Christopher Lee in Jinnah
Sean Gullette in Pi
Vinícius de Oliveira in Central Station
Bob Hoskins in Twenty Four Seven
Shah Rukh Khan in Dil Se..
Predict those five, these five or both:
John Hurt in Love and Death on Long Island
Han Suk-kyu in Christmas in August
Peter Mullan in My Name is Joe
Hugo Weaving in The Interview
Matthew Lillard in SLC Punk!
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Gia
Goodnight, Mister Tom
The Thin Red Line (Re-Watch)
Affliction (Re-Watch)
The Truman Show (Re-Watch)
The Mask Of Zorro (Re-Watch)
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (Re-Watch)
Shakespeare In Love (Re-Watch)
Zero Effect (Re-Watch)
Kirikou And The Sorceress
Quest Of Camelot
Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island (Re-Watch)
Babe: Pig In The City
The Interview
Eternity And A Day
SLC Punk!
The Butcher Boy
Vampires
He Got Game
Croupier
Ronin
The Gingerbread Man
Permanent Midnight
The Dinner Game
Little Voice
The Quiet Family
The Boys
Hurlyburly
Your Friends & Neighbors
Hilary And Jackie
Buffalo ’66
Run Lola Run
The Dreamlife Of Angels
Ever After
High Art
One True Thing
Show Me Love
Slums Of Beverly Hills
The Parent Trap
Last Night
The Emperor And The Assassin
The Opposite Of Sex
Beloved
Down In the Delta
Claire Dolan
Place Vendôme
Flowers Of Shanghai
Autumn Tale
Ring
Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
Velvet Goldmine
The Legend Of 1900
Men With Guns
The Idiots
Tango
Love Is The Devil: Study For A Portrait Of Francis Bacon
The Governess
Still Crazy
The Horse Whisperer
What Dreams May Come
The Faculty
The Hi-Lo Country
Great Expectations
1. Lee
2. Khan
3. de Oliveira
4. Gullette
5. Hoskins
1. Weaving
2. Mullan
3. Hurt
4. Han
5. Lillard
1. Lee
2. Hoskins
3. De Oliveira
4. Khan
5. Gullette
1. Weaving
2. Hurt
3. Mullan
4. Han
5. Lillard
John Hurt for the win.
Louis: Please watch Ever After, It's the best Cinderella adaptation, Drew Barrymore's best work and Anjelica Huston should make your top 5 in Supporting Actress.
And if we get bonus reviews, it will either be Bruno Ganz in Eternity And A Day, James Woods in Vampires or both.
And I hope Sewell gets reviewed with Sutherland.
Louis, could you add John Hurt to the labels.
Luke, rating predictions for both lineups.
Lee - 5
Hoskins - 5
De Oliveira - 4.5
Khan - 4/4.5
Gullette - 3.5
Weaving - 5
Hurt - 5
Mullan - 5
Han - 5
Lillard - 4.5/5
1. Lee
2. Hoskins
3. de Oliveira
4. Khan
5. Gullette
1. Weaving
2. Mullan
3. Hurt
4. Han
5. Lillard
Louis: I asked you this in the 1945 Lead results, but could I have your thoughts on throwing up the shoes/Reunion from Barfi, and could Kapoor go up for it slightly?
Also, the version of Dil Se on Netflix and Amazon Prime is dubbed in Tamil, and Khan's voice is dubbed over. I think you might have to look elsewhere for the original Hindi version.
Louis: Rating and thoughts on David Dastmalchian in Late Night With The Devil.
1. Hoskins
2. de Oliveira
3. Lee
4. Kahn
5. Gullette
1. Weaving
2. Han
3. Mullan
4. Lillard
5. Hurt
lol I have no clue about any of these.
There's 4 or 5 potential winners in my opinion which is more than most years. Gleeson could have the biggest drop in ranking out of any ex-winner on the blog.
Robert: I'm abstaining this time due to my lack of close familiarity with many of the films (also why I rarely make predictions in general), but based on what little I know about this lineup, I'd expect Hurt to be ranked pretty high.
Luke: Personally, I'm hoping for a bonus review of Vincent Gallo in Buffalo '66 - a performance and film I have no idea how Louis would feel about, but would be interesting to see discussed nonetheless.
