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The Pakistani-American actor is known for his roles in the television series, ‘Silicon Valley,’ and the films ‘The Big Sick,’ ‘The Lovebirds,’ & Marvel’s ‘Eternals.’ ‘The Big Sick’ was written by Nanjiani and his wife, Emily V. Gordon, and earned the couple an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, which is a really cool nomination in my opinion. An independent rom com getting a nomination for a major Oscar? So cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7b178cab-7fdc-407c-8d5c-8781656715c7/maxresdefault.jpg Lists - 10 Actors You Didn’t Know Were Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Jim Rash - This may be the craziest one on the list for me. The actor known primarily for his role as Dean Craig Pelton on ‘Community’ is not just an Oscar nominee, but an Oscar winner. He co-wrote the Best Picture nominated ‘The Descendants,’ which won Rash and his co-writers an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7989bc10-249d-4c2d-b366-b4557afb69c1/he-has-an-oscar-1772181452.jpg Lists - 10 Actors You Didn’t Know Were Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Ray McKinnon - A popular character actor, Ray McKinnon has appeared in numerous prominent film and television products, including ‘Apollo 13,’ ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?,’ ‘Deadwood,’ and ‘Sons of Anarchy.’ He wrote, directed, and starred in the Oscar-winning short, ‘The Accountant’ which I’ve seen and believe is one of the best short films out there. The film was also produced by and starred Walton Goggins, and while he helped celebrate the win (see above photo), Goggins was not actually one of the awardees on the film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/970a59a5-12fd-4593-a3f7-463cfdb787fc/MV5BYzkwOGU5YWQtMjVjZS00ZjliLWI3YmMtZDk3MTRlMjAwNDJkXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - 10 Actors You Didn’t Know Were Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Owen Wilson - Wow. One of the most recognizable actors of the 21st century, Owen Wilson is known for many things. His frequent collaborations with Wes Anderson, his voice role as Lightning McQueen in the ‘Cars’ franchise, and appearances in several comedy & family films like ‘Wedding Crashers,’ ‘Night at the Museum,’ ‘Meet the Parents,’ ‘Zoolander,’ ‘Shanghai Noon,’ and ‘Marley and Me.’ For one of his teamups with Anderson, ‘The Royal Tenenbaums,’ Wilson not only acted, but also co-wrote the film with Anderson, earning an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b7ba6e29-8665-4087-a357-70f819397daf/Jeff_Goldblum_Oscars_Getty_Images_The_Nod_8b1700ac21-zmyywlcntjtfuzv-16x9.webp Lists - 10 Actors You Didn’t Know Were Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Jeff Goldblum - You may not be surprised to hear Goldblum has an Oscar nomination. But you may surprised to hear that his lone nomination didn’t come for acting. Another frequent collaborator of Wes Anderson, Goldblum has appeared in many of the director’s films, as well as several popular franchises like ‘Jurassic Park,’ ‘Independence Day,’ ‘Wicked,’ and the MCU. He earned his Oscar nomination for directing the 1996 short film, ‘Little Surprises.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/64b2e015-7e63-4fda-ba5a-a8123de16080/sei_49768702-7749.webp Lists - 10 Actors You Didn’t Know Were Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Peter Capaldi - The Scotsman best known for playing the 12th incarnation of the Doctor in ‘Doctor Who,’ Capaldi has also acted in the first two ‘Paddington’ films and ‘The Suicide Squad.’ In 1994, he won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short for writing & directing ‘Frank Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life.’ This win was actually one of a small handful of ties in Oscars’ history, tying with the short film ‘Trevor.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/376add2b-64e5-4a06-885e-2d5941728e40/john-astin-gilbert-gottfried-amazing-colossal-podcast-k91864sog1.png Lists - 10 Actors You Didn’t Know Were Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out John Astin - While he has appeared in several popular films, Astin is best known for originating the role of Gomez Addams in ‘The Addams Family.’ Astin’s directorial debut was the comedic short, ‘Prelude’ which received a nomination for Best Live Action Short in 1969. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7a134dcd-3de9-490f-afeb-4acaee4fc01f/MV5BZDM0ZmM4ODAtNWYxMy00MzVhLTkwYzYtMGU4ZTNlYzQ4NWQ4XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - 10 Actors You Didn’t Know Were Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Sean Astin - John Astin’s son is more well known than his father in current day, thanks to roles in films like ‘The Goonies’ & ‘Rudy,’ and TV series like ‘24’ & ‘Stranger Things,’ plus voice roles in ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ & ‘Special Agent Oso’ as Raphael & Oso, respectively. And he of course played a crucial role in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. In 1994, Astin directed and produced the short film ‘Kangaroo Court’ which received a nomination for Best Live Action Short. Astin was co-nominated with his wife, Christine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/35deed08-524f-41a9-9290-512a5a829460/best-documentary-feature-oscar-winners-richard-obarry-director-louie-psihoyos-producer-paula-dupre-pesman-and-fisher-stevens-from-the-film-the-cove-pose-with-the-oscars-at-the-82nd-academy-awards-in-hollywood-on-ma.jpg Lists - 10 Actors You Didn’t Know Were Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Fisher Stevens - Stevens is an actor known for his roles in ‘Short Circuit,’ ‘Reversal of Fortune,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!,’ and several Wes Anderson films. He also appeared in TV series like ‘The Blacklist,’ ‘The Good Fight,’ and ‘Succession.’ Aside from acting, Stevens is a documentary filmmaker and won the Award for Best Documentary Feature for producing ‘The Cove’ in 2009. Also, sorry about the watermark picture. I usually avoid using those, but I had few other options. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/dcd95a40-25b8-4b7f-86b1-ee9543c30a8f/Cobra_Kai_n_S6_E15_00_40_15_09R-H-2025.webp Lists - 10 Actors You Didn’t Know Were Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out William Zabka - The actor that is primarily known for his role as Johnny Lawrence in ‘The Karate Kid’ and later, ‘Cobra Kai,’ Zabka has also been a director and producer alongside his acting career. He was an executive producer on ‘Cobra Kai,’ also directing an episode and has directed several music videos. He co-wrote & produced the 2003 short film, ‘Most’ which received an Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short. https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-20-movie-astronauts monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/600b4b52-b8c1-4095-a538-1eeb7c23533c/PHM_46545_R_rgb-H-2026.webp Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Ryan Gosling as Dr. Ryland Grace (Project Hail Mary) - I’m so incredibly amped up for this movie. I’m chomping at the bits to get into the theater and see it, as the book is one of my all-time favorites. The trailer looks great and everything leads me to believe the film will also be great. Grace is sent on a mission to the Tau Ceti system to investigate a star with the hopes of saving Earth’s Sun and I don’t want to spoil anything, so I’ll leave it at that. I also think that this will be a career performance for Gosling, but I guess only time will tell! And despite Dr. Grace’s insistence that he’s not an astronaut, but I have to disagree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4cb36546-6903-4e54-95a7-6649a9e74239/interstellar_1.jpg Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Matthew McConaughey as Joseph Cooper (Interstellar) - There are some performances on here that I haven’t seen. But of all the ones I have seen, this is hands down the best. Sent to help find a new home for humanity due to the blight and famine on Earth, Cooper teams up with astronauts played by Anne Hathaway, Wes Bentley, and David Gyasi. McConaughey’s Cooper is a pilot and an astronaut, but more importantly he’s a father who wants to save his kids. And when he ugly cries… I ugly cry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c11bce50-0de4-40e3-b972-5dcb417302a6/the-martian-DF-20914_rgb.0.0.1443736460.webp Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Matt Damon as Mark Watney (The Martian) - My favorite book of all-time is ‘The Martian,’ written by Andy Weir. Weir is also the mind behind ‘Project Hail Mary’ and wow can he write astronauts well. Damon slides brilliantly into the role of Watney in an Oscar-nominated performance of a man stranded alone on Mars, trying to figure out how to survive on a planet by himself. One of my all-time favorite performances (like Top 5), from one of my all-time favorite films (like Top 7). Watney is an unlikely hero, as the lowest ranking member of his team and the team’s designate botanist, but I’d argue he becomes the best botanist in the history of botany! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5e67f8c8-b165-4311-9db6-2d909feb3d45/ToyStory5_trailerframe_2-H-2026.webp Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story) - Buzz is less of an astronaut and more of a… space ranger. Allen’s Buzz is one of the most recognizable characters out there and will appear in ‘Toy Story 5’ this year, reuniting with his best cowboy friend. Buzz also appears in the film ‘Lightyear,’ voiced by Chris Evans, but that’s kind of confusing to explain and the movie’s not great. What is great is that my son is currently in a Buzz phase so he should be excited to see the new film in a couple months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4d463b4e-6bc9-4db9-9350-071d2e93c029/ad-astra-1.webp Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Brad Pitt as Roy McBride (Ad Astra) - This isn’t considered an all-time film. Personally I found it just okay. But Brad Pitt does play an astronaut in it, so it makes it onto the list. And actually there are a handful of films that I could say the same thing about that made it onto here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7cffad54-7885-46f2-ac80-599dcd4329f0/gravity_sandra_bullock_a_l.webp Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Sandra Bullock as Dr. Ryan Stone (Gravity) - Another Oscar-nominated (any many believe should have been Oscar-winning) performance, this sci-fi thriller is a nerve wracking watch. Originally focused on two astronauts stranded in space, Bullock plays the inexperienced Stone, with George Clooney playing her seasoned counterpart. The film as a whole won 7 of its 10 Oscar nominations, though it did lose Best Picture. Side note, but the film made $700 million at the box office which is crazy for an original film like this. Bullock had a box office clause in her contract, meaning she earned over $70m from this film. Good for her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3602e750-d214-42f3-aee7-b2757e554d89/Brody-First-Man.webp Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong (First Man) - Gosling again?! The first of a couple real people on this list, Gosling played the most famous astronaut ever in this 2018 film. An underrated performance from his career, the film is very grounded (no pun intended) and shows the toll the moon landing mission had on Armstrong and his colleagues. Though the film underperformed, it was well noted for it’s historical accuracy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8c4e6f46-8a3a-4a94-b9a1-e05722007654/MAIN-OPTION-MCDAPTH_EC030-H-2025.webp Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell (Apollo 13) - The only other real astronaut on the list comes from Ron Howard’s 1993 docudrama. A dramatization of the Apollo 13 mission, Howard said he went to extreme lengths to keep the film scientifically accurate. Hanks leads the ensemble as Lovell, with Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, and Gary Sinise playing his cohorts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7a658334-91b3-4c87-9b4b-9326f7389c29/43025-2001-Odyssey-Dave-Space-suit.jpg Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Keir Dullea as Dr. David Bowman (2001: A Space Odyssey) - Considered by many to be the greatest sci-fi film of all-time, Bowman faces off with his ship’s autopilot HAL in Stanley Kubrick’s classic film. And just know that if this was a ranked list of astronauts that were turned into a fetus at the end of their film, Bowman would hands down be number one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ff4d0387-2bd9-48cf-bd4d-54064346d2d2/heston-apes.jpg Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Charlton Heston as George Taylor (Planet of the Apes) - In what I think is one of the best sci-fis of all-time, Heston plays an astronaut who ends up on an unknown planet in which humans don’t speak and apes rule society. He lands with two comrades, but ends up as the sole survivor of his craft as he tries to figure out where his ship went off course. Even though this film is nearly 60 years old, I won’t spoil it since it’s one of the greatest plot twists of all-time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/599f0b49-a783-4cb0-9009-11c8fe432743/l-intro-1665516361.jpg Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell (Moon) - This 2009 Duncan Jones film follows Sam Bell, an astronaut nearing the end of a three year isolated mission on the moon. He experiences a personal crisis and sci-fi madness ensues. The film was nominated for Best British Film at the BAFTAs and is now fairly well beloved in the world of science fiction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fd06c015-7ce8-4948-991a-d100bfb8f9dd/MV5BZWM0OWMyNTctZTg0Ny00NWY3LWE5M2QtNmFlYjg4MjE5MjA4XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Adam Sandler as Jakub Procházka (Spaceman) - ‘Project Hail Mary’ if it wasn’t very good. One of Adam Sandler more dramatic outings, this film, based on a 2017 novel, follows Jakub, an astronaut on a solo mission who encounters an extraterrestrial spider he names Hanuš. That genuinely sounds very similar to Hail Mary, so Weir may have taken inspiration here, I’m not sure. I haven’t read the book, but the film was a little bit of a miss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a6d5a3c7-547c-4465-b07c-28ee626f74ad/MV5BNGIxZDg2MmEtNmRhMi00N2UxLTlmNmMtNjM4NzdhNDBmZDNjXkEyXkFqcGdeQW1yb3NzZXI%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Robert Pattinson as Monte (High Life) - A 2018 film with a non-linear structure, ‘High Life’ follows a group of criminals who are sentenced to a space mission headed straight towards a black hole. The group of human guinea pigs are subject to experimentation by mad scientist Dibs (Juliette Binoche), with Pattinson’s Monte, who is serving a life sentence for manslaughter, as our lead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8fb1cee4-4e1a-42db-9baf-784b0a7b65d7/Screen-Shot-2021-09-02-at-11.31.52-AM-copy-H-2021.webp Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Halle Berry as Jocinda Fowler (Moonfall) - A 2022 box office bust, this film centers on a group of astronauts and scientists who must learn what happened to the Moon when it suddenly leaves orbit. Halle Berry’s ‘Jo’ is a former astronaut who takes on a leadership role for NASA and eventually has to get back up into space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/33e3f64e-3d2d-4c6a-9b52-5a4c26c84846/life-jake-gyllenhaal.webp Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Jake Gyllenhaal as Dr. David Jordan (Life) - A sci-fi horror akin to ‘Alien,’ this film follows a 6-person crew aboard the ISS who discover life and Mars and quickly learn how dangerous it is. Gyllenhaal’s Jordan is the crew’s medical officer with other crew members played by Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, and Hiroyuki Sanada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/0c5be6bc-2b14-43e1-9534-3a7d1a6b1b12/l-intro-1663183088.jpg Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Cillian Murphy as Robert Capa (Sunshine) - I admittedly haven’t seen this film, so I don’t know who would be the best person to put here. But Murphy is top billed so I went with him. A 2007 film, it follows a crew of astronauts sent to drop a bomb on the Sun to help reignite it when a global freeze threatens the Earth. The rest of the crew is played by Chris Evans, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis, Troy Garity, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Benedict Wong. And do they successfully reignite the sun? Not sure. I’ll let you know after I watch the movie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f8429644-b420-4af9-8b8c-75394a358053/maxresdefault.jpg Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Liev Schreiber as Vincent Campbell (The Last Days on Mars) - A sci-fi horror set on the Red Planet, it’s in a very similar vein to ‘The Martian’ except with some ‘Alien’ aspects mixed in. I’ll leave it at that. (Because I haven’t seen it and know nothing else). