. Lewis managed to weave through the various sides brilliantly to give the needed complexity to Henry. He very well could be my favorite performance as Henry, that I've seen.)
Foy - (I'll admit I had to ponder on this performance as bit in that I did not want to be completely blinded by her absolutely amazing performance in the last episode particularly her heart wrenching depiction of the execution scene. I pondered though that I did not find she exactly had the allure you'd expect from Anne Boleyn but thinking over the series there is not a scene that would stress that side of her since we never see her out of Cromwell's perspective. Instead we see here as the power player where Foy brings the right sly cunning in her work as she carries this surface gentleness that she undercuts with a devious incisiveness in even the most seemingly innocuous words. Again though what I found most stunning was her depiction of her fall from grace, which I found astonishing, especially as she managed to make Anne so sympathetic even when her character up until that point had been anything but.)
Wakefield - (I liked her performance particularly her chemistry with Rylance, but she did not leave too much of an impact overall for me. Solid work though in dignified just kind of the very awkward place she has in the proceedings, particularly within her own family.)
Agree about Lewis and Foy. What about Jessica Raine?
Also regarding Tarantino's next film what are you hoping for? I've heard that it's going to be one of an Australian crime caper, a 1930s gang thriller or an Exorcist style horror. Personally I want the latter.
Calvin:
Raine - (I loved her performance as she was a truly great, well pardon my francais, a bitch. She was terrific in just having just the perfect vile tongue, as everything about her carried at the very least some passive aggressive element behind it. It was wonderful as she founds someone whose basically found her only way to stand out within her world. I love that she did not feel one note though by any means suggesting where her general hostility came from, and having some fantastic moments where she subtly alluded to her character's vulnerability such as when Anne basically tells her she's old)
The third as well I'd love to see Tarantino tackle horror, especially with a possible Morricone score to back him up.
As much as I hate to say this (as I enjoyed much of his earlier stuff), I'm not looking forward to another Tarantino film.
I'm in the weird position of being mixed-to-positive on Hateful Eight, because not a single person I know matches me on that point. The reactions have either been extremely positive, extremely negative, or mixed-to-negative.
I'd argue Quentin Tarantino's directing style is similar to the acting style of McConaughey or Clint Eastwood, in that he never seems to be trying to reinvent himself, but continues to explore new territory within all of his characteristic traits.
I found the Hateful Eight to have some very effective scenes ( especially Bruce Dern's last scene) but I found the violence was more emotionally charged and disturbing than a film like Reservoir Dogs
All right everyone has their own opinion and we must always respect the decisions of others.
My Top 5 Overall Rank by 2015 are:
1 - Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant & Jacob Tremblay in Room (TIE Winners)
2 - Tom Hardy in Legend
3 - Tom Courtenay in 45 Years
4 - Ian McKellen in Mr. Holmes
5 - Michael Fassbender in Macbeth
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