Worth noting, the 1998 films with performances that are winning requests:
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Dark City
Without Limits
Festen
Tahmeed:
Sorry missed it.
An effective overtly sort of over the top romantic scene with very much Chaplin sort of silent kind of centered element to it. And well realized particularly with Shruti's hearing it to tell Barfi as the essential piece, before sort doing the big sweeping moment that very broad in just how overt it is, but it works, even his practical joke when he sees Jhimil again.
Maybe I suppose.
Luke:
Dastmalchian - 3.5(He seems like the nicest guy in interviews, but I have to admit I think he was a bit miscast here. I'm not sure leading man is quite his avenue. He doesn't have the charisma for a talk show host, even a b-grade one, it just doesn't seem terribly convincing when he's going for any of the light entertainment type. I think writing wise if he was a never successful host, then maybe he would've been a better choice. He has some decent moments of just more generalized emotion that he delivers well, but what I don't think he manages to do is overcome the limitations of the writing in terms of carrying the arc. When his character does one thing or another, it just feels as though it is happening, Dastmalchian is typically fine in the moment each time, but he doesn't pull you into an internalized sense of what this guy is going through to really make you empathize or understand his ambition even in a negative way. Again the writing is limited but he doesn't make up for it. He's never bad, but even with the very flawed writing I think another actor
could've done more with this part. Someone with more overt charisma, who we could've then seen crumble. Instead he comes off as a bit off the whole time, so where's the collapse?)
I think Nolte could pull a Scheider.
Louis: What do you think of Johnny Carson, Larry King, and Dick Cavett as interviewers?
I haven’t sene any of these, but I’m kinda hoping Lillard takes just for WTF value.
1. Hoskins
2. Gullette
3. Oliveira
4. Lee
5. Khan
1. Han
2. Weaving
3. Mullan
4. Hurt
5. Lillard
No idea how thhis is gonna pan out, but I've had Christmasn in August on my watchlist for years now
Louis: One thing that's interesting about a trailer for High and Low is that it shows footage of Mifune and Nakadai walking towards the exit of the prison.
Must have been footage of the original ending that Kurosawa had planned before he cut it.
1. Hoskins
2. de Oliveira
3. Lee
4. Gullette
5. Khan
1. Weaving
2. Hurt
3. Mullan
4. Han
5. Lillard
8000's:
Yes Yamazaki mentions that in his interview about the film. It sounds like the scene just needlessly repeated what was so dramatically summarized in the previous scene, additionally Yamazaki's and Mifune's performances basically ensured the film ended on such a high note that there was no reason to come down from it.
Tony:
Carson hits that Conan kind of similar quality of knowing how to play to the energy of the guest, and basically helped to define the more comedic format.
Larry King certainly could get big guests, but could also ask some really baffling questions at times. And at times would weirdly insert himself within answers. Although I'll admit I've mostly seen his later interviews.
Cavett's interviews tend to be interesting, though I think that is in part due to the nature of the 70's interviews that were far less stiffly formal than what is often the case today. Regardless he brings a certain wit, but also knew not to over insert himself, allowing guests to actually go to more unique places.
Louis: I think what's interesting about High and Low is that with the villain portrayed by Yamazaki is that you can feel a bit of sympathy about the fact that he lives in a cold house even if he has killed a bunch of people by supplying them with drugs and kidnapped a little boy. Of course, Yusa in Stray Dog is rather sympathetic even if Shimura's character tells Mifune's that he must not sympathize with criminals.
That's not the case with The Bad Sleep Well where the villain is an unscrupulous and immoral bastard who has no qualms about drugging his own daughter.
I think I'll wait for the first review to make a prediction because I have no idea about any of these.
Louis: What do you think of Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Fallon and James Corden as interviewers? I lovingly refer to them as The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of talk show hosts.
BTW it's funny how from Louis' perspective 1998 may very well become a year featuring Sean Penn at his best (The Thin Red Line) and also at his worst aside from I Am Sam (Hurlyburly).
