As far as actors go, for some reason, Embeth Davidtz seems to be a highly polarizing figure for people. I’ve seen people say she’s remarkable. I’ve seen people say they can’t stand her. I’ve seen people say that she brings tackiness to everything. At which point I chuckle internally and think, ‘Yes, she really brings…
I feel remiss in having left Sofía Vergara off my ‘actresses who didn’t make my list’ list. And here’s why – If you have not seen Madea Goes to Jail, then you have not seen Sofía as T.T. Until I saw it myself, I never could have imagined it. It is glorious.
Let me start by stating that I don’t always like Rachel McAdam’s choices of roles. The fact that I’m going to have to sit through The Vow – though, she alone does not carry the blame for this one – and will probably one day find myself actually watching The Notebook gives me hives. Though,…
It always intrigues me when a movie like Mulholland Drive comes along and captures the public’s attention. Then, one of the main actresses is catapulted toward the stratosphere, while another lingers just slightly above the level at which they both started. Now, don’t get me wrong, Naomi Watts brought something undeniably special to Mulholland Drive,…
There is this beautiful old theater outside of Columbus, Ohio in the suburb of Bexley. When I was growing up, it was the closest theater that showed indie and foreign films. It was where they played Much Ado About Nothing during its cinematic run in 1993, and where I went to see it with my…
Sandwiched as it is between the Academy Awards and the mid-season premiere of GCB, which boasts one of my favorites in the lead, it seems like a perfect time to make a list of actresses that I like. If I were to summarize in one word the style of acting that most appeals to me,…