Al Pacino in The Merchant of Venice
Christian Bale in The Machinist
Gael García Bernal in The Motorcycle Diaries
Mads Mikkelsen in Pusher II
Paddy Considine in Dead Man's Shoes
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Irrfan Khan in Maqbool
Tony Leung Chiu Wai in 2046
Yuya Yagira in Nobody Knows
Shah Rukh Khan in Swades
Bill Murray in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Predict either set or both.
And an out of competition review of Daniel Brühl in The Edukators.
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Catch Up Ratings:
Bob Trevino Likes It:
Saving Leguizamo.
Ferreira - 3.5
French - 2
Jones - 3
Spencer - 3
Eddington:
Phoenix - 3.5
Pascal - 3
Stone - 3
Butler - 3
Grimes - 2
O'Connell - 3
Ward - 2.5
Hoeferle - 2
Collins - 2.5
Hidaka - 2
Mann - 2
The Luckiest Man in America:
Hauser - 3.5
Goggins - 3
Strathairn - 4
Williams - 2.5
Anderson - 3.5
Geraghty - 2.5
Harrison - 2.5
Honey Don't
Qualley - 1.5
Plaza - 2.5
Evans - 2.5
Day - 1.5
Connolly - 2.5
Eichner - 2
Beans - 2
Ryder - 2
Sorry Baby:
Victor - 4
Ackie - 4
Hedges - 3
Cancelmi - 3
McCormack - 2
Lynch - 3.5
Freaky Tales:
Pascal - 4
Ellis - 3.5
Normani - 3.5
Thorne - 3.5
Mendelsohn - 3.5
Yoo - 3
Cloud - 3
Hanks - 3.5
The Ballad of Wallis Island:
Key - 3
Basden - 3
Mulligan - 4
Ndifornyen - 3.5
1. Considine
2. Mikkelsen
3. Pacino
4. Bale
5. Bernal
1. Khan (Swades)
2. Murray
3. Yagira
4. Khan (Maqbool)
5. Leung
1. Considine
2. Mikkelsen
3. Bale
4. Pacino
5. Bernal
1. Murray
2. Yagira
3. Leung
4. Khan (Swades)
5. Khan (Maqbool)
Louis: Could you see a film for me during 2004? no review of course as I know you obviously have a lot on, but you might be somewhat pleased when I tell you what its for.
1. Considine
2. Pacino
3. Bernal
4. Mikkelsen
5. Bale
1. Murray
2. Khan (Swades)
3. Leung
4. Yagira
5. Khan (Maqbool)
Louis: I would normally never ask this, but do you think you could consider writing up SRK's review before/by October 3rd (my birthday). Only if your schedule allows, of course.
1. Considine
2. Mikkelsen
3. Pacino
4. Bale
5. Bernal
1. Murray
2. Yagira
3. SR. Khan
4. Leung
5. I. Khan
Hotel Rwanda (Re-watch for Cheadle)
The Woodsman (Re-watch for Bacon)
Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Re-Watch for Carradine if an upgrade’s possible)
Troy (Re-Watch/Director's Cut))
Spider-Man 2 (Re-Watch)
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (Re-Watch)
Dodgeball (Re-Watch)
Collateral (Re-Watch)
The Incredibles (Re-Watch)
Howl’s Moving Castle
Shrek 2
Alexander (Final Cut/Vangelis)
King Arthur (Mads Mikkelsen)
Hidalgo (Viggo Mortensen)
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (For Matthew Lillard’s performance)
Omagh
Something The Lord Made (Alan Rickman)
Hawking (Benedict Cumberbatch)
Man On Fire (Denzel Washington)
Bad Education (Gael Garcia Bernal)
In My Father's Den (Matthew Macfadyen)
Miracle (Kurt Russell)
The Assassination Of Richard Nixon (Sean Penn)
As It Is In Heaven (Michael Nyqvist)
Kings And Queen (Mathieu Amalric)
I, Robot (Alan Tudyk)
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Clive Owen/Malcolm McDowell)
Veer-Zaara (Shah Rukh Khan)
Tony Takitani (Issey Ogata)
Virumaandi (Kamal Hassan)
The Ladykillers (Tom Hanks/Coen Brothers)
The Terminal (Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg)
Friday Night Lights (Billy Bob Thornton)
De-Lovely (Kevin Kline)
Beyond The Sea (Kevin Spacey)
Enduring Love (Daniel Craig)
Undertow (Jamie Bell)
Stage Beauty (Billy Crudup/Rupert Everett)
Lost Embrace (Silver Bear Best Actor Winner)
Love In Thoughts (Daniel Brühl/August Diehl)
The President's Barber (Song Kang-Ho)
Vera Drake (Imelda Staunton/Phil Davis)
Maria Full Of Grace (Catalina Sandino Moreno)
Being Julia (Annette Bening)
Clean (Maggie Cheung/Nick Nolte)
A Very Long Engagement (Marion Cotillard)
Dear Frankie (Emily Mortimer)
Ladies In Lavender (Maggie Smith/Judi Dench)
My Summer Of Love (Emily Blunt/Paddy Considine)
Yesterday
The Bridesmaid
Intimate Strangers (Sandrine Bonnaire)
Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow (Theo Angelopoulos)
The Chorus
The Bourne Supremacy
Mean Creek
Moolaadé
House Of Flying Daggers
The Hidden Blade
Kung Fu Hustle
3-Iron
Tropical Malady
The Taste Of Tea
Three... Extremes
A Moment To Remember
Life Is A Miracle
Head-On
Primer
The Consequences Of Love
Before The Fall
Wimbledon
In Good Company
Ella Enchanted
Starsky & Hutch
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
13 Going On 30
The Butterfly Effect
Cellular
Louis: I assume the Whannell review will be coming up very soon.
