The Oscar for best acting (leading or supporting) mostly goes to someone who managed to get under our skin and make an impression on us. Sometimes the effect happens in short time, either a short leading performances or a very short supporting performance. The line between lead and support is and always has been ..
Release Year: 2011 Director: Bennett Miller Writers: Steven Zaillian (screenplay), Aaron Zorkin (screenplay), Stan Chervin (story), Michael Lewis (based on his 2003 non-fcition book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game) Starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Chris Pratt, Stephen Bishop, Reed Diamond, Brent Jennings, Ken Medlock, Tammy Blanchard, Jack McGee, ..
Release Year: 1966 Director: Fred Zinnemann Writer: Robert Bolt (screenplay based on his own 1960 stageplay A Man for All Seasons) Starring: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles, Susannah York, Nigel Davenport, John Hurt, Corin Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Cyril Luckham Rating: Won 6 Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Paul Scofield), ..
Release year: 2018 Director: Ryan Coogler Screenwriter: Ryan Coogler Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyuong’o Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Martin Freeman, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker Ratings: Nominated to 7 Oscars: Best Movie, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Costume Design, Production Design, Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing. 5 Saturn Awards: Best Comic-to-Film Motion ..
Release Year: 2011 Director: Alexander Payne Writers: Alexander Payne (screenplay), Nat Faxon (screenplay), Jim Rash (screenplay), Kaui Hart Hemmings (based on her 2007 novel The Descendants) Starring: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Patricia Hastie, Beau Bridges, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel, Laird Hamilton, Robert Forster, Matthew Lillard, Judy Greer Rating: Won 1 Oscar: Best ..
Release year: 1995 Director: Jon Turteltaub Screenwriter: Daniel G. Sullivan, Fredric Lebow Starring: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden, Glynis Johns, Micole Mercurio, Jason Bernard Ratings: 1 Golden Globe nomination: Best Actress Comedy/Musical (Sandra Bullock). Hopeless romantic Lucy (Bullock) lives a lonely life working as a Chicago Transit Authority token collector ..
Release year: 2005 Director: Randal Kleiser Screenwriter: Stephen Langford Starring: Amanda Bynes, Chris Carmack, Jonathan Bennett, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Alfonso Ribeiro, Jackie Long As a major fan of famous rock star Jason Masters (Carmack), Jenny (Bynes) can’t believe her own luck when she strands on a desert island with him. When she discovers the island ..
Release year: 2015 Director: Leslye Headland Screenwriter: Leslye Headland Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Jason Mantzoukas, Amanda Peet, Adam Scott, Natasha Lyonne, Andrea Savage Lainey (Brie) and Jake (Sudeikis) lost their virginity to each other as young and afterwards both ends up serial daters. When the run in to each other as adults the start ..
Release year: 1941 Director: Walter Lang Screenwriter: Vincent Lawrence, Brown Holmes, Stephen Powys (based on the play by) Starring: Betty Grable, Don Ameche, Robert Cummings, Carole Landis, Charlotte Greenwood, Jack Haley, Cobina Wright, George Lessey Moviegeek Sunday Classic #242, week 6 2019 when an inheritance is smaller than expected Susan Latimer (Greenwood) and her nieces ..
Release year: 2000 Director: Lasse Hallström Screenwriter: Robert Nelson Jacobs, Joanne Harris (based on the novel by) Starring: Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Johnny Depp, Victoire Thivisol, Lena Olin, Peter Stormare, Carrie-Anne Moss A single mother (Binoche) arrives in a sleepy little village where she quickly stirs things with the delicious chocolates she sells ..
Release year: 2015 Director: Lee Toland Krieger Screenwriter: J.Mills Goodloe, Salvador Paskowitz Starring: Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn, Kathy Baker, Amanda Crew, Lynda Boyd, Hugh Ross (voice) A freak accident in 1929 results in the victim Adaline (Blake Lively) stopping to age. To avoid becoming a curiosity to the government, she is ..
Release Year: 1995 Director: Bryan Singer Writer: Christopher McQuarrie Starring: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Stephen Baldwin, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite, Suzy Amis, Giancarlo Esposito, Dan Hedaya Rating: Won 2 Oscars: Best Supporting Actor (Kevin Spacey), Best Original Screenplay. Nominated for 1 Golden Globe: Best Supporting Actor (Kevin Spacey). Won 2 ..