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f8c00d7d-a471-4bfb-977f-113ca5e39904/MV5BNmM4NDIwZTAtZmNlZi00YWVlLWFjODctOTk0NDJjYmNjNzk0XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Ava Hamilton (The Cloverfield Paradox) - The third film in the ‘Cloverfield’ franchise, this film follows… you guessed it… a group of astronauts. The team uses a particle accelerator and then is unable to find their way back to the Earth when the planet appears to have vanished. The film had an extremely unique marketing strategy, dropping a surprise trailer during the Super Bowl and then airing the movie on Netflix immediately after the game. Mbatha-Raw’s Ava is the lead character, the crew’s communications officer with other crew members played by David Oyelowo, Daniel Brühl, John Ortiz, Chris O’Dowd, and Zhang Ziyi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ef20a96e-84a5-4460-97d4-194268a63df0/a2b25dc6c36382d47fad0019eed7f64392931f4a028a05f693b5c17958b23142.png Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out George Clooney as Dr. Chris Kelvin (Solaris) - From Steven Soderbergh, this 2002 film is based on the ‘60s novel of the same name. It’s set almost entirely on a space station, as Clooney’s character must figure out what went wrong with the missteps of the previous mission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/1f47de51-3dcb-4add-b3b0-64968da31db9/i-dont-care-what-anyone-says-this-would-be-the-best-outfit-v0-gsu9ibgay8lb1.jpg Lists - Top 20 Movie Astronauts - Make it stand out Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley (Alien) - And rounding us out is a character who feels strange to describe as an astronaut because she’s eclipsed so much more than that. A role that has been reprised several times, Weaver’s Ripley is one of the most well known original film characters of all-time. The warrant officer of the ship, the Nostromo, Weaver earned an Oscar nomination for playing Ripley in the sequel, ‘Aliens.’ https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/st-patricks-day-movies monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-20-autobiographical-films monthly 0.5 2026-02-26 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-romance-movies-you-probably-havent-seen monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-co-stars-who-played-couples-multiple-times monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fe0f3ec1-0e7c-4f90-8d97-2e70bec9c111/00-holding-ryan-gosling-emma-stone.webp Lists - Top 10 Co-Stars Who Played Couples Multiple Times - Make it stand out Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone (3) - One of the best modern examples, Gosling & Stone first played a couple in the 2011 rom com ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ before reuniting in ‘Gangster Squad.’ There most famous iteration as a couple is easily as Seb & Mia in ‘La La Land’ for which they both received Oscar nominations, with Stone winning. ‘La La Land’ is one of the most popular & acclaimed films of the 21st century and this has led to many fans wanting the two to reunite once again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/32ac0f40-75ba-4df1-ac54-abd44be8c08a/MCDFIFI_CO005.webp Lists - Top 10 Co-Stars Who Played Couples Multiple Times - Make it stand out Drew Barrymore & Adam Sandler (3) - Adam Sandler is known for often acting with the same group of people in his films. But I’d say the costar most often associated with him is likely Drew Barrymore. They teamed up 3 times in ‘The Wedding Singer,’ ‘50 First Dates,’ & ‘Blended,’ and I wouldn’t be shocked if they team up again somewhere down the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/0d9307d3-a904-4ea3-a7bf-f96cb66d6cc0/keanu-reeves-and-winona-ryder-reunite-in-first-charming-trailer-for-destination-wedding-social.webp Lists - Top 10 Co-Stars Who Played Couples Multiple Times - Make it stand out Keanu Reeves & Winona Ryder (3) - In the 1992 film ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ Reeves & Ryder play the Harkers, a couple crucial to the Dracula story. Their second time playing a couple came in the 2006 adult animated comedy from Richard Linklater, ‘A Scanner Darkly.’ Then in 2018 they reunited once again for the romantic dramedy, ‘Destination Wedding.’ Ryder has joked that the couple may actually be married due to a real priest performing a wedding ceremony during the filming of Dracula. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ce0fb5af-d9fb-426c-8630-62b1fe992699/eyes_wide_shut_wb.webp Lists - Top 10 Co-Stars Who Played Couples Multiple Times - Make it stand out Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman (3) - Another real life couple who acted together, Cruise & Kidman, first starred together in 1990’s ‘Days of Thunder,’ and they got married after meeting on set. This was followed up in 1992 with ‘Far and Away’ in which the couple played Irish immigrants looking to take part in the 1893 Oklahoma Land Run. Their final & most well known team up was in Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 film, ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ an erotic psychological drama. The couple would go on to get divorced a couple of years later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/9d6bae22-ccf0-4fa6-a129-10600daf2c85/Overboard-67e286114ad94c98939d6208d54d2fbd.jpg Lists - Top 10 Co-Stars Who Played Couples Multiple Times - Make it stand out Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell (4) - The first real life couple on the list, these two have been together in real life since 1983. They played love interests in the rom com, ‘Overboard’ and the romantic drama, ‘Swing Shift’ from 1987 & 1984, respectively. They reunited onscreen in 2018’s ‘The Christmas Chronicles’ in which Russell plays Santa & Hawn cameos as Mrs. Claus and they join forces again in the sequel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/78de9d4f-1f78-4691-8eb3-0771f76c063d/Tom%2BHanks%2Band%2BMeg%2BRyan%2Bin%2BYou%27ve%2BGot%2BMail%2B%281998%29-Website.webp Lists - Top 10 Co-Stars Who Played Couples Multiple Times - Make it stand out Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan (4) - Hanks & Ryan starred in two of the most well known rom coms of the 90s in ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ and ‘You’ve Got Mail.’ Prior to that, they starred in the 1990 film ‘Joe Versus the Volcano’ and they would later on star as a married couple in ‘Ithaca’ in 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c1e93ad3-4a0e-4a81-946b-9ac0759d9a45/REX_Lauren_Bacall_12.webp Lists - Top 10 Co-Stars Who Played Couples Multiple Times - Make it stand out Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart (4) - Married in 1945 until Bogart’s 1957 death, this real life couple that was one of Hollywood’s most famous duos met on set of ‘To Have and Have Not.’ They starred together in three more films in three years: ‘The Big Sleep,’ ‘Dark Passage,’ & ‘Key Largo.’ After Bogart’s death, Bacall would often speak about him and his legendary onscreen work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5a90e4c4-73db-458c-9447-690e6bfcdd95/Spencer-Tracy-and-Katherine-Hepburn.jpg Lists - Top 10 Co-Stars Who Played Couples Multiple Times - Make it stand out Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy (8) - Though these two never tied the note, they had a personal relationship that lasted for over 25 years, until Tracy’s death. The couple appeared in 9 films together starting with 1942’s ‘Woman of the Year’ where they met on set and their final film coming out in 1967’s ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ The two’s relationship was an open secret in Hollywood, but was never discussed in public by either of them until well after Tracy’s death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/be9e5c6b-39b9-496b-bc4f-44e1868eea72/Ginger-Rogers-and-Fred-Astaire.webp Lists - Top 10 Co-Stars Who Played Couples Multiple Times - Make it stand out Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers (10) - These two actors appeared as co-stars and dance partners in 10 films, 9 of which came out between 1933 and 1939, with one more coming in 1949. The most popular of these was likely ‘Top Hat.’ In 1950 when Astaire was given an Honorary Academy Award, Rogers was the one who presented him the award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c6a34e28-adc4-4374-9221-09c1ebbcafd0/Myrna-Loy-Asta-photograph-William-Powell-After.webp Lists - Top 10 Co-Stars Who Played Couples Multiple Times - Make it stand out Myrna Loy & William Powell (14) - Between 1934 and 1947 this couple starred in 13 films together, with their last on screen appearance together coming in 1947’s ‘The Senator Was Indiscreet’ in which Powell starred and Loy had a cameo. Many of their team ups came from playing the characters of Nick & Nora Charles starting in ‘The Thin Man.’ https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-tallest-actors-of-all-time monthly 0.5 2026-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/15f7b1c3-76a0-4d41-9e0b-88a4649a5b78/4af60ca2daf8e1a5b117694038ecd366.jpg Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out Conan Stevens (7’0) - I noted that The Mountain in ‘Game of Thrones’ was most notably played by Björnsson, but two other actors donned the giant armor first. The first of those was Conan Stevens who also played the titular characters in the 2005 Marvel film, ‘Man-Thing’ and he played orcs in two of ‘The Hobbit’ films. On TV, he played Goliath in the miniseries ‘The Bible.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/1046f22f-197a-4dce-9af2-2b3324b2a507/MV5BNGRjYjVmOGYtMDk4Yy00NTY3LTk3ZmYtMDg4NDFhNDk2M2EyXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out Carel Struycken (7’0) - Struycken is a Dutch actor who has appeared in many sci-fi and fantasy franchises, like many other on this list. His most well known role is that of The Giant in ‘Twin Peaks’ making appearances in 5 episodes, also appearing in 4 episodes of ‘Twin Peaks: The Return.’ He also appeared in 5 episodes of ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ as Mr. Homn, ‘Men in Black,’ ‘Doctor Sleep,’ and played Lurch in the three ‘90s ‘Addams Family’ films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/883b7aa0-e035-445d-a9eb-cfc90c5ba844/MCDALVS_FE017.webp Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out Ian Whyte (7’1) - The middle actor to play Ser Gregor Clegane, Ian Whyte is another regular of popular franchises. He has played various Predators in the ‘Alien vs. Predator’ franchise, played a significant role in ‘Prometheus,’ acted in ‘The Northman’ and has appeared in 4 different ‘Star Wars’ projects. He also doubled for Frances de la Tour in ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ and played various roles besides the Mountain in ‘Game of Thrones,’ mostly the various giants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3944f4b4-d7f9-4c19-810d-3dd1f0633d76/KIEL-1-obit-superJumbo.jpg Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out Richard Kiel (7’1.5) - One of the more recognizable actors on the list, Kiel’s first major role was in a highly regarded episode of ‘The Twilight Zone’ before he went onto play the Bond villains Jaws in ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ and ‘Moonraker.’ Kiel had a wide range of other film & TV roles, including a memorable appearance in ‘Happy Gilmore.’ His final film role before his 2014 death was a voice role in Disney’s ‘Tangled.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/688f2d0b-5475-4af0-87db-da82fff5364f/Rd4gzFkZ01UMbJjWcVHScNtPm8s9DFXqUjF_S-cJXaU.png Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out John Aasen (7’2) - Aasen was a silent film actor who lived from 1890-1938, so his height is quite a dispute. Some sources him at 7’0, while other reputable sources have him as tall as 7’5. He appeared in various shorts and silent feature films, mostly in uncredited roles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/04862f95-14eb-4787-affd-89e15cfe14cb/peterhall.jpg.9bdbe648cc42ced5672c9af45e8e1030.jpg Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out Kevin Peter Hall (7’2) - Fun fact. Jean-Claude Van Damme was originally cast to play the Predator in the original film of the same name. Despite his martial arts skills and bulk, the filmmakers felt that Van Damme’s 5’10 stature didn’t look intimidating next to the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, and Jesse ‘The Body’ Ventura. So they replaced him with the 7’2 Kevin Peter Hall, who went on to reprise the role in the sequel film, ‘Predator 2.’ Hall also appeared in TV series ‘227’ & ‘Misfits of Science,’ with his most well known non-Predator role being that of Harry in ‘Harry and the Hendersons.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7606f62e-1caf-4eb7-a56b-34014e0eecc1/Olivier-Richters-Reacher-Season-3-Interview.webp Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out Olivier Richters (7’2) - And our final honorable mention is Dutch bodybuilder and actor, Olivier Richters. Richters played a small role in ‘Black Widow’ and has also appeared in ‘The King’s Man,’ ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,’ and the TV series, ‘Reacher.’ He is set to play Zangief in the 2026 film, ‘Street Fighter.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e43cbac4-b477-41ee-9edc-c0a235bb4334/AP_777435299699-1880x1251.jpg Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out Peter Mayhew (7’3) - Peter Mayhew was a career actor, but he was really only known for a single role, unlike several others we’ve talked about so far who have a couple of characters to their name. But since that character is one of the most iconic of all-time, we’ll let it slide. Because after all, what would ‘Star Wars’ be without Chewbacca, who Mayhew played in 5 movies, 1 TV special, 1 TV series, several other pieces of media, and even on ‘The Muppet Show.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/89f6a8d9-d3a7-45e8-805b-673ada2faa3d/c28f2e6085ec8de43a72a23059c3f8bf.webp Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out André Rousimoff (7’4) - Better known by his ring name, André the Giant, Rousimoff was best known for his work in the WWE, where is one of the sports most iconic performers. I’ll admit, I don’t think he’s actually 7’4. WWE tends to exaggerate heights, but based on other evidence, I’d put André probably around 7’2. But I’m going to include him just in case. He had a handful of TV & film appearances, with his primary role coming as Fezzik in ‘The Princess Bride.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/356bfa71-21a0-4edb-a076-0bff0a92ce78/692b8d2c67aefd85dd2975ebe124cfdf.webp Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out Matthew McGrory (7’6) - An American actor, McGrory was recognized by Guinness World Records as the tallest actor at one point in his life, as well as the biggest foot and toe in the world. He played in Rob Zombie’s horror films ‘House of 1000 Corpses’ & ‘The Devil’s Rejects,’ as well as ‘Men in Black II’ and ‘Big Fish.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a13f311c-7ad7-4b1e-b02b-bac5c126e5b6/CD11013090.webp Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out Christopher Greener (7’6.25) - A British actor who was the 4th-tallest Brit of all-time at his death, Greener played international basketball for the UK national team. He played small roles in a handful of films including ‘The Rainbow Thief,’ ‘Sky Bandits,’ and most notably, ‘The Elephant Man.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4d1fa92a-4891-4144-b918-63e645ac701e/imrs.webp Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out Robert Bobroczkyi (7’7) - A Romanian former basketball played who played at the collegiate level for Rochester Christian, Bobroczkyi made his acting debut in the 2024 film ‘Alien: Romulus.’ Officially credited as The Offspring, his character is a mutant human-xenomorph hybrid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a4edc143-3221-4aee-a3c9-8002edaec2fc/ffc895d7fa20c905-600x338.jpg Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out Jorge González (7’7) - Believed to be the tallest Argentinian to have ever lived, González competed as a professional wrestler in both WCW & WWE under the ringnames El Gigante & Giant González. He was listed at 8’0 tall during his wrestling career, but was legitimately measured at 7’7. He acted on the TV series ‘Swamp Thing,’ ‘Thunder in Paradise,’ ‘Baywatch,’ and the TV film, ‘Hercules in the Underworld.