Thoughts on:
Garner, Brolin, Ehrenreich and Madigan in Weapons
Phoenix in Eddington
Strathairn in The Luckiest Man In America
Victor and Ackie in Sorry Baby
Pascal in Freaky Tales
Mulligan in The Ballad Of Wallis Island
1. Considine
2. Pacino
3. Mikkelsen
4. Bale
5. Bernal
1. Murray
2. Yagira
3. S.R. Khan
4. Leung
5. I. Khan
Also, I'm OK being alone on this, but I kinda think William Hurt is lead in The Village.
1. Considine
2. Mikkelsen
3. Pacino
4. Bale
5. Bernal
1. Murray
2. Yagira
3. Shah Rukh Khan
4. Leung
5. Irrfan Khan
Also on the films to watch list: Jarmusch's Coffee and Cigarettes
5º Gael García Bernal
4º Christian Bale
3º Al Pacino
2º Mads Mikkelsen
1º Paddy Considine
5º Irrfan Khan
4º Tony Leung Chiu Wai
3º Shah Rukh Khan
2º Bill Murray
1º Yuya Yagira
Thought The Long Walk was riveting, taken to the next level by two tremendous leading performances. Some brief, mostly spoiler free thoughts below:
Jonsson - 5 (my MVP if only because of how he technically has less direct focus, but is just as soulful, charismatic on his own and of course the incredible chemistry with Hoffman. Also, very challenging role in how the set-up could have lead to a very sanctimonious performance, but he never has a false note.)
Hoffman - 5 (he and Jonsson give a masterclass here on how give great reactionary and physical work, but also manages to properly subvert the 'wholly good lead' while very much being that too. He and Jonsson make the idea of resistance by decency and compassion so tangible and beautiful. He has a line delivery here that I won't spoil, but I think Louis and the rest of us would be be hit hard by.)
The rest of the cast is uniformly decent, and by the structure of the film, are designed to have a standout moment to themselves as you get to know them. I'd give a 2.5 to Wang and 4 to Plummer, but other than that, I concur with Louis's ratings.
Group 1:
1. Paddy Considine
2. Gael Garcia Bernal
3. Christian Bale
4. Mads Mikkelsen
5. Al Pacino
Group 2:
1. Bill Murray
2. Shah Rukh Khan
3. Irrfan Khan
4. Yuya Yagira
5. Tony Leung Chiu-wai
1. Considine
2. Pacino
3. Bale
4. Bernal
5. Mikkelsen
1. Yagira
2. Murray
3. S.R. Khan
4. Leung
5. I. Khan
Tahmeed: I saw someone mention something about a line delivery on Bluesky that they said reminded them a lot of his old man. I guess I should see it now.
1. Considine
2. Pacino
3. Mikkelsen
4. Bale
5. Bernal
1. Murray
2. Yagira
3. S.R. Khan
4. Leung
5. I. Khan
Nobody Knows is another excellent film from Kore-eda and it's getting a little reduntant to keep saying that.
Yagira-5
The rest of the kids-4
YOU-4.5
Louis: For tomorrow, can I have your updated Oscar predictions with thoughts on each category.
1. Considine
2. Pacino
3. Bale
4. Mikkelsen
5. Bernal
1. Murray
2. Leung
3. Khan (Swades)
4. Yagira
5. Khan (Maqbool)
1. Murray
2. Yagira
3. S.R. Khan
4. Leung
5. I. Khan
Very excited for this round. I have to think it'll go on for longer than usual - 12 reviews and a shit-ton of watching/rewatching.
Louis, which category are you putting Leguizamo in?
1.Considine
2.Pacino
3.Bernal
4.Mikkelsen
5.Bale
1.Murray
2.Leung
3. Yagira
4.I. Khan
5. S.R. Khan
1. Considine
2. Bernal
3. Mikkelsen
4. Pacino
5. Bale
1. Yagira
2. Shah Rukh Khan
3. Leung
4. Murray
5. Irrfan Khan
Calvin: Murray is a 5, Cal.
Hamnet won People's Choice. Surprisingly, both Frankenstein and Wake Up Dead Man are runners-up.
1. Christian Bale
2. Paddy Considine
3. Mads Mikkelsen
4. Al Pacino
5. Gael Garcia Bernal (The only one I haven’t seen, I may update this if I get to it in time)
Have only seen Murray from the bottom set.
1. Considine
2. Bernal
3. Mikkelsen
4. Pacino
5. Bale
1. Murray
2. Leung
3. Shahrukh Khan
4. Yagira
5. Irrfan Khan
I have only seen Considine and Leung here.
I will say given Louis liked Khan a fair deal in Dil Se, it makes me feel confident in him doing well here. Part of that is that he's actually very good in the musical sequences in Swades, instead of the performances being (purposefully) set aside in the former film.
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