Eve would have been 101 today!Here's to one of the best comedienne's of all ti...
Friday, 30 April 2010
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
*Not in any orderLauren Bacall in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) - Yeah, I know, I've heard it all, but I actually want to see for myself what I think of Bacall's performance. I really can't imagine it being all that bad, even though she was directed by Babs, and had to act with her. This seems to be a performance/nomination that used to be talked about all the time due to it's shocking "loser" status, but it seems people just don't care anymore...they're...
Monday, 26 April 2010
Friday, 23 April 2010
"1988"The nominees were....* Joan Cusack in Working Girl* Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Liasons* Geena Davis in The Accidental Tourist* Sigourney Weaver in Working Girl* Frances McDormand in Mississippi Burning* Bear with me; these profiles may not be up for a 'lil while due to re-screenings and first screenings of this years nominees. If you have any links to any of these films please let me know, as I unfortunatley do not own any of the nominated...
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
5. Lee Grant in Shampoo"Despite showing flashes of Felicia's desperation and longing for something real and different, Grant's Felicia never seems to be totally in sync with the rest of the film, and because Grant stays on the same on the same tiresome note of pouty fussiness that the performance loses steam and shrivels up into a into a shrill caricature."- T W O H E A R T S ------4. Sylvia Miles in Farewell, My Lovely"Jessie could...
Always an actress known for her distinguishable presence in films, Miles was a real wild card on screen. Her two nominations were both for two very different characters; her first was for Midnight Cowboy, playing a wily, scheming, loud, bitchy hooker named Cass. Her second nomination was for her quiet, underplayed role in Farewell, My Lovely where she memorably portrayed a lonely, wased up floozy. It's interesting to compare the two characters...
* Citizen Kane (1941) - Directed by Orson WellesYeah, I know..."the greatest film of all time" seems more to me as one of the boringest of all time. I was expecting to love it, or at least be interested in it, but neither turned out too well. Maybe I just need to see it again, but I found the film to be dull, hollow, and an all around excercise of style over substance. The photography is effective and piercing, but the rest just falls flat....
Friday, 16 April 2010
Blakely's stunning achievement in Nashville had audiences and critics talking, gasping, and even crying. Although much of a film career never fully formed afterwards, Blakely's true talent for acting shined here, and has yet to stop glowing. Her work remains as pristine, fresh, and authentic today as it did back in '75.Barbara Jean is without question Nashville's most essential character and is the centerpiece of...
Sunday, 11 April 2010
Lee Grant's performance is one that has attracted attention from both sides of the love-hate spectrum, and remains one of Oscar's more peculiar winners. Her role as a horny, rich housewife, despite being the most underwritten, is rather interesting within the film. Felicia is a character that's hard to really connect to or even really understand, and Grant fumbles with this already problematic situation. She's written as a selfish, bitchy,...
Friday, 9 April 2010
Nashville is a film filled with all sorts of engaging, unique people who lives intertwine within the course of five days, and lodged within the array of characters we find Linnea Resse. She is possibly the only character with the least flashy storyline, and the quietest characterization. She is a woman with quite alot on her plate, yet to the unsuspecting eye, everything seems to be normal. But I assure you, Lily Tomlin's performance is anything...
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Vaccaro's sole nomination is never looked upon nicely. For the few people that have seen her performance, they hate it, along with the nom. The film is a dry, hollow, boring soapy-drama (the really bad Lifetime kind) that is all around horrible. In fact, the only effective parts of the film involve Brenda Vaccaro. Brenda plays Linda Riggs, a horny magazine editor that becomes friendly again with a woman, January (who had brain...
.... it seems every film blogger is doing a ranking of each Bets Actress year (Sage, Fritz, Joe, etc.)? Well, I thought of doing that except with Best Supporting Actress (duh). I have been thinking of a new project, and for right now this seems like a fun idea. It won't be like my previous rankings, but rather one nominee at a time (to keep 'yall in suspense!). Even though it had already been done, I want to go back to a year I'm particularly fond of and talk about to refresh some memories. The first year will be...."1975"You know you saw it c...
Monday, 5 April 2010
Sunday, 4 April 2010
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