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/1e1e6b12-56fa-4f9d-9408-50719ca021be/MV5BMTk3NDE0NDA2MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzE2MjM3Mw%40%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out Lock Martin (7’7) - Another older performer, Martin’s height is also disputed due to inconsistent reports. Martin had several roles in which he played giants, yetis, and aliens, with his most prominent coming as the robot Gort in ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fc2806c1-009e-4cfe-b72d-c0793047d285/Max+Palmer%2C+el+actor+m%C3%A1s+alto+de+la+historia.png Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out Max Palmer (7’7) - Max Palmer lived many lives as a basketball player, professional wrestler, & evangelist preacher, but wedged in the middle of those careers he had a few acting roles, most notably in the Jungle Jim film, ‘Killer Ape’ in which he plays the titular ape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/80476f49-9cad-428c-bc7a-2b7db320d12c/NeilFingleton.webp Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out Neil Fingleton (7’7.5) - The tallest Brit of all-time, Fingleton lived from 1980-2017 and played basketball at the collegiate and oversees professional level. He appeared in 6 projects in his acting career, all fairly prominent, though his roles were smaller. He acted in ‘X-Men: First Class,’ ‘47 Ronin,’ ‘Jupiter Ascending,’ ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron,’ and ‘Doctor Who,’ with his most notable role coming from ‘Game of Thrones’ where he played Mag the Mighty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/01ae5b29-4390-45c5-bcb2-f9af652960f3/84649-tallest-married-couple-living-header.jpg Lists - Top 10 Tallest Actors of All-Time - Make it stand out Sun Mingming (7’9) - At one point, Sun Mingming was the tallest professional basketball player in the world, when he played professionally in his native China. Sun has appeared in a couple of Chinese TV series and movies, with his one American credit coming in ‘Rush Hour 3.’ https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-ape-movies monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a6412d5b-7ad2-4e1d-b648-596751b614ae/rs-18960-apes-1800-1404228817.webp Lists - Top 10 Ape Movies - Make it stand out Planet of the Apes - Well yeah. These are THE ape movies. Take your pick. The original 1968 film starring Charlton Heston or any of its four sequels. The 2001 Tim Burton remake starring Mark Wahlberg. Or any of the modern CGI films with Andy Serkis as Caesar. Though if you pick the 2001 version I will absolutely question your sanity. The strongest films are definitely the modern takes on the story, of which we currently have 4, with more to follow eventually. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5953cf2e-db47-4f4f-a019-65456e9eac1b/king_kong_1933.webp Lists - Top 10 Ape Movies - Make it stand out King Kong - Another film with many different versions, you have your 1933 film, your 1976 film, and your 2005 film, all simply titled ‘King Kong.’ In 2017 we got the film ‘Kong: Skull Island’ which is a part of the larger Monsterverse film franchise. Kong has returned to the franchise with two more film appearances in crossover films with Godzilla. Maybe the most famous fictional ape, the gigantic Kong is always impressive no matter what story he’s in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e7bae1a8-1d71-40fb-a334-575df1111e99/image-w1280.jpg Lists - Top 10 Ape Movies - Make it stand out Mighty Joe Young - People just love the apes because they keep getting remakes. The original film came out in 1949, with a remake coming in 1998. Both films depict a giant gorilla who is brought out of it’s home and his bond with a woman he’s known his whole life. It’s like King Kong Lite. Prince Kong if you will. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f370afe4-74dd-4392-a663-1e38fac85cfe/ViewerGuide_Gorillas.jpg Lists - Top 10 Ape Movies - Make it stand out Gorillas in the Mist - A biographical film from 1988, this film is lessed focused on apes, and actually more focused on real life conservationist Dian Fossey. The film was a 5x Oscar nominee, including a Best Actress nomination for Sigourney Weaver, who played Fossey. The film portrays the importance Fossey had on the gorilla population, with her actions playing a major part in saving her from extinction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e53acfea-0359-4a7e-8005-97b22aca1465/MV5BMTk4MzgwMTg3OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODEzODgxMzE%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Top 10 Ape Movies - Make it stand out Tarzan - Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ 1912 book, this 1999 Disney film is one of the studios best from that timeframe. An Oscar-winning film, winning Best Original Song for ‘You’ll Be In My Heart,’ the whole soundtrack from Phil Collins is the clear highlight of the movie. As you likely know, the movie focuses on a man raised by gorillas who gets his first exposure to other humans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/283c5d5d-a5a4-4296-b364-f432fe7f6a82/Better-Man-4.webp Lists - Top 10 Ape Movies - Make it stand out Better Man - Yes. Better Man. The 2024 Robbie Williams biopic in which Williams is depicted as a chimpanzee. This movie rocks. I absolutely love it. I know nothing about Robbie Williams aside from this film, but it’s just such a well made film. It’s frustrating that it flopped commercially because people wrote it off, and American audiences didn’t want to watch it since they don’t know who Williams is. Which is why the whole chimp thing is cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ca21c5f8-ae7c-4285-babb-b69d55734fed/n3RTjS7xMyegNVD9G499B5.jpg Lists - Top 10 Ape Movies - Make it stand out George of the Jungle - George of the Jungle is to Tarzan as Mighty Joe Young is to King Kong. But this Disney film came out two years prior to Disney’s Tarzan, so ha! Brendan Fraser plays the titular role, a man who was raised in the jungle by apes, swings on vines, and needs to watch out for that tree! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2e01bfb5-f28a-446f-ba70-72cb494f4843/edad57955014bbe93ecf6a7c73d2a755_1280x720.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Ape Movies - Make it stand out Space Chimps - This isn’t regarded as what you may call, a good movie. But I’m sure it has its fans. An animated sci-fi comedy, it stars Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, and Patrick Warburton as a group of chimpanzees who travel to another planet and meet an alien. See, now that title makes sense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/1ad2bf72-e749-4e1b-9120-d9084a0732e0/09615910-6b34-42f0-8297-c189cb35be4c_1205x640.jpg Lists - Top 10 Ape Movies - Make it stand out Congo - This movie is maybe less about apes and more just features an ape as a central character. The gorilla Amy is the pet of a member of an expedition team who go into the Congolian jungles looking for an ancient civilization. Another film not lauded very highly, it was actually nominated for Worst Picture at the Razzies. It’s based on the book of the same name by Michael Crichton, who also wrote ‘Jurassic Park.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/9c159216-77ab-4e66-a5cb-ea48f8a6379f/MV5BYWVjZjUzZDItYWU0Ni00Nzk5LTliYmMtNWE2M2M3N2ExNTJjXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_.jpg Lists - Top 10 Ape Movies - Make it stand out Curious George - All of these films have been about chimps or gorillas, finally we get one that’s really about a monkey! This 2006 animated film stars Will Ferrell as the Man in the Yellow Hat who finds and eventually adopts the titular monkey, mirroring the story from the popular children’s books. https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-movie-yearners monthly 0.5 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/403f47fd-7d62-4358-aad8-d160f5b6cd7a/MV5BYjEyYmY5ZjEtNjUwNy00MjA0LTg1MTAtZjE2NmRmMmM3OTk0XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Yearners - Make it stand out Theodore ‘Laurie’ Laurence (Little Women) - I have mixed feelings about Laurie. I totally respect his love for Jo and his expression of that love in the face of rejection. But then when he switches gears to Amy, it’s hard for me to not feel as though he’s settling for her, which wouldn’t be fair to her. But either way, he yearned pretty hard for them both and his declaration of love to Jo is one of the best scenes in a really great film. And you know I had to get Timothée Chalamet on here if I could. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/18ebedc3-ab58-459b-a16d-9f83068a012b/ryan-gosling-the-notebook-052725-7063c0d15f07418e8f48fd363649dfae.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Yearners - Make it stand out Noah Calhoun (The Notebook) - I mean come on. He wrote her 365 letters. He wrote her every day for a year! And yes, it can and should be frowned upon that Allie was engaged and Noah persisted. But this is fiction friends. So shoutout to Ryan Gosling for bringing Noah to life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/47ff5d35-2592-42bf-b5b9-128551319b51/fuNKWQDu57WubhCVqYnmRc.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Yearners - Make it stand out Peeta Mellark (The Hunger Games) - You’ll notice several of these yearners come from love triangles. I guess maybe you’re more likely to yearn if there’s something standing between you and your love, particularly another suitor. That’s cause and effect kiddos! Played by Josh Hutcherson, Peeta wants so badly to be able to express his love to Katniss. He finally gets the ability to do this when they’re put in the life or death situation of the Hunger Games. Fine timing. Over the course of the Games, Katniss begins to pretend to fall for Peeta, and actually fall a little for Peeta, something they must explore as time progresses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/cd44dae8-6623-461a-9faa-29ae89b76716/Bridget-Jones.webp Lists - Top 10 Movie Yearners - Make it stand out Mr. Darcy (Pride & Prejudice)/Mark Darcy (Bridget Jones’s Diary) - I really wanted to put Colin Firth’s Mark Darcy as his own entry, mainly because my wife & I just watched that film. But since he is just a modern reimagining of Mr. Darcy, I felt it best to put it here. As you’ll see with others on this list. Just because you’re yearning doesn’t mean you’re making the right choices. Darcy is a jerk. Straight up. But behind his jerkiness is a man that cares for Elizabeth/Bridget and just doesn’t know how to express that. But the way the character continues popping up and pursuing her should be clear enough on how he feels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/136d0c3c-e2ce-4f38-b8d9-ba813c283043/A.A24.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Yearners - Make it stand out Luke (Eternity) - I mean come on. Callum Turner’s Luke waited 67 years in limbo for Joan to die before he moved onto his afterlife. That’s a proper yearner that is. I won’t spoil anything, but if you haven’t watched 2025’s ‘Eternity’ you should! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a8dae4d0-d89c-4abd-bf19-018996b8b509/arag-hed.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Yearners - Make it stand out Aragorn (Lord of the Rings) - Maybe an odd pick. Aragorn had a lot on his plate. Rightful king of Gondor and all. Got all mixed up with the fellowship, etc. And he went on lots of adventures. But always on his mind during all those adventures was his love. I think we all know how legendary Viggo Mortensen is as Aragorn, but one thing we don’t talk about enough is how well he displayed the undying love he had for Arwen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ba2d6591-e057-4c14-bd36-c3a016ceb729/Y-Tu-Mama-Tambien-1.webp Lists - Top 10 Movie Yearners - Make it stand out Tenoch & Julio (Y tu mamá también) - Double dose of yearning. These two young friends both yearned for the same woman, Luisa. And the not so secret plot twist of the movie is they were actually yearning for each other. The classic case of closeted homosexual feelings disguised as yearning for a woman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3e7ec877-c411-4781-b91f-2c0062baf6ca/3179450.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Yearners - Make it stand out Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars) - Ever yearned so hard that you killed your wife? No? Then you’re just not on Anakin Skywalker’s level. Which is actually quite a good thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/801c2ffd-d32f-4a49-b471-7b1a09d12ca6/nkmtk20dbnxn5qvzey4n.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Yearners - Make it stand out Jack Dawson (Titanic) - From the moment he saw Rose, Jack makes it no secret he’s interested in her. Although they come from different socioeconomic backgrounds, they grow close fast and in a surprising twist of fate, Rose really ends up yearning for Jack after he, well, you know, dies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/9d8079c3-4d44-4deb-a381-310e87584e50/Harry-Burns.When-Harry-Met-Sally....webp Lists - Top 10 Movie Yearners - Make it stand out Harry Burns (When Harry Met Sally…) - Harry realized that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Sally, and so, he wanted the rest of his life to to start as soon as possible. Duh. https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-actors-with-the-best-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-01-10 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/the-best-scenes-of-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-01-02 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/my-most-anticipated-releases-of-2026 monthly 0.5 2025-12-31 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-25-christmas-characters monthly 0.5 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3ba1e580-971c-4f56-8520-eedb91d83622/htra215_vv291-2000-04854f68533a4c718f3c799209e62fa2.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Santa Claus (various) - Well duh. Aside from my good friend Jesus, Santa is the one most synonymous with the Christmas season (and in all honesty, he may be more synonymous, but that’s a problem and discussion for a different article). Santa has been portrayed countless times (like genuinely so many times). While I personally like Edmund Gwenn’s performance of Santa from ‘Miracle on 34th Street,’ the Santa performance that is the most popular and iconic has got to be Tim Allen’s in ‘The Santa Clause’ and its sequels. It has some good solid Santa lore and Allen has the right look and attitude needed for Old St. Nick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3ef7d53c-982c-4a36-8006-f9d071cb9169/jim-carrey-wants-to-reprise-his-role-from-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-but-only-under-one-condition.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out The Grinch (How the Grinch Stole Christmas) - According to my 2025 Christmas Movie Survey, the non-Santa character that people associate the most with Christmas is Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch. And also according to that survey, people’s preferred Grinch is Jim Carrey’s from the live action adaptation. I do think this character grows more in popularity every year as people continue to quote his iconic lines. The versions from the original TV special and more recent animated film are also iconic, but not to the level of Carrey’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7c2569ab-f262-476a-b59b-77e3158b094d/d6d415f8-5109-4279-97b7-9e8b9039bef7_1654x1156.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Buddy the Elf (Elf) - Buddy the Elf, what’s your favorite color? I actually feel like ‘Elf’ is maybe waning slightly in popularity, but it is still among the upper echelon of Christmas films. Buddy is extremely quotable, his outfit is iconic, and people of all age crack up as he wrestles a store Santa, sings carols, and dances in the mailroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/445c563b-c2de-4fb2-a132-1eb17d5c8c71/christmas-vacation.