Louis: Your thoughts on this scene in terms of acting https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gSANa2J_Jhw
1. Khan
2. Hoskins
3. De Oliveira
4. Lee
5. Gullette
1. Weaving
2. Hurt
3. Mullan
4. Han
5. Lillard
1. Hoskins
2. Lee
3. De Oliveira
4. Khan
5. Gullette
1. Weaving
2. Hurt
3. Mullan
4. Han
5. Lillard
Hi Louis, would you consider re-reviewing Gene Hackman in Night Moves. Genuinely think this performance gets better on each rewatch.
Fernanda Montenegro has Best Actress in the bag.
Louis, please find a way to see the original version of dil se. The hindi version!
1. Lee
2. Hoskins
3. Oliveira
4. Khan
5. Gullette
1. Hurt
2. Weaving
3. Mullan
4. Sun-kyu
5. Lillard
Ytrewq: He discussed Ferguson here - https://actoroscar.blogspot.com/2023/12/best-actor-backlog-volume-5.html
Louis: I realize this is rather random, but do you remember why you fan-cast Lio Tipton in the McAdams role for the 2010s version of Red Eye? I was reading your review of Murphy in the film recently and it struck me as kind of a left-field choice.
Louis: Your thoughts on the Sopranos episodes The Happy Wanderer and Bust Out?
1. Lee
2. Hoskins
3. Oliveira
4. Khan
5. Gullette
1. Hurt
2. Lillard
3. Weaving
4. Mullan
5. Han
1.Lee
2.Oliveira
3.Hoskins
4.Khan
5.Gullette
1.Hurt
2.Weaving
3.Mullan
4.Lillard
5.Han
1. Lee
2. Hoskins
3. De Oliveira
4. Khan
5. Gullette
1. Hurt
2. Weaving
3. Mullan
4. Han
5. Lillard
1.Hoskins
2.Oliveira
3.Lee
4.Khan
5.Gullette
1.Hurt
2.Weaving
3.Mullan
4.Han
5.Lillard
Ytrewq:
Fallon I find pretty intolerable, including his laugh, but his whole manner that comes off as largely inauthentic and trying far too hard.
Corden I find completely intolerable, including his laugh, but his whole manner that comes off as completely inauthentic and trying far too hard. I suppose the difference is there is a degree of Fallon's awkwardness that comes off as at least real, where as Corden over eagerness and smiley manner comes off as false.
Anonymous:
I mean in terms of Fabian, pitch perfect in being just so genuine in showing just how spent Howard is in his frustration with this degree of disbelief about the whole thing that makes it especially tragic. And really as you look back at the series the worst thing Howard did was fall in line with Chuck, which comparatively is a very minor sin within the show. And even when he lashes out, he's great because, for one Howard is right, but he's also in the moment you see in Fabian's performance someone coming to realize they were torturing him more so for fun than for financial gain.
Seehorn and Odenkirk are both effective as in way Kim and Saul at their worst, because they're dismissive the whole time, and put up only real anger when Howard gets to the truth. And the whole manner at first is as this inconvenience. Comparing that to when Lalo shows up where both a great in showing just nearly petrified in their fear of the man and then just the complete horror when Lalo does what he does.
And I do love Fabian as almost suddenly someone in the wrong show, as he plays as Howard trying, and sadly failing to figure out what is going on before it is too late.
Then Dalton is great, by being just so casual the whole time, that is filled with diabolical menace in his ease.
Tony:
Based on Tipton's performance in Mississippi Grind, which is still impressive, despite not really following up with too much of note dramatically, that I have seen. Regardless, thought that showed potential for Tipton to maybe do more and has the right innocence quality for the role, but potential to do more.
The Happy Wanderer is a great episode a microcosm of the viral nature of the world in the focused upon character of Davey, where Robert Patrick can be so believable as a terror in T-2 he's just as convincing as a complete screwup, but seeing the progressive decline of Davey, all at Tony's behest who smiles his way through it, is just horrible, yet portrayed so effectively through angles it shows it from how it infects even his relationship with Meadow, and the way it is as "protection" from Ritchie that Davey only gets worse and worse.
And Bust Out is the continued progression from that, where you see the skewed way Tony "saves" the man by purging all life out of the man's dreams and livelihood just for his own satisfaction. Which ties in potently to his relationship with his children, as though he's the need for them as he states to Melfi, while you see him be the partially loving and partially scolding father, it is only a scene away from philandering, extortion and murder.
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