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I don't recall seeing this post before. Very entertaining reading.

I can only lay claim to Tilda Swinton but I have seen Jane Campion, Kidman & Gerard Depardieu. And Jane Fonda.



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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2009) David Yates 2/10 The worst of the series so far. And how did this get a Best Cinematography nomination? It's so dark and dreary looking. In the Electric Mist (2009) Bertrand Tavernier 4/10 I saw the director's cut 117 minute version of this (apparently ...

She may not have been as well known as Marilyn Chambers or Jack Wrangler but she was one of the iconic figures of the adult film industry before it changed with introduction of video in the early 1980s. Juliet 'Aunt Peg' Anderson Dead at Age 71 The legendary star appeared in 84 movies, directed thr...

Inju (2008) Barbet Schroeder 1/10 This and Desperate Measures are the major lows of Schroeder's erratic directional career to date. Most of the story takes place in Japan where a French writer (Benoit Magimel) is promoting his latest book. The 'villian's' identity and the outcome of the film are ve...

His wife Googie is actually more famous than he is in the world outside of Australia. Googie Withers was the first English actress I became familiar with growing up as her 1940s British films were constantly being shown on afternoon TV in the 1950s. Her last film was Shine in which she had a minor ...

Eric wrote:So, essentially, the top six categories are all but decided.

Well I think Streep will win Best Actress over Bullock.