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Clark Griswold (National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation) - Buddy the Elf for the OGs. People either love or hate Christmas Vacation, because it’s really silly and stupid humor. If you’re a simpleton like me, you find it utterly hilarious. If you have a double digit number of brain cells, you probably think it’s dumb (shoutout my wife). But Clark is iconic. I am confident in saying that this is the role most synonymous with Chevy Chase and every part of him is iconic, from his inappropriate flirting to his Chicago Blackhawks jersey (which you’re likely to see at any well populated Christmas party). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e6aa9cae-0933-4dd5-8cef-e651d302be90/home_alone_screencap.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Kevin McCallister (Home Alone) - Name a child actor more famous than Macaulay Culkin. You can’t. Because one doesn’t exist. And what would 99% of people associate him with? The classic hands to the face screaming of Home Alone. (The other 1% probably thinks of his bee stung corpse from ‘My Girl.’ The 1% is demented in the head) I don’t think there’s a better modern slapstick comedy than ‘Home Alone,’ aside from maybe ‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.’ And while most of the slapsticking comes from Joe Pesci & Daniel Stern, Culkin’s Kevin is at the root of it all. And side note, Peter McCallister is one of the worst dads in movie history. The true villain of the story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4ea701d0-dfd6-4e85-868c-49835ec3d97d/Rudolph_178-e0ee390bba104cd78a01278e5706c798.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The titular character from Rankin & Bass’ most beloved stop motion special, this guy has it all. The song! The special! The movie! The notoriety! He has appeared in several sequel specials, but the first will always be the favorite. Billie Mae Richards voices in the character, and while the special features other iconic characters like Yukon Cornelius (I originally typed Yosemite Sam but knew that wasn’t right), Hermey the Elf, the Abominable Snowman, and the Island of Misfit Toys, but none will ever surpass that ruby-nostriled ungulate (you like those synonyms don’t you?). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/1fbe6d81-553b-4943-a87f-f5e81bf430f5/MV5BMjU1MjI1ODYtN2I1Yy00ZTdmLTllYmMtNTJkNjQ5NTMxZGJjXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Frosty the Snowman - Another of R&B’s (is that what R&B stands for?) top level characters, Frosty also has the song and specials. While he maybe doesn’t reach the same level as Rudolph, he’s pretty darn close and somehow made the line ‘Happy Birthday!’ synonymous with Christmas. He was voiced by Jackie Vernon, who apparently had like five secret families. Not really relevant to anything, just worth mentioning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4ad593dd-645c-4503-8a4c-e5960e5a5787/45fa2fe9-a457-4e62-9c0a-118d5bf3c2be_900x599.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Ebenezer Scrooge (A Christmas Carol) - Again, according to my Christmas Movie Survey, the most popular version of this character is Jim Carrey’s from the 2009 animated Disney adaptation of Dickens’ novella. If you’d like you can read the article I wrote earlier this month on the best adaptation of Scrooge, which can be found HERE. My favorite version of the character is Alastair Sim’s 1951 outing, but I think the best person to bear this title has got to be Michael Caine from ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol.’ Scrooge has been adapted relentlessly, and also has a huge handful of characters based on him, even if they don’t bear his odd name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/63a59267-be0d-4253-a562-26c20fc0aea2/film__11457-scrooged--hi_res-336cb526.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Frank Cross (Scrooged) - One of the characters who found their root in old Ebenezer, Bill Murray plays this lead role in 1988’s ‘Scrooged.’ Cross is a ruthless television exec who experiences a journey similar to Scrooge’s in ‘A Christmas Carol’ and since he is a different character, I’m letting him slide onto the list. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/261bc13d-89c9-49c1-b6bc-885c0d65d7a2/George-Bailey-praying.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out George Bailey (It’s a Wonderful Life) - Another story that has its foundation built on the house Charles Dickens built, this one is pretty distinctly different because there’s a single angel instead of multiple ghosts. But this performance is the most well known of one of Old Hollywood’s biggest stars, Jimmy Stewart. Stewart’s iconic voice and demeanor builds George Bailey as a lovable everyman who goes through a dramatic arc. Personally, I don’t love this movie, but it is one I really need to revisit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/eca659fd-0855-4428-afd0-41da8f9c2602/NECA-NBX-Santa-Jack-003-1200x675.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas) - The Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, the tall lanky skeletal Jack is voiced by two actors, with Chris Sarandon providing his speaking voice and Danny Elfman providing his singing voice. This film toes the line of being a Christmas and Halloween movie, but for folks that are offbeat with their Christmas movie taste, Jack is synonymous with Christmas. So here he is! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c743e9f8-c65d-4bb2-8eef-5b693fa5329e/f0abf62d-93c2-4570-bb32-d27ffe1f31bf_925x476.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Ralphie Parker (A Christmas Story) - I mean there is a reason this movie plays for 24 straight hours on TV every year. Ralphie is a 9-year-old boy who wants a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas and has to deal with every adult in his life telling him he’s going to ‘shoot his eye out.’ There are many pieces of icon from this film, the pink rabbit costume, the leg lamp, but none of it would exist without Ralphie! He’s played by Peter Billingsley in the original film and it’s 2022 legacy sequel, ‘A Christmas Story Christmas.’ In the first sequel, ‘My Summer Story,’ the character is played by Kieran Culkin and in the second sequel, ‘A Christmas Story 2,’ the character is played by Braeden Lemasters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4059e671-d231-45bd-885c-6be7b0ed1a63/die-hard-willis-gty-hb-180713_hpMain.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out John McClane (Die Hard) - YIPPIE-KI-YAY! DIE HARD IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE! JOHN MCCLANE IS A CHRISTMAS ICON! AND ONE OF THE BEST ACTION STARS OF ALL-TIME! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7bae72ea-80a1-4e74-828e-6a4487637f81/download.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Charlie Brown (A Charlie Brown Christmas) - Charlie Brown is not an exclusively Christmas character. But he runs the animated special scene from Halloween thru Christmas. The 1965 special features Peter Robbins as the titular bald boy and, like many films mentioned here, many of the aspects have become huge parts of the Christmas season. The sad little tree, the lines, the character designs, and especially Vince Guaraldi’s jazz score. And they all revolve around Mr. Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4a56baef-27a6-4b0f-b8ce-7df25e145740/1180w-600h_a-to-z-once-upon-a-christmas.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Mickey Mouse - Another character that is not exclusive to Christmas, I’m throwing Mickey on here anyways. One of the most iconic fictional characters ever, regardless of season, Mickey has appeared in several Christmas shorts, films, and specials. Maybe it’s the fact I grew up with most of these. Or maybe it’s the fact my son loves Mickey. But his being here just makes sense to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2974487d-7095-47ce-b588-f711c4f17302/Image-1-The-Polar-Express-3-Large.webp Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out The Conductor (The Polar Express) - Whether you love it, hate it, or it gives you the absolute heebiejeebies, you know the Polar Express. The train itself is likely the lead in iconicity, but when it comes to characters I think Tom Hanks’ conductor definitely takes the cake. Or should I say the hot chocolate? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/82f13283-5ed9-4e66-bfa9-ab21876b5cb8/ghows-IP-6fb7bfab-bc07-47c5-9bfc-134c1d5bdb3e-653c4539.webp Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Arthur Claus (Arthur Christmas) - Maybe I’m blinded by my own favoritism. This is afterall, my favorite Christmas and favorite animated film. James McAvoy’s voice lends itself well to the character and I think it reaches levels of emotion that are much needed in a Christmas movie. Love this one man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2fd6c788-41c8-49d8-b402-e537a46e7401/l-intro-1670569854.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Willie T. Soke (Bad Santa) - An R-rated take on Christmas, Willie dresses up like a mall santa to perform an annual robbery on his selected mall over Christmas. The film is quite the rollercoaster, mostly due to Willie’s unpredictability. Billy Bob Thornton slides right into the character and portrayed him again 13 years later in the film’s sequel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fa9c1c80-cdb7-4c2b-bc0e-ff55fe3af5d2/A-miser-brothers-christmas-04.webp Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out The Miser Brothers (The Year Without a Santa Claus) - A two for! He’s Mr. Heat Miser. And he’s Mr. Snow Miser. And they are the Misers. The design of these characters truly is some of the best to come from Rankin & Bass. The first special came in 1974, and there is also a 2008 sequel, ‘A Miser Brothers’ Christmas.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3f401c59-d573-4205-9486-bad511f85c93/snowman_hero_image.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out The Snowman - This may not be a special we watch in the US, but it’s an annual replay in the UK & Ireland, similar to the TV specials we watch here. This 26 minute special has no dialogue, just music and vibes. The titular character comes from the 1978 book the special is based on and is the second most iconic snowman character on this list. Good for him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e6e3cebb-9fe5-475b-adce-afcbae11b172/kVM45FdWgirD08xJAwnRRWMC3QL.jpeg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Jack Frost - I wasn’t sure which version of the character to go with. The animated version of the character voiced by Robert Morse for the 1979 Rankin & Bass special? The horror version of the character played by Scott MacDonald from the 1997 film, ‘Jack Frost’? The version from ‘The Santa Clause 3’ played by Martin Short? The other animated version from ‘Rise of the Guardians’ played by Chris Pine? Oh I like that one! But I’d have to go with Michael Keaton’s take on the character from the 1998 film, ‘Jack Frost.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7a3e52aa-b0d4-4be6-be1a-e4a19e65967d/e1b3dc1562212601d5155da26dd62610f321b8df0224f5d0f47b7be4252b49d8._SX1080_.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out The Kranks (Christmas with the Kranks) - Though it’s not in the top tier of Christmas films, it’s probably in that second tier. Tim Allen & Jamie Lee Curtis play Luther & Nora Krank, a couple who decide not to celebrate Christmas since their grown daughter is out of the house, instead deciding to go on a cruise. Blah blah blah. Hilarity ensues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4915d9fe-861b-47f6-948c-54bd8a81765a/Screen-Shot-2019-08-18-at-12.12.03-AM.webp Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Jesper Johanssen (Klaus) - I couldn’t put Klaus himself on this list, because that would pretty much just be putting Santa again. So to still get some representation for the great film, I decided to go with Jesper. Jason Schwartzman voices the young, spoiled postman who goes through a pretty dramatic character arc and I do think that as time passes this film will continue to grow in popularity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e420d4d0-4857-4fa0-b59c-720c1e500fec/natalie-woods-breakout-role-1638318442.jpg Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out Susan Walker (Miracle on 34th Street) - Again, I couldn’t put Santa. So I’m going to go with the young girl to whom he must prove his legitimacy to. Natalie Wood plays Susan in the 1947 film and she really is the heart of this film, letting us all experience Christmas through the skeptical child’s eyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d4912d3e-4357-42f6-9496-5942ff359176/hugh-grant-love-actually.webp Lists - Top 25 Christmas Characters - Make it stand out David, the Prime Minister (Love Actually) - I had to fit in some representation from this rom com with a legendary ensemble. I could’ve gone with Bill Nighy’s washed rock star, Billy Mack. I could’ve gone with Mark, whose cue card confession is one of the most iconic parts of the film. But for me, when I think ‘Love Actually’ I think of Hugh Grant dancing around 10 Downing Street, so David earns the final spot on this list. Plus, he is the narrator of the film. https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/10-christmas-movies-you-probably-havent-seen monthly 0.5 2025-12-10 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-recent-christmas-movies monthly 0.5 2025-12-05 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/the-best-scrooge-portrayals monthly 0.5 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c0d1ad98-0551-4546-90c0-96725fe52238/Scrooge%253B%2520Or%2520Marley%2527s%2520Ghost.jpg Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Daniel Smith in Scrooge, or, Marley’s Ghost (1901) - We’ll roll in chronological order here and while we won’t highlight every actor we will hit the most prominent. Now I’d be shocked if anyone reading this had seen, or even heard of this 1901 silent trick film (trick films were early films that were made to primarily show off new technical innovations). And while I haven’t seen every film here, I did do my due diligence on this one and you can too by taking 6 minutes to watch it free on YouTube HERE. This was actually the first ever film adaptation of Scrooge and was an incredibly ambitious undertaking at the time, both technically & for the fact it put a full novella into a 6 minute runtime. It manages to still effectively convey the general story, mostly in part due to the physicalist of Daniel Smith, in Smith’s only onscreen acting role. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fc0a5197-1fc6-49ed-bf98-ad17e515fab9/3W4m2zZ-asset-mezzanine-16x9-oi9B5T1.jpeg Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Seymour Hicks in Scrooge (1935) - We skip forward a few decades for our next Scrooge, played by Seymour Hicks in the feature length sound adaptation of the novella. Hicks was actually already a veteran Ebenezer by this point, having already played the character on stage as early as 1901 and appearing in a 1913 silent film as Scrooge. The year this film was released, it was actually shown in the White House on Christmas night by FDR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/82a1f112-3236-4ad1-8d0f-f2e178663461/achristmascarol1938.70898.jpg Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Reginald Owen in A Christmas Carol (1938) - Just a few years later, Reginald Owen would play Scrooge onscreen in this MGM production of the story. The film also starred a real life married couple, Gene & Kathleen Lockhart as the Cratchits, with their daughter, June, also appearing as their onscreen daughter. The film has been criticized for Gene Lockhart being perceived as looking too ‘well fed’ to play Cratchit which is a wild thing to say in my opinion, and it also is one of the few adaptations where Bob Cratchit is actually fired by Scrooge, not just threated with it. As of writing this article, this film has a 100% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes & one cast member, Terry Kilburn who played Tiny Tim, is still alive and rocking at age 98! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f355a3b1-69db-49b7-9651-6ff1e8c46f44/Alastair-Sim-Scrooge-Francis-De-Wolff-Brian.webp Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Alastair Sim in A Christmas Carol (1951) & A Christmas Carol (1971) - Sim is actually my personal favorite Scrooge, as I watched both adaptations that he leads last year. The 1951 version, known outside of the US as ‘Scrooge’ is and I think is one of the strongest adaptations. While they are all mostly similar, this one rises above for me because of Sim. 20 years later, Sim would voice Scrooge in an animated television special, that is considered one of the most faithful adaptations of the story, managing to include previously excluded scenes and still maintaining a 25 minute run. The film has some extremely haunting visuals & was praised upon release, actually winning the Oscar for Best Animated Short. