Spotlight: Glenn Close

Glenn Close has always been one of my favorite actresses, and i've recently fallen back in love with her in ''Damages''! I'm obsessed with the show now!
Here is a selection of Glenn's work:
The World According To Garp, The Big Chill, Jagged Edge, Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, Reversal Of Fortune, Hamlet, Hook, The Paper, Mary Reilly, 101 Dalmatians, Mars Attacks!, Air Force One, Cookie's Fortune, 102 Dalmatians, South Pacific, The Safety Of Objects, ''Will & Grace'', Le Divorce, The Lion In Winter, ''The West Wing'', The Stepford Wives, ''The Shield'', Evening, ''The Simpsons'', ''Damages'', Albert Nobbs.

Spotlight: John Goodman

John Goodman is one of my favorite character actors. He always chooses great roles, in great films and his TV work is superb also. Here is some of his work:
Revenge Of The Nerds, The Big Easy, Raising Arizona, ''Moonlighting'', Arachnophobia, Barton Fink, Matinee, ''Grace Under Fire'', The Flintstones, ''Roseanne'', Fallen, Blues Brothers 2000, ''Soul Man'', The Big Lebowski, ''Saturday Night Live'', Bringing Out The Dead, ''The Simpsons'', ''Futurama'', ''Now And Again'', What Planet Are You From?, O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Adventures Of Rocky & Bullwinkle, Coyote Ugly, ''Normal, Ohio'', ''Ed'', One Night At McCool's, Monsters Inc., Masked And Anonymous, The Jungle Book 2, ''The West Wing'', Beyond The Sea, Cars, ''Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip'', ''King Of The Hill'', Evan Almighty, Bee Movie, Speed Racer, Confessions Of a Shopaholic, You Don't Know Jack, ''Treme'', ''Damages''.

Damages

The Glenn Close legal drama ''Damages'' DVD's just went on sale (22$ instead of 50$) so i bought season one, knowing that i would love it, and lo and behold i did!
The writing is spectacular and the performances are top notch! I can't wait to watch the other seasons.
For some stupid reason though, no one is watching this show on tv. After season 3 FX cancelled the show, luckily for us, DirecTV bought the rights and are now producing and running season 4! Thank God!
Glenn Close can do no wrong, and this show has the best cast on television, here are some of the actor's who've appeared on the show:
Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Tate Donovan, Ted Danson, Zeljko Ivanek, Peter Facinelli, Garret Dillahunt, Anastasia Griffith, Marcia Gay Harden, Timothy Olyphant, William Hurt, Regis Philbin, Kelly Ripa, Ty Burrell, Darrell Hammond, Greta Van Susteren, Lynn Cohen, Campbell Scott, Martin Short, Lily Tomlin, Ben Shenkman, Miriam Shor, Tara Summers, John Goodman, Chris Messina & Dylan Baker.

Musto's Performance Picks

The New York Village Voice write Michael Musto agrees with me that this year will be a great one for female performances at the movies. Here he lists what women he thinks could possibly get a nomination at this years oscars:
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn
Kate Winslet - Carnage
Jodie Foster - Carnage
Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
Vera Farmiga - Higher Ground
Keira Knightley - A Dangerous Method
Rooney Mara - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Charlize Theron - Young Adult
Anne Hathaway - One Day
Anna Paquin - Margaret
Rachel Weisz - The Whistleblower
Tilda Swinton - We Need To Talk About Kevin

Rolling Stone's Best Of 2011

Rolling Stone magazine picks the best of 2011 so far.
Movies: The Tree Of Life, Midnight In Paris, Meek's Cutoff, Win Win, Hanna, Bridesmaids, Source Code, Limitless, The Lincoln Lawyer, Super 8, X-Men: First Class, Beginners, Cedar Rapids & The Conspirator.
Acting: Kate Winslet in ''Mildred Pierce'', Peter Dinklage in ''Game Of Thrones'', Brad Pitt & Hunter McCracken in ''The Tree Of Life'', Christopher Plummer in ''Beginners'', Michael Fassbender in ''X-Men: First Class'', Mel Gibson in ''The Beaver'', Jessica Chastain in ''The Tree Of Life'', Mia Wasikowska in ''Jane Eyre'', Elle Fanning in ''Super 8'', Kristen Wiig & Melissa McCarthy in ''Bridesmaids''.
Worst Movie of 2011: Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Spotlight: William Hurt

William Hurt is one of those actors that always does good work but mostly goes unrewarded. Here is some of his most known work:
''Kojak'', Body Heat, The Big Chill, Kiss Of The Spider Woman, Children Of a Lesser God, Broadcast News, The Accidental Tourist, Trial By Jury, Jane Eyre, Michael, Dark City, Lost In Space, One True Thing, ''Dune'', A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Changing Lanes, ''The King Of Queens'', Tuck Everlasting, The Village, The King, A History Of Violence, Syriana, The Good Shepherd, Mr.Brooks, Into The Wild, Vantage Point, The Incredible Hulk, ''Damages'', Robin Hood, Too Big To Fail

May-December Romances

Flavorwire has put together a list of their top 10 best may-december romances on film, May-December romances of course are between an older man and younger woman, or older woman and younger man, just how i like 'em. Here is the list, with the age difference!
-The Big Sleep (1946), Humphrey Bogart (25) Lauren Bacall
-Lolita (1962), James Mason (37) Sue Lyon
-Harold and Maude (1971), Ruth Gordon (52.5) Bud Cort
-Last Tango In Paris (1972), Marlon Brando (28) Maria Schneider
-Manhattan (1979), Woody Allen (26) Mariel Hemingway
-Paris, Texas (1984), Harry Dean Stanton (24.5) Nastassja Kinski
-As Good As It Gets (1997), Jack Nicholson (26) Helen Hunt
-Ghost World (2001), Steve Buscemi (24) Thora Birch
-Lost In Translation (2003), Bill Murray (34) Scarlett Johansson
-Milk (2008), Sean Penn (18) James Franco

Furious Love

I had no idea this was happening but apparently Martin Scorsese is planning a biopic of the relationship between Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton, called ''Furious Love''. Sounds Exciting. Thompson on Hollywood blog had made lists of some of the actresses and actors he would like to see playing the famous couple, my choice however, because of ressemblance and because i think the could do a great job are: Catherine Zeta-Jones & Julian McMahon.
Elizabeth: Mia Kirshner, Olivia Wilde, Evangeline Lilly, Rachel Weisz, Kate Beckinsale, Natalie Portman, Catherine Zeta-Joines, Rachel McAdams, Scarlett Johansson, Anna Friel
Richard: James Purefoy, Eric Bana, Karl Urban, Clive Owen, Russell Crowe, Gerard Butler, Leonardo DiCaprio, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Julian McMahon