Archive for March, 2008

70 Favorite Actors: 54. Charlotte Gainsbourg

27 March 2008

Charlotte Gainsbourg
nationality: English / French
age: 36
watched in: Jane Eyre (1996), 21 Grams (2003), The Science of Sleep (2006), I’m Not There (2007)
favorite role:
There’s something very awkward and yet very beautiful about Charlotte. Every time I see her on screen, it’s like a breath of fresh air. I just love watching her. I also love [...]

Genius!

27 March 2008

I laughed so hard and so long, my heart hurt.
I have a feeling I’ll get LSS…
Voldemort, Voldemort…oooh Voldy Voldy Voldy…Voldemort!

70 Favorite Actors: 55. Alessandro Nivola

26 March 2008

Alessandro Nivola
nationality: American
age: 35
watched in: Face/Off (1997), Mansfield Park (1999), Jurassic Park III (2001), Junebug (2005), Goal! (2005), The Darwin Awards (2006)
favorite role:
For someone who looks like an angel, Alessandro Nivola sure knows how to play the cad. I so wanted to hug his Henry Crawford in Mansfield Park, even though he was bad (or [...]

70 Favorite Actors: 56. Maggie Smith

25 March 2008

Maggie Smith
nationality: English
age: 73
watched in: A Room with a View (1985), Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992), Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), The First Wives Club (1996), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001), Gosford Park (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), [...]

70 Favorite Actors: 58. Jennifer Ehle and 57. Jeremy Northam

24 March 2008

2-in-one post because…well, because I have to catch up on a lot and just to get it over with, this is my favorite of their roles:

the film’s just blah (compared to the book) except when these two are on screen. Oh, if it were possible to scrap the whole Gwyneth Paltrow-Aaron Eckhart part and focus [...]

Video Post Part Deux

24 March 2008

not that I’m posting any videos, just want to share some of the things I’ve been watching in you tube, namely:
Period Dramas! mostly consisting of Jane Austen adaptations, the most recent being the ITV Jane Austen Season (I posted a trailer some months ago): Persuasion, Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park (edit: just learned that the 1999 Mansfield [...]

Video Post

19 March 2008

Edit: here’s The Top 10 List on David Letterman with the BSG cast

First things first: BSG! April 4! It’s going to be a frakking awesome final season!

And I think I’m now officially a fan of Sara Bareilles. Not that I didn’t like her music before but now she just rose to a new level in my [...]