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/93ad1fe3-84a4-47b8-aeaf-be8814c754d8/1_GSUMzm-Il1riQD8TtlIskw.jpg Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Albert Finney in Scrooge (1970) - Another acclaimed release, this musical adaptation was released a year prior the 1971 special, leading ‘A Christmas Carol’ to be represented in back to back Oscar ceremonies. This 1970 version received 4 nominations, for Art Direction, Costume Design, Song Score, & Original Song, though it lost all 4 awards. Albert Finney portrayed Scrooge and actually won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical. The development for this film was rooted in the prior success of 1968’s ‘Oliver!’ another musical adaptation of a Dickens’ work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/6e795160-b6a8-4a0e-9e50-a09bb2d31da9/rankinbass-retrospective-the-stingiest-man-in-town.png Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Walter Matthau in The Stingiest Man in Town (1978) - Another television special, this one comes from Christmas legends, Rankin & Bass. Known for both their traditional & stop motion animated holiday specials, they took their shot at the popular story. Their animated take featured the voice of Oscar winner Walter Matthau was Scrooge, AKA the Stingiest Man in Town. The story is told from the point of view of an insect narrator, B. A. H. Humbug, voiced by ‘Happy Days’ star Tom Bosley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f077ccdc-3f3f-48be-b5fc-0064866d15c2/jv3jetqn88qui4yzbwpe.jpg Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Henry Winkler in An American Christmas Carol (1979) - From one ‘Happy Days’ alum to another. A loose adaptation of the story, this time set in New Hampshire, Henry Winkler plays the Scrooge figure, named Benedict Slade. A businessman, Slade is visited by the Debtors of Christmas Past, Present, & Future and actually features several direct mentions of ‘A Christmas Carol.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/782521d5-8cc0-43d9-95a0-bf87ec32436e/MV5BYWFjOTIxZmQtZDYyMC00NDhmLWEyNTYtODM5NzZkNTA4MjhiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTc5MDI5NjE%40._V1_.webp Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Alan Young in Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983) - In this animated Disney adaptation, the shoes of Ebenezer Scrooge are filled by the second most famous Scrooge, Scrooge McDuck, who is named after the Dickens’ character. This was the version of the story I grew up watching, so I associate most of the characters with their Disney counterparts still to this day. Ebenezer Scrooge McDuck is voiced by Alan Young, who voiced McDuck for over 40 years. This 26 minute version received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature, marking the first nomination for Mickey in that category in nearly 40 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/cd32f1d3-764e-4f88-8ab4-3f5c75867775/7bf6ace8-8b80-4475-abeb-97b2f4da14cb_1456x1090.jpg Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out George C. Scott in A Christmas Carol (1984) - A made-for-tv film, this one stars Oscar winner George C. Scott as Scrooge who is shown as a little more ruthless in this version. Not only is he mean, but he laughs at & enjoys his own meanness. Scott was nominated for an Emmy for his performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d69b7f1c-0d2f-4adc-b7f0-cffdd778834b/Scrooged2-1-1200x674.webp Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Bill Murray in Scrooged (1988) - From legendary director Richard Donner, this film serves as a modern day version of the story. It stars Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cynical TV executive with no remorse, our Scrooge figure. The film served as Murray’s return to a leading role after a 4-year long hiatus post-Ghostbusters and was a commercial & critical hit. It received an Oscar nomination for Best Makeup, which it lost to ‘Beetlejuice.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a636f4a1-20b6-4fde-8b36-7c72dba11c3b/muppetchristmascarol.webp Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Michael Caine in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) - This is the only version of the story that is an annual rewatch in the Wilson household! The film has continued to grow in popularity since its release, becoming a staple for many, including my wife. The brilliance of this movie is two fold. First, is the brilliance of the Muppets. But what pushes it over the top is Michael Caine as Scrooge. When asked if he would play Scrooge, Caine replied ‘I'm going to play this movie like I'm working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. I will never wink, I will never do anything Muppety. I am going to play Scrooge as if it is an utterly dramatic role and there are no puppets around me’ And that folks, is what makes the movie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8784635d-8f59-4ebf-8610-881ed7c1ddd7/palance-as-ebenzer-2.jpg Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Jack Palance in Ebenezer (1998) - Another adaptation that took a different route, this film is actually a Western and stars Jack Palance as Scrooge. A Canadian made-for-TV film, it’s pretty niche, but I wanted to include it since it’s a little different. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/bf044571-25d3-4b16-989b-04d198116014/c11.png Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Ernest Borgnine in An All Dogs Christmas Carol (1998) - The 1989 film ‘All Dogs Go to Heaven’ was a success that a resulted in a sequel, TV series, & direct to VHS holiday film, which brings us here. Ernest Borgnine voices Carface Caruthers, a pitbull/bulldog mix who fills the Scrooge role. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/980f860b-a81f-4351-b8c7-49bb1637e0df/a-christmas-carol-spirit-of-christmas-past.jpg Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Patrick Stewart in A Christmas Carol (1999) - Another made-for-TV movie, Patrick Stewart helms the Scrooge mantle here in his SAG-nominated performance. The film also features Richard E. Grant in the role of Bob Cratchit and was inspired by Stewart’s one man shows of the story he had been performing for years prior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/6fda05c9-f47e-4f83-9bca-77aa38882d00/MV5BYjhmMzEyNTYtOWYyNy00NTJmLWE1ODQtNTM4NTZjNTA1ZDM5XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Kelsey Grammer in A Christmas Carol (2004) - And yet another made-for-TV movie, but alas, this one is a musical! Starring Kelsey Grammer as Scrooge, the film also features Jane Krakowski, Jesse L. Martin, Geraldine Chaplin, Jennifer Love Hewitt, & Jason Alexander as the three ghosts, Scrooge’s young love, & Jacob Marley, respectively. Taking inspiration from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Scrooge actually encounters people resembling all three ghosts prior to his night time sequence with the spectres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/95bdf6b4-5c39-4550-8eac-ef8c5661653c/2009_a_christmas_carol_005-1.0.0.1494337408.webp Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Jim Carrey in A Christmas Carol (2009) - I think this is probably the most popular version of the film in 2025, maybe aside from the Muppets. From director Robert Zemeckis, this film uses the creepy looking motion capture animated that was all the buzz at the time and we see in another Christmas film, ‘The Polar Express.’ Similar to Tom Hanks in that film, Jim Carrey actually takes on multiple roles in this film, playing Scrooge & all 3 ghosts. Gary Oldman also pulls triple duty, playing Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit, & the motion capture for Tiny Tim. We also get the vocal talents of Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright, & Cary Elwes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2a966214-06ad-49f9-9bb6-46cc3c855603/AAAABVs11I3-lkPyMUFuFsD-ev33KKj81UOfwaEH76zG2CxZ6urZ_1dqxgr8ftBvDY9wDFgNg2SAuGNCUqijHODvmB7eoXtRsbvY5m_k.jpg Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Christopher Plummer in The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) - This film is actually more of a biopic about Dickens as he wrote the story than an adaptation of the story itself. Dan Stevens stars as the writer and we see him interacting with the characters as he’s imagining & penning the story. The legendary Christopher Plummer leads the cast of fictional characters who help Dickens himself have an existential Scrooge-like revelation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ef44e11c-a086-4c26-9a2c-392b26076b82/a-christmas-carol-fx.webp Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Guy Pearce in A Christmas Carol (2019) - Okay I’m cheating a bit because this originally aired as a three episode series on FX. However, it was subsequently released as a single film on TV, so I decided I’d let it slide. Guy Pearce stars alongside Andy Serkis, Stephen Graham, & Joe Alwyn in this dark fantasy take on the story. Meant for an adult audience, it showcases the darker sides of the story. Since it includes adult language, nudity, horror elements, & several sensitive topics, I’d say maybe don’t watch this one with the kiddos. Or at all. Your call. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/689a1c97-3cf9-4ec9-928e-44c70a1132fa/scrooge-blogroll-1669752264766.jpg Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Luke Evans in Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (2022) - This 2022 film is an adaptation of an adaptation, because it is actually adapting the 1970 musical into an animated musical. Receiving mixed to negative reviews, the film was mostly overlooked upon its Netflix release, but features some heavy hitting voices with Luke Evans as Scrooge and Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Jonathan Pryce, & James Cosmo filling out more of the cast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/55a0e776-6d30-410a-b31d-0fb6b7c2edfb/1667307299819_tdy_pop_8a_spirited_trailer_221101_1920x1080-0hkbjj.webp Lists - The Best Scrooge Portrayals - Make it stand out Will Ferrell in Spirited (2022) - We’ve finally made it to the end! I’m kind of spoiling a plot point from the movie, but Will Ferrell is the Ghost of Christmas Present in this one, later revealed to be Ebenezer Scrooge who assumed the role after his death. A musical comedy, it features the three ghosts (Ferrell, Sunita Mani as Christmas Past, & Tracy Morgan as the voice of Christmas Yet to Come). https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/the-best-werewolf-movies monthly 0.5 2025-10-25 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/the-best-vampire-movies monthly 0.5 2025-10-24 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/sz75ryuabmasbentrckdvtdvijs7e7 monthly 0.5 2025-10-15 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-chosen-ones monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-what-if-movies monthly 0.5 2025-09-18 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-fall-movies monthly 0.5 2025-08-28 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-movie-planets monthly 0.5 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/602e75f4-d945-487a-ae9e-e3db5601c7ed/open-uri20150608-27674-obj7u0_7c60f729.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Movie Planets - Make it stand out Tatooine (‘Star Wars’) - Like I said, this list could’ve just been Star Wars planets. And man there are a ton of options. Naboo, Coruscant, Hoth, Yavin IV, Endor (I know it’s a moon but I’ll allow it), Jakku, Kashyyyk, Geonosis, Alderaan, Kijimi, Kamino, Dagobah, Bespin, & Mustafar are just a few of the planets we encounter in the wider Star Wars universe and are also just the ones I could quickly name off the top of my head. Please don’t tell my wife what a nerd I am! (jk she knows). But I’d be extremely hard pressed to put any planet other than Tatooine, as it is the one that we visit the most & introduces us to the two most important characters in the entire franchise. Yes it’s just a big ball of sand. And yes, sand is coarse, rough irritating, and gets everywhere, but the planet being synonymous with the last name Skywalker is enough for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/51714514-0d0b-47b7-9c31-545e81a0048d/l-intro-1645034454.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Planets - Make it stand out Pandora (‘Avatar’) - One of the most fully developed planets (technically a moon) on this list (at least when it comes to movie lore), it’s almost shocking we’ve only seen Pandora in two (about to be three) movies. Wow, I’m really going crazy with the parenthesis comments on this one. If you’re ever curious about how to read my writing, those are like my internal comments while I’m writing. Anyways. Home to the Na’vi people, Pandora is a lush planet that’s all connected through it’s ‘deity,’ Eywa. I’d have to say of the fictional planets we’ve seen in movies that Pandora is the most visually stunning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2dbb176b-f5a6-4796-b770-c18ca010ae0e/new-dune-part-two-photos-24.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Movie Planets - Make it stand out Arrakis (‘Dune’) - My Desert. My Arrakis. My Dune. Power over spice is power over all. INSERT OTHER DUNE QUOTES HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d6b0abd6-5061-4cbe-b990-7fff48115b4c/x720.jfif Lists - Top 10 Movie Planets - Make it stand out Krypton (DC) - Though we don’t get to visit Krypton in the newest Superman film, we still get to see parts of its culture and the effect that culture has on Kal-El. But in the OG Christopher Reeve ‘Superman’ we get to spend a ton of time on the planet and a ton of time with Marlon Brando’s lazy performance as Jor-El. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/45ea8c80-7aa6-42ef-b419-646ad656bf54/a1i491ylgqn11.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Planets - Make it stand out Ego (Marvel Cinematic Universe) - I thought about putting Asgard here, but it’s actually classified as a ‘plane’ within the Nine Realms. What’s the difference? No clue, but I’m playing it safe. That meant there were a couple options for planets, most of which come from the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy or later Avengers films, like Xandar & Vormir. But I’ll go with Ego, because we spend a lot of time there in Guardians Vol. 2. Ego is a living planet that coincidentally takes the form of Kurt Russell. Oh and it’s Chris Pratt’s dad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2eab19f4-3926-4b05-ba2c-cc848d1d9665/800px-Vulcanorbit_01.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Planets - Make it stand out Vulcan (Star Trek) - I know only an iota of information about Star Trek. I know Spock is a Vulcan. And the Vulcans come from Vulcan. So that leads me to believe that Vulcan must appear at some point across the franchise? Though for all I know it could only appear in the TV series making it ineligible for this list. I’m a Wars guy though, not Trek, so it beats me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2cfd049d-bea5-4fbc-83ef-b511a882bf31/Transformers+ONE+Cybertron+Scenery+Official+Concept+Design+Image+%2814%29__scaled_800.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Planets - Make it stand out Cybertron (‘Transformers’) - Cybertron confuses me because Transformers lore kind of confuses me. But I do know that the Transformers come from there and the best Transformers movie, ‘Transformers One’ takes place on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c936acf0-5048-4bfb-82e5-6fdcc84d266e/maxresdefault.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Planets - Make it stand out Miller’s Planet (‘Interstellar’) - So we visit a few new planets in the greatest sci-fi movie ever made, but none of them have official names (as far as I know), just an astronaut associated with them. I think this water planet is the most interesting, mostly due to the time dilation & effect that plays on the story. Every hour spent on the planet is seven Earth years. I actually just read a tweet that since the release on ‘Interstellar’ in 2014, less than an hour and a half would’ve passed on this planet. Trippy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8f41adeb-7229-4259-bf2a-6ee5ccf7306c/Destruction_of_LV223.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Planets - Make it stand out LV-223 (‘Prometheus’) - I think this is technically a moon, but I’ll allow it. The Alien lore is mad confusing, but I think this planet is meant to be like where the Aliens actually come from? Though it’s likely I’m just confused. