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    #76
    I forgot about Denzel Washington. And Charlize Theron is usually strong too. So many.

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      #77
      Originally posted by Haddock View Post
      Warren Oates
      Fuckety-swoon.

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        #78
        Terry-Thomas.

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          #79
          Gregory Peck. Cary Grant. (but only at their best.)

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            #80
            I've got a bit of a thing for Dianne Wiest. There is a slightly above average comedy with her and James Brolin, in it for about 5 minutes, and much as the others are really good, those fuckers shine.

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              #81
              Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive was something else. Even if I wasn’t tripping balls first watch, the scene where she does the audition after her earlier Betsy Betsy line reading with Camilla, fucking hell.

              It’s a pity almost everything she’s been in since has either been worthy rubbish like 21 grams, or piss poor shite like King Kong. Though she’s usually very good herself. But not in the Diana flick, holy fuck. I’ve never seen such mince outside that 80s Beach Boys biopic. That shit was beyond woescious. A bit worried my ma kept watching it, despite saying she hated it. One day I’ll come back for Christmas and there’ll be commemorative plates bought from the Express all over the living room (suddenly out of bounds “front room” and for “guests”).
              Last edited by Lang Spoon; 17-11-2017, 19:44.

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                #82
                Madness. King Kong was grear

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                  #83
                  I too love Denzel Washington, but he's blotted his copybook a bit in recent years. The Equalizer was a massive pile of mediocrity (I was gutted because I liked the Edward Woodward series and desperately wanted the Denzel movie to be a good 'un) that's somehow getting an undeserved sequel, the Pelham 123 remake was rendered unwatchable by Travolta's hammy nonsense and 2 Guns was a classic case of spending all of the budget on the stars (Denzel, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton and Bill Paxton) and about nine dollars on the script.

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                    #84
                    Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View Post
                    Madness. King Kong was grear
                    I read that as “gear” rather than a typo of great and thought you were getting all EIM (do Mancs say gear? Davy Jones would).

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                      #85
                      Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View Post
                      Hanks Azaria. Watch him as Gargamel in the first Smurfs movie. He is the greatest comic actor currently working.
                      I very nearly agree with that. BUT, his performance in Ray Donovan is awful. He hams it up with absolutely no nuance. He is determined that if he can't steal the scene, he'll at least chew the scenery. Knowing what the man can do, it's a risible performance.

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                        #86
                        Originally posted by Sits View Post
                        Assuming being deceased doesn’t preclude a mention, Philip Seymour Hoffman. In anything.
                        Damn, and I thought I was going to be original

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                          #87
                          Seymour Hoffman was bad in what was touted as his grand farewell, the Le Carre adaptation
                          Edit: A Most Wanted Man
                          Last edited by Felicity, I guess so; 02-12-2017, 09:01.

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                            #88
                            These days:

                            Ralph Fiennes
                            Tom Hardy (if he can make me watch 'Mad Max: Thunder Road', he can make me watch anything!
                            Tilda Swinton
                            Ian McKellen
                            Patrick Stewart

                            Back in the day:

                            Tom Bell
                            Jeremy Brett
                            Marlon Brando
                            John Hurt
                            Robert Shaw
                            John Mills
                            Last edited by evilC; 04-12-2017, 11:51.

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                              #89
                              Ralph Fiennes in the "back in the day" category?

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                                #90
                                Originally posted by Sits View Post
                                Ralph Fiennes in the "back in the day" category?
                                Ah, I thought I'd read that he'd retired (early) from acting. I must be getting mixed up with someone else. Fixed now.

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                                  #91
                                  Maybe he has. Wouldn’t be the first time I’d have to sit corrected.

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                                    #92
                                    He was/is in the Bond films. Oh I see...

                                    Daniel Day-Lewis has retired. He says.

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                                      #93
                                      Originally posted by E10 Rifle View Post
                                      Another vote for Considine here. Fantastic and compelling in everything I've seen him in
                                      I heartily recommend "The Journeyman", which he also directed.

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                                        #94
                                        James McAvoy and Jim Broadbent.

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                                          #95
                                          Would have said Peter Mullen, but I hated him in Red Riding, which I also felt made a hames of the David Peace books.

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                                            #96
                                            Loads of the ones people have said and I’ll add that Jeremy Isaacs is always great. Rewatched Death of Stalin last night. Wonderful.

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                                              #97
                                              Nicola Walker

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                                                #98
                                                Andrew Scott.

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                                                  #99
                                                  Helen Mirren
                                                  Barbara Stanwyck
                                                  Richard Jaeckel
                                                  Telly Savalas
                                                  Robert Mitchum
                                                  William H. Macey
                                                  Sam Waterston
                                                  John Thaw
                                                  Robert Vaughn
                                                  Brenda Blethyn
                                                  Sid James
                                                  Sidney Poitier

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