Denzel Washington has always been one of my favourite actors and so I watched a number of his films recently that I had never seen. My favourites of his prior to this fest were Crimson Tide, Virtuosity, and Training Day. I believe he is in control of his performance to a degree that most do not reach, he shows you what he wants you to see. His intensity in Crimson Tide opposite Gene Hackman inspired the underdog in me and…
I watched a number of Tom Cruise films recently while also looking after my newborn son, (Anders is now 2 months old!). Having a kid gave me both plenty of time to have something playing on the tv and plenty of reasons not to pay full attention to them. My wife Jodie and I have made it out of the house on occasion, such as to see Mission: Impossible 6 – Fallout in theatres, and I made it my mission…
Bruce Willis turns 63 today and has always been my favorite movie star. I have seen more of his work than of any other actor, I read a book on him, heard his music, and Die Hard is the movie I have seen the most. He usually plays the hero, wise cracking, kicking ass, and has had lots of successful films, been part of multiple franchises, and also won a Golden Globe for his role on the tv show Moonlighting….
For Valentine’s Day, my wife and I watched Intolerable Cruelty starring George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The film is funny, witty, and inspired us to next watch Chicago, the musical film she starred in right before. Before all that jazz, I watched the second episode of a new Netflix talk-show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman. This month’s guest is George Clooney, the episode was enjoyable so I wanted to watch another Clooney project and I chose…
Celebrating a birthday today are 4 stars of television. Jodie Sweetin, who plays Stephanie in Full House and Fuller House, turns 36 and watch for her in a new thriller series Strange Ones coming out later this year. Katey Sagal, who starred as Peggy in Married with Children, voiced Leela in Futurama, and was Gemma Teller Morrow in Sons of Anarchy turns 64, and is currently appearing as Randy DeLuca in Superior Donuts. I grew up watching Full House, only…
Jason Bateman turns 49 today and is one of my favorite funny actors on tv, who has also had plenty of success on the big screen throughout his 35+ years in the business. He is most well known for playing Michael Bluth in the hilarious series Arrested Development, (4 seasons 2003-2013, Netflix announced season 5 is coming), and is currently co-starring with Laura Linney in the crime drama series Ozark, (he moves his family after some dealings with a drug…
Rob Zombie turns 53 today and is one of my favorite artists working in film and music. He was in the band White Zombie (4 albums 1987-1995, my favorite is Astro Creep: 2000, the bands last album and the first CD I bought), continues making solo albums (6 between 1998-2016 with additional remix albums), and has written and directed a growing number of films. His first, the horror House of 1000 Corpses was as gruesome as you may expect from…
Jemaine Clement turns 44 today and I recently watched his 2014 film, What We Do in the Shadows. He co-wrote, co-directed, and co-starred in the horror comedy with Taika Waititi (who would make Thor: Ragnarok three years later), about a family of vampires who are having a documentary film made about them. Clement is from New Zealand (as is Waititi and where the film was shot), starred in Flight of the Conchords (2007-2009 comedy series), was the villain in Men…
To celebrate Julianne Moore turning 57 today, I watched her 2014 Oscar winning performance in Still Alice. The film is about a professor who is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and earned Moore a Best Leading Actress Oscar after being nominated 4 other times since 1997 (including 2 in the same year!). Moore was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, got her first acting credit for I’ll Take Manhattan (1987 tv mini-series), and is perhaps most known for her roles in a…
Having a Birthday on November 19th includes Adam Driver (34) and Jodie Foster (55). Also having a birthday is Barry Jenkins (38, Moonlight), Reid Scott (40, Veep), Jason Scott Lee (51, Alaska Is a Drag), Meg Ryan (56, Ithaca), Allison Janney (58, Mom), Charlie Kaufman (59, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), and Larry King (84, American Satan). Adam Driver was born in San Diego, California, got his first acting credit for an episode of The Unusuals (2009 dramedy about…