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d558cc5d-316c-4ee9-9b12-a8f1746beddf/treasure-planet1-1-a010-superJumbo.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Planets - Make it stand out Treasure Planet - Wrapping up is the titular planet from the 2002 Disney film, which is based on the island from Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Treasure Island.’ One of Disney’s underrated outings, this film features some great characters, cool settings, & a fun premise, all focused on a planet filled with… you guessed it, treasure! https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-type-cast-breakers monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-movies-i-watched-in-school monthly 0.5 2025-08-06 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/multiple-oscar-nominations-in-one-year monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/30a27748-ce1c-42e4-a55f-b544aa1fd4b4/0c51192c6d5a3cb438cdf6110d9f7788.jpeg Lists - Multiple Oscar Nominations in One Year - Make it stand out Sean Baker - Our first entry is the newest addition to this bunch & is the first person to ever individually win 4 Oscars in a single ceremony for the same film. Baker pulled off this feat for ‘Anora’ for which he won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, & Best Film Editing. It was almost funny listening to Baker speak by his fourth speech, and my favorite fun fact from the ceremony is that all of his speeches combined were still shorter than Adrien Brody’s travesty of an acceptance speech. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2605cbcc-b6f9-4891-b58f-b7e3336ecba8/60212d38-9b70-11ed-979f-0210609a3fe2.jpeg Lists - Multiple Oscar Nominations in One Year - Make it stand out Kenneth Branagh - Sir Branagh is no stranger to Oscar nominations. Throughout his career Branagh has achieved a total of 8 nominations. His most recent batch of nominations came for his 2021 film ‘Belfast’ for which he was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, & Best Original Screenplay, the last of which became his first Oscar win. That feat on it’s own is impressive, but even more impressive to Branagh’s career is that his 8 nominations came across 7 different categories, making him the individual with nominations in the most categories. Along the three previously mentioned he has been nominated for Best Actor (‘Henry V’ which also earned him his first Best Director nomination), Best Live Action Short Film (‘Swan Song’), Best Adapted Screenplay (‘Hamlet’), & Best Supporting Actor (‘My Week with Marilyn’). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/47d8cdd6-ab51-43fc-8e7e-0298b5735e53/Georgec100.jpg Lists - Multiple Oscar Nominations in One Year - Make it stand out George Clooney - Like Branagh, George Clooney has 8 total Oscar nominations with 2 wins, with his nominations coming across 6 categories. He has two separate years that could’ve earned a spot here. More recently, in 2012 he was nominated for Best Actor for ‘The Descendants’ & Best Adapted Screenplay for ‘The Ides of March.’ Back in 2006 he was nominated for Best Director & Best Original Screenplay for ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ and won Best Supporting Actor for ‘Syriana.’ His other career nominations include Best Actor for both ‘Michael Clayton’ & ‘Up in the Air,’ as well as a Best Picture win for ‘Argo.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/45f101fd-8f38-414a-80cb-06304e1968a7/GettyImages-562765935.jpg Lists - Multiple Oscar Nominations in One Year - Make it stand out Francis Ford Coppola - Another individual who is no stranger to the Academy Awards, Coppola had already amassed 2 Oscars on 4 nominations prior to the year in question. At the 47th Academy Awards, Coppola won Best Picture, Best Director, & Best Adapted Screenplay for ‘The Godfather Part II.’ This is already quite the achievement, but Coppola bolstered the night even more so, because he also received Best Picture & Best Original Screenplay nominations for ‘The Conversation.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/52f09d86-39b4-488a-bb10-13f1159d4696/_132874609_gettyimages-2057537277.jpg Lists - Multiple Oscar Nominations in One Year - Make it stand out Neil Corbould - In 2023 Corbould pulled off something very rare by garnering three nominations in the same category. This isn’t the first time this has happened, with other examples coming to mind for me being songwriters that received three nominations in the Best Original Song category before the 2 song per movie cap was put on that award. But what makes Corbould’s more interesting is that his three nominations were for three different movies. He was nominated for Best Visual Effects for ‘The Creator,’ ‘Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning,’ & ‘Napoleon.’ Many predicted that the first of these would win the award, but ‘Godzilla Minus One’ shockingly winning the award, meaning Corbould went 0/3. But fret not, because Corbould has 2 previous wins in the category on 5 previous nominations (winning for ‘Gladiator’ & ‘Gravity). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/72460113-045b-44f5-9108-5931f1878f0d/cuaron-oscar-featured.jpeg Lists - Multiple Oscar Nominations in One Year - Make it stand out Alfonso Cuarón - In a situation very similar to Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ success, Cuarón received 4 nominations for his 2018 film, ‘Roma’ though he only won 2 of his nominations. He went home with the awards for Best Director & Best Cinematography, losing in the Best Picture & Best Original Screenplay. This isn’t the first time he’d take home 2 Oscars in one year, because he won Best Director & Best Film Editing for ‘Gravity,’ losing a Best Picture nomination for that film. Cuarón has a total of 11 nominations in his career, with the most recent being Best Live Action Short for 2022’s ‘Le pupille’ meaning he has nominations in 6 different categories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4c7159ee-6bb3-4feb-8d39-66f308277ae4/BIE5TWKQENC53NRX4ORHBPGYYU.jpeg Lists - Multiple Oscar Nominations in One Year - Make it stand out Walt Disney - As I was typing this article, I put ‘the most well known person on this list’ in Clooney’s blurb before remembering that Disney was here. Disney has the record for most Oscar wins & nominations for an individual with 22 wins on 59 nominations. At the 26th Academy Awards Disney won an Oscar for all 4 categories he was nominated in, Best Documentary (Feature), Best Documentary (Short), Best Short (Cartoon), & Best Short (Two-reel), earning two nominations a piece in the last two categories. I also want to mention one of Disney’s many special achievement Oscars was a statuette with 7 mini statues behind it to represent ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,’ which is incredibly cool to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/27e7dff6-da5e-4dbe-9e6d-29b36edda9fa/_115971740_soderbergh_alamy.jpg Lists - Multiple Oscar Nominations in One Year - Make it stand out Steven Soderbergh - At the 73rd Academy Awards in 2001, Soderbergh pulled something off that hadn’t been done since 1938. He was dual nominated for Best Director for ‘Erin Brockovich’ & ‘Traffic,’ winning for the latter. Both films were also nominated for Best Picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a28fb203-5bd0-4630-9679-1d004f5e8458/01-GettyImages-129173347.jpeg Lists - Multiple Oscar Nominations in One Year - Make it stand out Oliver Stone - At the 59th Academy Awards, Stone did something very similar to Soderbergh when he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for both ‘Platoon’ & ‘Salvador.’ Unfortunately he lost the award and both nominations to Woody Allen for ‘Hannah and Her Sisters,’ but he redeemed himself by winning Best Director that same night for ‘Platoon.’ Stone also pulled off triple nominations of Best Picture, Best Director, & Best Adapted Screenplay twice for ‘Born on the Fourth of July’ & ‘JFK,’ winning Best Director for ‘Born on the Fourth of July.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/39945b18-55cf-4d1f-ad79-f5ae67cd934f/john_williams_iconic_scores.jpeg Lists - Multiple Oscar Nominations in One Year - Make it stand out John Williams - Right behind Mr. Disney in terms of nominations is John Williams, with 54 nominations to his name. Williams is no stranger to receiving multiple nominations in a year, having competed against himself 8 different times. Williams first nomination came in 1968, and his most recent came in 2024, marking a 56 year gap, so I think there was no one better to end the list with than the legend himself. https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-love-triangles monthly 0.5 2025-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/316e9e28-bcda-4a56-881a-19e01899d9dd/Materialists-060525-a0b1e1095325440c948233c268ef8b52.jpg Lists - Top 10 Love Triangles - Make it stand out Materialists (Dakota Johnson with Chris Evans & Pedro Pascal) - The freshest love triangle on the list, this 2025 release presents itself as a rom com but is definitely much more a dramedy. We meet Lucy (Johnson), a very successful matchmaker who meets a rich, seemingly perfect man (Pascal). But their relationship is thrown when Lucy’s ex-boyfriend (Evans) reenters the picture. If you haven’t watched this film, I personally thought it was very well made by director, Celine Song. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f3035dc1-6290-43d1-8426-3e6244fdbd77/https-__cdn.sanity.io_images_xq1bjtf4_production_39213b4892d1826c340a9ef7f4f0503a7b5ab4fb-3840x2063_custom-16975b648f1fb409b092420c4e27c6f822251204.jpg Lists - Top 10 Love Triangles - Make it stand out Past Lives (Greta Lee with John Magaro & Teo Yoo) - Celine Song really has a touch for love triangles, as her 2023 directorial debut also focuses on a couple who is affected when a former flame enters the picture. The difference is that this couple, Nora & Arthur, (Lee & Magaro) is married and the former flame is a childhood friend (Yoo) who Nora always shared a connection with. The film earned several Golden Globe & Academy Award nominations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/bfed57c6-714b-4ca1-b7e1-ec9eaf0304d3/f0da5afa-adaa-4568-9778-e5afa9d6df03_1296x730.jpg Lists - Top 10 Love Triangles - Make it stand out Challengers (Zendaya with Mike Faist & Josh O’Connor) - Ah yes, the cultural phenomenon that is Challengers. The first thing I want to mention about Challengers is that it’s writer, Justin Kurtizkes, is actually married to Celine Song, which brings me a sneaking suspicion that they must have a third person involved… Anywho. Challengers is one of the few love triangles that actually features all three members being (seemingly) interested in each other, a feat shared by… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c6fb8bbc-4bc8-4370-a18f-759a60bd346b/Y+tu+mama%CC%81+tambie%CC%81n+1+website.jpg Lists - Top 10 Love Triangles - Make it stand out Y tu mamá también (Maribel Verdú with Gael García Bernal & Diego Luna) - Translating to ‘And your mother too’ this Spanish film also features three people who are involved with each other, making it a true triangle. The film is considered a break through for its leads as well as its director, Alfonso Cuarón, at least to an international audience. It follows two best friends who convince a slightly older woman to accompany them on a road trip, and I’ll let you guess what ensues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/9e8e61da-43f9-416a-aa65-b450099501a5/AAAABWfz8lKE462s2FJGRKy547BrnBCeFrkDfXSfioM73OJkgn-Ee0du7Pz3T4ekqvxe3iFYw6z10S0SlMcoiKwe2xeGRYqNJ6QD-Qyk.jpg Lists - Top 10 Love Triangles - Make it stand out Twilight (Kristen Stewart with Taylor Lautner & Robert Pattinson) - Of course Twilight is here! It is probably the most popular love triangle of all-time and is the best example of teams dividing a fandom. While I’ll admit I prefer Jacob, I am really Team Edward because he & Bella are clearly endgame. But Jacob’s ending is probably the weirdest possible choice they could have made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b4b69397-24e0-4552-b400-8c17f4bf008d/630-hungergames-lovetriangle-jpg_224825.jpg Lists - Top 10 Love Triangles - Make it stand out The Hunger Games (Jennifer Lawrence with Liam Hemsworth & Josh Hutcherson) - I never thought as The Hunger Games as a love triangle story when I was reading the books & watching the films in my younger years. I think the reason for that is because Katniss was so apparently going to end up with Peeta. Gale was just always there. I will admit watching as an adult I can see how someone could prefer Gale, but again Katniss & Peeta are just so obvious together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/65b932e6-834c-4b14-a437-3cf864fc16cd/the_graduate_4.jpg Lists - Top 10 Love Triangles - Make it stand out The Graduate (Dustin Hoffman with Anne Bancroft & Katharine Ross) - The only love triangle on the list that breaks our format and has a guy with two women, this love triangle is weird for a few reasons. But the main one would probably have to be that the two women involved are a mother and daughter, so yeah that’s weird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b3ea5182-e0ea-4e74-9be7-0e208c2f5dd4/AD6SQHUBGAI6VBGCA6JNQWIZCE.jpg Lists - Top 10 Love Triangles - Make it stand out While You Were Sleeping (Sandra Bullock with Peter Gallagher & Bill Pullman) - And now we get to another classic love triangle trope, the girl with two brothers. Oh the drama. This one has some nice twists and turns that sets it apart from others, but again it’s always clear who Lucy (Bullock) will end up with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a444796c-732c-4a8d-a2ae-f956bc07ae1e/sabrina1954.jpg Lists - Top 10 Love Triangles - Make it stand out Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn with Humphrey Bogart & William Holden) - Okay I’ll admit I haven’t seen this 1954 film, but I have seen the 1995 remake with Julia Ormond, Harrison Ford, & Greg Kinnear, so I’ll still let it appear on the list. Another classic girl falls for one brother and then falls for another there are several references to this film in our final entry… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ab1c55a5-d516-437c-817a-ac2d2e77ff61/542cf22f7af7aa22e2864d0f01a52d71e5b7c4f1ead3a7d160ebb145484a72de._SX1080_FMjpg_.jpg Lists - Top 10 Love Triangles - Make it stand out The Summer I Turned Pretty (Lola Tung with Christopher Briney & Gavin Casalegno) - Yes, I know I typically only include movies, but I had to include TSITP since it takes up so much of my brain space at the moment. The ultimate example of a girl being involved with two brothers, I’d love to know if your Team Conrad or a big dummy? https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-shark-movies monthly 0.5 2025-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fb71c2e0-305d-427a-ab7f-0b5f95b527f3/jaws-poster.jpg Lists - The Best Shark Movies - Make it stand out Jaws- duunnn dunnn… duuuunnnn duun… duuunnnnnnnn dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnn dunnnn. If you thought anything else would be in this first spot you’ve lost you’re ever loving mind. All clear on that? Great, enough said. Stream it on Peacock. I also should mentions all of this film’s underperforming sequels ‘Jaws 2,’ ‘Jaws 3-D,’ & ‘Jaws: The Revenge’ all of which can also be streamed on Peacock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c0db980a-77cb-43e6-86c5-6206f8af8bb2/shark.jpg Lists - The Best Shark Movies - Make it stand out The Meg- My personal favorite, non-Jaws shark movie is this 2018 sci-fi action film starring Jason Statham as a man ready to go up against some huge sharks. I also quite like th 2023 sequel, because even though it is an absurd movie, it features Jason Statham fighting some GIANT sharks. I also use ‘The Meg’ as a sort of personal bar for films. It’s the go to movie I think of when I think of movies that aren’t good, but are a whole lot of fun. Stream both films on Max. