By John H. Foote It was fortunate that I was in my teens for most of the seventies and able to see the forceful power George C. Scott brought to his roles. He was an astonishing actor, one I had the chance to interview while he was shooting a film in Toronto, just he and…
By Alan Hurst For most of 1940’s and into the early 1950’s Gene Tierney was a major Hollywood presence, but today even casual movie buffs look vacant when you mention her name. Her personal troubles forced a withdrawal from filmmaking around 1955 and, despite a few forays back on to a soundstage in the early…
By John H. Foote For his magnificent performance in Cast Away (2000) Tom Hanks won the coveted New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor seeming to pave the way for a third Academy Award which would have made him the first actor to win three Oscars for Best Actor. Further he would have…
By John H. Foote (****) For the first time on Blu Ray, the gentle, sparse love story, and tale of redemption Tender Mercies comes to the small screens. Like a well written country and western song, Tender Mercies is all about hurtin’ and living with the pain. Life deals out some harsh cards and it…
By Marie-Renee Goulet By far, one of the best Rock and Roll biographical movies ever made. “I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments.” – Jim Morrison Fresh off the success of Platoon (1986), Wall…
By John H. Foote One of the many aspects of my job as a film critic I love is the consistent ability to still be surprised by an actor. Just when you think an artist is doomed to disappoint and fail, or never evolve, they completely shock you with a performance that is without a…
By Nick Maylor On this episode of our show, John and I discuss the fifteen greatest performances by a male actor in a supporting role. Check out our official YouTube channel for all of our shows. Nick MaylorNick is an actor/writer/comedian/musician from Hamilton, ON Canada. Having been a film nut since the early days of…
By Nick Maylor On this episode of our show, John and I discuss the fifteen greatest performances by a female actor in a supporting role. Check out our official YouTube channel for all of our episodes. Nick MaylorNick is an actor/writer/comedian/musician from Hamilton, ON Canada. Having been a film nut since the early days of…
By Nick Maylor Performance-capture technology has made limitless, the characters, creatures, monsters and gods that an actor can portray via authentic physical performance. Andy Serkis has pioneered this technology and appears several times on this list. This should be a surprise to no one. Basically, performance-capture is like digital makeup, allowing actors to portray characters…
By Nick Maylor On this episode of the podcast, John and I count down the fifteen greatest performances by a male actor in a leading role throughout cinematic history. Be sure to check out our official YouTube channel for all episodes of our podcast. Nick MaylorNick is an actor/writer/comedian/musician from Hamilton, ON Canada. Having been…