Category:Movies

Photo by Justin Campbell on Unsplash By Geoff Carter At this festive time of year, many of us observe the holiday traditions of Christmas like trimming the tree, singing carols, buying the presents, visiting Santa, and on and on and on. Part of our celebration of the holiday includes seeing the myriads of Christmas movies and television specials, …
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Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter He is one of the most recognizable screen actors working today. In a career that has spanned six decades, Dustin Hoffman has portrayed a variety of characters ranging from alienated college kids (The Graduate) to street hustlers (Midnight Cowboy) to investigative reporters (All the President’s Men) …
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Attribution: Gordon Correll, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Amy Adams can be as brilliant and transparent as a freshly polished glass figurine or as dark and unknowable as a forest pool. She is an actress of startling range who can switch from the exuberant innocence of Giselle, the cartoon princess of Enchanted, to …
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NASA/Aubrey Gemignani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Ryan Gosling is one of the most versatile actors of his generation with his ability to switch roles between heartthrobs and psychopaths, romantics and realists—or unlikely combinations of these disparate parts—as easily as falling off a log. There is an underlying goodness, sometimes a deeply …
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Eva Rinaldi , CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Russell Crowe burst onto the American movie scene with his riveting performance as police detective Bud White in the box-office smash L.A. Confidential. His magnetic screen presence and rugged good looks are reminiscent of leading men from an earlier period in Hollywood film. He is, in many …
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J. Fred Henry Publications, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter He was cool, one of the first anti-heroes of the silver screen. Maybe even a little cooler than Steve McQueen. With his world-worn face, half-lidded eyes, relaxed self-assurance, and deep sonorous baritone, Robert Mitchum exuded a powerful yet unassuming screen presence. You’ll never …
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gdcgraphics, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter He is a versatile actor whose roles have included a psychotic serial killer, an amiable, winsome, free-spirited oddball, a dimwitted but fiercely loyal police officer, and a pleasantly cynical Nazi officer. Not only is Sam Rockwell a gifted dramatic actor, but he is also a great …
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Damian Gadal, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter (Originally posted October 31, 2020) The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting longer, and there’s a chill in the air. Frost is on the pumpkin. The leaves are turning color. All this means one thing—Halloween is just around the corner. And that means …
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Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Even though Scarlett Johansson is still relatively young, she has more than seventy film appearances to her credit. From her breakthrough role in The Horse Whisperer at the tender age of fourteen, she has gone on to become one of the most acclaimed …
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