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/38a62784-6717-4d89-8667-6e83012db155/header.jpg Lists - The Best Shark Movies - Make it stand out Dangerous Animals- This 2025 film is a gruesome survival horror in which the sharks aren’t actually the bad guys. The film’s villain is actually a shark-obsessed serial killer who and a human he holds captive on a boat in an attempt to feed her to sharks. I haven’t gotten a chance to see this one yet, but want to say that the poster alone is fantastic. This film is not yet streaming, but may still have some theater showtimes near you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/253a8793-5b18-4379-9c18-013c26905c96/Under-Paris-Jun24+%281%29.jpg Lists - The Best Shark Movies - Make it stand out Under Paris- Coming out in 2024, this French film dropped directly to Netflix and features a shark appearing in the Seine and devastating Paris. I personally think the film should have been titled ‘Shark de Triomphe,’ but I digress. Stream it on Netflix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c5f6e500-5357-47d1-abbe-feea7f101319/thumb_F908AEE6-0048-4BDE-BC5B-A5245DCEEF6E.jpg Lists - The Best Shark Movies - Make it stand out Sharknado- Oh Sharknado. What a time to be alive. I vividly remember sitting down to watch this movie on the SyFy network with my family and being sure to tune into the subsequent sequels (though I think we only made it to the third and there are in fact 6 films, plus 3 spin offs). This movie is peak SyFy slop and I mean that in the most endearing way possible. The over the top, unintentionally comedic side of the film quickly turned into a cult classic. Stream it on Peacock, Prime, or Tubi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/eca3dbfe-cd60-4e01-9a00-0e685a9423d7/deep-blue-sea-header.jpg Lists - The Best Shark Movies - Make it stand out Deep Blue Sea- A sci-fi horror film, this film breaks the mold of shark movies by focusing on Mako sharks instead of Great Whites. And the Mako sharks are genetically engineered due to being experimented on for Alzheimer’s research. Perfectly logical. Spoilers, but shoutout to Samuel L. Jackson who gets eaten in this movie in the most hilarious of ways: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2yT8AA8-tis Rent it on Prime, YouTube, or Apple TV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c1333138-310e-4dbc-9157-f34670c6c290/shark3.jpg Lists - The Best Shark Movies - Make it stand out Shark Tale- Changing tones a bit, we will get to the first of a few films on this list intended for a younger audience. Originally released in 2004, this film stars Will Smith as Oscar, a fish who befriends the shark son of a mob boss, voiced by Jack Black. Also featuring the vocal talents of Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Martin Scorsese, & Ziggy Marley, this film can rented on Prime, YouTube, or Apple TV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5435195d-45b9-4d44-a48e-540d0ca87a3b/maxresdefault.jpg Lists - The Best Shark Movies - Make it stand out Into the Deep- Another 2025 film, this one received negative reviews & performed very poorly financially, but it features sharks so it makes my list. Really the only notable thing about the film is that it features Richard Dreyfuss in his return to the world of sharks. Stream it on Hulu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e7bcec44-d997-4c72-ad13-f4b47eb7b795/47MD_Ex_OG.jpg Lists - The Best Shark Movies - Make it stand out 47 Meters Down- Underwater movies like this make me so anxious. Starring Claire Holt & Mandy Moore, the film follows two sisters who go cage diving and when the cave breaks and sinks to the bottom of the ocean, they must figure out how to survive with limited oxygen in shark-infested waters. Stream it on Peacock. (Peacock is apparently the place to go for shark movies) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a4923be5-3b6a-45be-82bd-aab0a4eab611/blake-lively-the-shallows-surf-board_16x9.jpg Lists - The Best Shark Movies - Make it stand out The Shallows- Another survival thriller, this film primarily features a single character, played by Blake Lively. She is stranded alone 200 yards from shore and must use her ingenuity to get back to shore while being hunted by… you guessed it… sharks! Stream it on Starz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/768da15d-ef08-45b6-ba70-1597dbe75203/MV5BNDkwMzUyODg4Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTk5OTUyMDI%40._V1_.jpg Lists - The Best Shark Movies - Make it stand out Sharkboy and Lavagirl- This film officially titled, ‘The Adventure of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D’ is maybe not really a shark movie. But I’m putting it on here anyways because I loved this movie as a kid and wanted to include it. One of the primary characters is quite literally a superhero with shark powers, played by Taylor Lautner, so that’s enough for me. Rent it on Prime, YouTube, or Apple TV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f36e81e1-bc1f-4624-93dc-48fd253bce1f/MV5BMTYxMTI0MDA0MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDI0ODkwNQ%40%40._V1_.jpg Lists - The Best Shark Movies - Make it stand out Open Water- Following an American couple stranded in the middle of the ocean during a scuba tour, this film is partially based on a true story & I’ll let you know that neither the film & real life story feature a happy conclusion. Stream it on Tubi, Plex, or Pluto TV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/68fb86d7-92dd-4788-80ba-a0a5805b5297/Image8.jpg Lists - The Best Shark Movies - Make it stand out Sand Sharks- A direct to DVD horror film, this film centers on exactly what you think. The official synopsis of the film reads: ‘Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the beach, it appears that our large fishy friends have found a way to chomp on you when you’re chilling out on the sand too!’ As you can imagine, this is quality cinema. Stream it on Peacock or Tubi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/99e1cc91-24d8-451c-bd3b-c03495a9dfaa/d8c94b38418256ddba025a60cb727ad6.jpg Lists - The Best Shark Movies - Make it stand out Finding Nemo- I guess this is more of a fish movie then a shark movie. But since one of the most famous sequences in the movie features shark characters, I’m leaving it here. Obviously, stream it on Disney+. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8ad4fbb6-c4f1-437d-bfe7-b67a55855533/Sharkwater1-1.jpg Lists - The Best Shark Movies - Make it stand out Sharkwater- I wanted to end with something different. This is a 2006 documentary that is pro shark protection & wants to help break the negative stigma about sharks. Made by conservationist Rob Stewart, this film intends to remind us that sharks aren’t violent animals, just misunderstood. Rent it on Fandango. https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-abandoned-films monthly 0.5 2025-06-24 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-summer-movies monthly 0.5 2025-06-20 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-worst-movie-dads monthly 0.5 2025-06-05 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/10-movies-that-will-make-you-fear-ai monthly 0.5 2025-05-30 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-movie-robots monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2a24b08d-05c6-4e25-8a84-3cacfdd5d55a/Star-Wars-R2D2-and-C3P01.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Robots - Make it stand out C-3PO & R2-D2 (Anthony Daniels & Kenny Baker) from ‘Star Wars’- The galaxy of the Star Wars universe is home to so many iconic characters, both organic & robotic. Known in the franchise as ‘droids’ some notable droids worth mentioning include BB-8 from the sequel trilogy, L3-37 from ‘Solo,’ K-2SO from ‘Rogue One,’ & the battle droids from the prequel trilogy. But come on. None of those droids come close to the iconicity of Threepio & Artoo. Some of the only characters to be featured prominently all across the series, the two provide some comedic relief alongside all the different generations of characters. And if you thought I was just going to pick one… well you really can’t have one without the other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/acf1f0ae-18c4-4410-8735-9eb3a2e3b7ff/the-iron-giant.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Robots - Make it stand out The Iron Giant (Vin Diesel) from ‘The Iron Giant’- A 50 foot tall robot designed for war but with a heart of gold, the titular giant made this 1999 film one of the most highly revered animated films there is. Discovered by a young boy who tries to keep the robot out of the hands of the government, the otherworldly origins of this robot are unknown, but his intentions to be a weapon are clear, but he doesn’t conform to his intended purpose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5f473b02-e050-460b-ac0e-c758f73a11ba/baymax.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Robots - Make it stand out Baymax (Scott Adsit) from ‘Big Hero 6’- This Disney film based on a Marvel comics series, we meet a young boy, Hiro, who loses his brother but is given a robot his brother designed before his death. The robot, Baymax, is meant to be a medical caregiver, but also becomes a friend to Hiro. The two become a part of a superhero team who intend to take down the villain Yokai and bond along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/adfe959f-7adb-4f09-97f3-ad776a189c6a/Apr22_WALLE-Matinee2MHL+%281%29.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Movie Robots - Make it stand out WALL-E (Ben Burtt) from ‘WALL-E’- Another Disney robot, this trash compacting robot leads his own Pixar film and manages to steal the hearts of the audience. Though he has a limited vocabulary, WALL-E can communicate exactly how he feels & goes on a journey that he was never programmed to be a part of. I should also mention his love interest, EVE, who could earn her way onto this list herself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/bf44c260-9083-4006-904b-f3d6ca76b7b2/5481ff7669bedda4668b4568.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Movie Robots - Make it stand out TARS (Bill Irwin) from ‘Interstellar’- From Christopher Nolan’s epic sci-fi film, this character has an awesome design & brings some necessary comedic relief to this heavy film. Along with his counterpart, CASE, the robots help get our crew to their destination & TARS forms a friendship with Matthew McConaughey’s Cooper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a21b4ed5-2aa4-42c5-bfb2-8875e13bf9e5/fe8e3ee958023f85703abd679da289909126e33b18e97dc9b0b216314c4f1893._SX1080_FMjpg_.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Robots - Make it stand out Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) from ‘Transformers’- I don’t know a lot of the lore from this franchise so I’m not 100% if the Cybertronian species are actually robots or just resemble them? But either way, I had to include at least one Transformer here because they are some of the most recognizable robots in pop culture. And between all the Autobots & Decepticons, the choice was clear as to who the single representative should be. With the likes of Bumblebee & Megatron, Optimus Prime stands above them all as the Autobots brave leader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8af02bb7-6bfc-4758-ba54-24231ded1e85/1_6hVhjMagAdrMG44A86c3YQ.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Robots - Make it stand out The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) from ‘The Terminator’- There is a heavy push right now in Hollywood for robots/androids that just look like normal humans. But none of them have done it better than the OG, T-800 played by Arnold himself. Though different robots would came in different packages in later films (most prominently Robert Patrick’s T-1000 in the second film), Schwarzenegger’s Terminator will always be one of the most iconic characters in film history, easily earning himself a spot here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7c5feaff-d23c-431e-8555-ccb354487380/maxresdefault.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Robots - Make it stand out David 8 (Michael Fassbender) from ‘Prometheus’- The ‘Alien’ franchise is another that implements the use of humanoid robots, known as androids. David first appears in the first prequel film & appears in its follow up, ‘Alien Covenant’ where Fassbender also plays another android, Walter One. Some other prominent androids from the series include Ash from the original ‘Alien,’ Bishop from ‘Aliens,’ & Andy from ‘Alien: Romulus,’ played by Ian Holm, Lance Henriksen, & David Jonsson, respectively. Another android from the ‘Alien’ franchise will be appearing in the upcoming ‘Predator: Badlands’ (as those two franchises are closely intertwined) played by Elle Fanning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fcf052d6-0835-4b04-bf9f-39c69f4a8625/MV5BOWVkYmY5MTMtNGJhNi00NzhmLTgyMzctYWY5OGRiNzFkYzc2XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Robots - Make it stand out Mechagodzilla from ‘Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla’- One of Godzilla’s greatest adversaries in his countless film appearances is a robotic version of the character himself. Sometimes depicted as an mech created by aliens, but usually shown as man-made answer to Godzilla, the character has made nearly ten film appearances between 1974 & 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/bb6890eb-3340-4025-9aab-43890a3aeb2b/The-Wild-Robot-Roz-and-bird-family.jpg Lists - Top 10 Movie Robots - Make it stand out Roz (Lupita Nyong’o) from ‘The Wild Robot’- Our final entrant is also our most recent, with this character debuting in 2024’s ‘The Wild Robot.’ An abandoned helper robot, ROZZUM Unit 7134, adapts to her new wild environment while also becoming a mother to Brightbill, a young goose she encounters. One of the best recent animated films, including Roz on this list was really a no brainer. https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-prequels monthly 0.5 2025-05-19 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/10-movies-that-changed-their-titles monthly 0.5 2025-05-15 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/b6ss48skpc5syi7ku4jzavnyrglopq monthly 0.5 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/9cbdeab6-4f5f-414a-bb9d-63488b8876f9/ebenezerscrooge.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Best Character Arcs - Make it stand out Ebenezer Scrooge, ‘A Christmas Carol’- Sure, take your pick of whichever Scrooge is your favorite. I feel as though Scrooge is the most obvious inclusion on the list because the whole point of the story is seeing his arc play out. I don’t think I need to tell you the story as its one of the most well known modern stories in fiction so I’ll just say that the work those spirits did their job very effectively. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/6993e6fa-ca7a-404e-942d-5d06f9f4aa7c/07hitman-explainer-jvzw-videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600.jpg Lists - Top 10 Best Character Arcs - Make it stand out Gary Johnson (Glen Powell), ‘Hit Man’- The original inspiration from this list, Glen Powell’s character from this film inspired me when I first watched it last year. One of the main parts of the film is the idea that someone can be whoever they want to be by just acting that way. Gary does this by embodying several fictitious hit men, before he settles into his new persona of Ron. He plays the charming & suave Ron to get through to Madison (Adria Arjona) before the two eventually fall in love. Madison is shocked when she learns of Gary’s true nerdy nature, but at the end of the film, Gary is able to find a good balance of his old self and Ron as he & Madison begin their life together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a89a4306-eacf-4e45-b6d9-3f06a0cb59a7/p0gqcsb5.jpg Lists - Top 10 Best Character Arcs - Make it stand out Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton), ‘American History X’- It takes some major character growth for someone who is quite literally a skinhead neo-Nazi. Derek sees the err of his ways when he’s in prison & tries his best to keep his brother from going down the same path when he gets out. While Derek’s new outlook in no way redeems his past actions, he does one of the best things a bad person can do by immediately changing his actions & trying his best to repent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5afe2ac9-0deb-4e00-8963-5a97f5534dad/ltdan-forest-gump.jpg Lists - Top 10 Best Character Arcs - Make it stand out Lt. Dan Taylor (Gary Sinise), ‘Forrest Gump’- This may be a weird addition to the list, but I love ‘Forrest Gump’ and just rewatched it, so I decided to include Lt. Dan. We first meet Dan in ‘Nam as a Lieutenant who feels as though it is his destiny to die in the Vietnam War (because he has had an ancestor die in every American war). Much to his dismay, he is saved from his pending death by Forrest, though he loses both legs. He sours on life, gets angry at Forrest for saving him, & lives a lowly life off of government stipends. He agrees to be Forrest’s first mate on his shrimping boat, and the two make a lot of money while Dan also finds a new, positive outlook on life. He ends the film super rich, with new prosthetic legs, and a fiancee. Good for him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/cf3cd217-19bb-49b5-acc8-df20ab0731f2/MV5BYTc2MjE1YTItNWIyYy00YTA4LWE1MWMtODA0MDM1NTVlNjcyXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw%40%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Top 10 Best Character Arcs - Make it stand out Will Hunting (Matt Damon), ‘Good Will Hunting’- Good ole Will Hunting. In what I consider the best written film ever, Damon’s titular character is wicked smart. And that’s a major under statement, as he actually has a super genius level intellect. Will spends his time drinking, fighting, & doing a whole lot of nothing with his buddies before he is discovered by an MIT professor. As he gets to know his court assigned psychiatrist, Sean (Robin Williams), Will starts to believe more and more in himself and also learns there is so much more to life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/94386978-8b30-4dc3-88dd-907d1c7e0d34/al-pacino-as-michael-corleone-in-the-godfather-the-movie-news-photo-1646925604.jpg Lists - Top 10 Best Character Arcs - Make it stand out Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), ‘The Godfather’- Yes, the film did spawn two sequels, but Michael’s arc in the first film earns a spot here by itself. Not all character growth is a good thing, and in Michaels’ case he goes from a World War II veteran & college dropout who wants nothing to do with his family business to the next in line of his father’s criminal empire. Michael becomes cruel & ruthless as he truly takes on the mantle of ‘The Godfather.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/64c183ea-cf9e-4f50-bd23-dc057f0aca6a/1_RmvsCqb968u3n59YyQl2Nw.jpg Lists - Top 10 Best Character Arcs - Make it stand out Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), ‘Dune: Part Two’- I can already hear you thinking about how this is a sequel & I specifically said I was focusing on a single film. Well I am! Just look at where Paul starts & ends this film. He starts where he ended the first film, a young man who wants to avenge his father, but is hesitant about becoming a leader. This hesitancy turns into full blown fear when he learns of the religious zealots ready to follow him as their messiah. Then he completely switches gears after he drinks the Water of Life, ready to be the Lisan al-Gaib that the Fremen people believe he is. He ends the film as the literal emperor of the universe who is ready for a full blown war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/6c2abf76-7a9b-4b83-930a-0fd846e17aa4/paul-giamatti-the-holdovers.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Best Character Arcs - Make it stand out Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti), ‘The Holdovers’- Giamatti’s cranky English professor starts the film as just that, a crank. However, when he bonds with the young Angus (Dominic Sessa), Paul realizes the downside of always being a cynic. He sacrifices his job & way of life to defend Angus & finally speak his mind. It’s like ‘Dead Poets Society’ but if Robin Williams was grumpy at the beginning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/0245068a-e8d0-469f-90bb-1080adefc157/130928083042-20-bullies-in-pop-culture.jpg Lists - Top 10 Best Character Arcs - Make it stand out The Breakfast Club- It takes a good amount of heavy lifting for your whole ensemble to go through character development. And while this 80s teen classic definitely has some tired & outdated tropes, all 5 members of the titular group don’t finish the film anywhere close to where they started it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ca28eb38-bb9a-4578-a48a-f1bb692169f6/l-intro-1658876696+%281%29.jpg Lists - Top 10 Best Character Arcs - Make it stand out 12 Angry Men- And one thing more impressive than getting 5 teenagers to progress as characters is getting a full jury of grown men to do so. Let me tell you my gripe with ‘12 Angry Men.’ Its the title. Only 11 of the men are actually angry, while Henry Fonda’s Juror No. 8 mostly just seems sad at the start of the juror’s discussion. And so while not all 12 of the men go through some growth, 11 of them surely do, each in their own way. Some of the changes are quite drastic, with the men’s entire belief systems being challenged & shaken. https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/20-actors-you-forgot-were-in-star-wars monthly 0.5 2025-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/78c9c02b-b802-40c4-8221-3b5d3f198811/maxresdefault.jpg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out Daniel Craig- The James Bond actor also known for his appearances in the ‘Knives Out’ films made a cameo appearance in The Force Awakens as Stormtrooper FN-1824, the trooper who Rey uses the Force on aboard the First Order ship. Feels like a real missed opportunity to not be Stormtrooper FN-007, but I digress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e147048c-92ce-4309-8c64-53ae85a6e2fe/MV5BZGE3ZGNlNWYtOGIzOS00NGQyLWI2MDUtYjJjYWJjNGFiMzg5XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out Joseph Gordon-Levitt- JGL made a cameo appearance in The Last Jedi, providing the voice of Slowen Lo. Director Rian Johnson & Gordon-Levitt are good friends with the latter appearing in all of the former’s projects. He had the starring roles in ‘Brick’ & ‘Looper’ and has made cameos in all of Johnson’s other films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2267a8e8-f13e-4e7c-80ba-05aac7434c45/star-wars-princes-epa-er-171212_16x9_992.jpg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out Prince William & Prince Harry- The Dukes of Cambridge & Sussex also made cameo appearances in The Last Jedi as stormtroopers. I guess that’s kind of cool that the future King of England played a stormtrooper? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/88b01d13-b35a-45ec-b511-6b290dec767d/133556.4c0bdca4-b2a1-46e6-ab4e-031e809722fa.jpg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out Gary Barlow- Probably unknown to my fellow Americans, but Barlow is the lead singer of British boy band ‘Take That.’ He had a cameo role as a stormtrooper, again in The Last Jedi. This feels like a good place to mention that Tom Hardy also had a cameo, but it was cut so he doesn’t make my list. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b6cca0fd-2c4d-4f23-8606-72a6e1a8e5ce/mh-sudeikis-star-wars-1577467502.jpg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out Jason Sudeikis- The SNL alum and star of ‘Ted Lasso’ made a cameo on ‘The Mandalorian’ as Bike Scout Trooper #1. He is one of the scout troopers that appears in the Season 1 finale and actually hits Grogu AKA Baby Yoda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/56940b43-ed16-49e4-9a67-6c667f41dd2c/Tk6EXMRtuEEWVtpMWkXtAm.jpg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out Keira Knightley- It is well known that Knightley & actress Natalie Portman look very similar. Star Wars used this to it’s advantage by having Knightley play Sabé. The character is one of Queen Amidala’s handmaidens and the one who serves as the characters decoy when Padmé is trying to be incognito in The Phantom Menace. This was of course before her career took off with ‘Bend It Like Beckham,’ ‘Love Actually,’ & ‘The Pirates of the Caribbean’ films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/63c57187-ae71-4f1f-a291-4364d9c90f77/KCastle01a.jpg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out Keisha Castle-Hughes- In Revenge of the Sith, a new queen has been elected in Naboo and that queen, Apailana, is played by Keisha Castle-Hughes. The actress is known for her Oscar-nominated role in ‘Whale Rider’ and also played Obara Sand, one of the bastard daughters of Oberyn Martell (played by Mando himself, Pedro Pascal). Castle-Hughes later took on a voice role in The Bad Batch as Emerie Karr in 11 episodes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/cf3e273f-d9be-425c-8442-a598aadd7ce4/image_2fd55c57.jpeg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out John Ratzenberger- Pixar’s lucky charm, the actor has voiced characters in many of Pixar’s most popular films & is also known for his role as Cliff in ‘Cheers.’ But before he all that he played the Hoth rebel, Major Derlin in The Empire Strikes Back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c883603f-a606-43e5-b3e2-02956b453dfb/treatwilliams_carriefisher_ESB_cover_1.jpg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out Treat Williams- Another actor who made an early appearance in Empire is Treat Williams. Before he was a Golden Globe & Emmy nominee, Williams made a minor appearance as Echo Base Trooper Jess Allashane. If you’re impressed his small role had a name, remember this is Star Wars and basically EVERY character has a name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7aababe8-3389-4cd8-8ed4-8270dc17b981/tony-cox-ewoke-star-wars-return-of-the-jedi.jpeg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out Tony Cox- The main Ewok we meet in Return of the Jedi is Wicket W. Warrick, played by Warwick Davis. However another memorable Ewok is Wily Warrick, Wicket’s baby brother, who is played by Tony Cox. Cox is mostly known for his roles in ‘Beetlejuice,’ ‘Bad Santa,’ & ‘Friday.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c5386eca-fca6-4c3c-9ec2-e40016df39e0/54214-original.jpg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out Dominic West- Before his Emmy & Golden Globe nominations for ‘The Wire’ & ‘The Crown,’ West appeared as Jerus Jannick in The Phantom Menace. Jannick was a palace guard on Naboo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8db9d24c-eeed-4ede-9725-06b4c2a6fae8/Sache_edited.jpeg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out Sofia Coppola- The daughter of the legendary Francis Ford Coppola, Sofia made her debut role as an infant in ‘The Godfather.’ She would later become known as a director for films like ‘The Virgin Suicides,’ ‘Marie Antoinette,’ & ‘Priscilla.’ She made her Star Wars appearance in The Phantom Menace, as Padmé’s handmaiden, Saché. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4c84a567-ab03-45c0-8473-5b9d71ddfc13/fey5to3p1ot71.png Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out Richard Armitage- The actor that would eventually become known for his role as Thorin in ‘The Hobbit’ trilogy, Armitage appeared as a Naboo fighter pilot in The Phantom Menace. And that’s how you know it’s a small role, he doesn’t even have a name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/bad69721-4436-4c83-b802-fd71fd1c6fc9/l-intro-1653426971.jpg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out Rose Byrne- Padmé’s court was full of stars. In Attack of the Clones, Byrne appears as Dormé, the former queen’s trusted confidant. The Aussie actress would become known for her roles in ‘Bridesmaids,’ ‘Neighbors,’ & ‘X-Men: First Class.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2a027d4f-1346-4e1d-8298-16f40f183731/aa0b0a30d034ffba-1200x675.jpg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out Simon Pegg- One of the bigger roles on the list, you may just not have known this was Pegg since his face doesn’t appear. But Pegg plays Unkar Plutt in The Force Awakens. Plutt is a junker who employs Rey and houses the Millenium Falcon until it is stolen by she & Finn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ae0e49b8-3ddc-4da2-ae60-88dfaa06e9ec/i-just-realized-that-jodie-comer-is-in-star-wars-v0-s0lhen95zr1d1.jpeg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out Jodie Comer- Another character who appears on Jakku is Miramir, Rey’s mother, who we meet in a flashback. That character is played by Comer, who would become well known for her role in ‘Killing Eve.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d4d9cec8-48df-44b7-b91c-05933bf946ef/attachment-miranda-star-wars-0.jpeg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out Lin-Manuel Miranda- The insanely talented Miranda has created Broadway shows like ‘In the Heights’ & ‘Hamilton.’ He has written songs for Disney movies ‘Moana’ & ‘Encanto.’ He has won Emmys, Grammys, Tonys, Olivier Awards, & a Pulitzer. And he made a cameo in The Force Awakens as Shag Kava, a band at Maz Kanata’s castle. But wait, there’s more! He also appeared in The Rise of Skywalker as a Resistance soldier. He also was a special featured composer & lyricist on both films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2d3aef5d-b94a-43f6-a437-75a9af26858d/GF1L0L2XAAA2ngJ.jpg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out John Williams- Now you probably knew that John Williams had a hand in the Star Wars films. He wrote the iconic scores for all 9 films, being one of the few constants throughout the saga. He made a cameo in the final film as Oma Tres, a bartender on Kijimi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/bd53fd20-8a7b-482b-ba56-b77ff3d52036/tmp_UfF9Ed_7d1d27543a6865d5_huck2_tsr_v11_quested_stills_5_1d3c12c1.jpeg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out John Leguizamo- Though his face never appears, if you watch season 2 episode 1 of The Mandalorian, you will quickly recognize the voice of Gor Koresh as Leguizamo. But you have to recognize the gangster’s voice quick because he is not onscreen very long before he is killed by Mando. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b110d264-e7d7-4b99-a0dc-d7e6eefde7d6/garindan-main-image_409cd281.jpeg Lists - 20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star Wars - Make it stand out John Wayne- You’re probably looking at me crazy right now. But yes THAT John Wayne appears in Star Wars. The character of Garindan, AKA Longsnoot, an Imperial spy on Tatooine is voiced by John Wayne, using heavily synthesized audio recordings from the actor’s previous works. This is technically the actors’ final film credit. https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-grumpy-old-men-in-movies monthly 0.5 2025-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ab8b5c1e-ec0f-4d71-9393-13d2e7850656/l-intro-1680024730.jpg Lists - Top 10 Grumpy Old Men in Movies - Make it stand out Carl Fredricksen (Ed Asner), ‘Up’- The first character that comes to mind for me when I think grumpy old men in movies is this Pixar protagonist. ‘Up’ is one of Pixar’s strongest films and Carl is a different protagonist than we may be used to seeing in an animated film. He’s the only animated character on this list, but has one thing in common with many others on the list; that being that his old cold heart is warmed by the time the credits roll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/1cc05f75-f87f-42d9-948b-2445dc389dff/Gran_Torino_banner.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Grumpy Old Men in Movies - Make it stand out Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood), ‘Gran Torino’- This 2008 drama was produced & directed by Eastwood, who also played the lead role. Walt Kowalski is a harsh man who is also just straight up racist at the beginning of this film. His prejudices are proved wrong when he bonds with his Hmong neighbors, whom he eventually learns to love. I won’t spoil the end of the film, but Walt is willing to sacrifice a lot of things for his newfound family in a very heart wrenching way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4686a1e3-60f4-4917-8262-2ccd98683faa/l-intro-1675272517.jpg Lists - Top 10 Grumpy Old Men in Movies - Make it stand out Harrison Ford- Yep, just Harrison Ford. Ford was known for a longtime as huge blockbuster movie star and while that status is still true, he has fully crossed over to grumpy old man territory. Pretty much every role he plays now fills this role, in movies like ‘Captain America: Brave New World,’ ‘The Call of the Wild,’ ‘The Age of Adaline,’ ‘Ender’s Game,’ & ‘42,’ as well as his starring TV role in ‘Shrinking.’ He has even taken his three most popular roles (Han Solo, Indiana Jones, & Rick Deckard) and reprised them as a grumpy old man within the last decade in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens,’ ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,’ & ‘Blade Runner 2049.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e31b1b10-3b81-4436-ab14-de3fc5e41a5e/821676.jpg Lists - Top 10 Grumpy Old Men in Movies - Make it stand out Statler & Waldorf (Peter Linz & Dave Goelz), ‘The Muppets’- This puppet duo is another synonymous in pop culture with the grumpy old men trope. They have appeared in many different Muppet shows & movies, usually appearing to heckle their fellow Muppets, and some fans consider them the funniest characters in the franchise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fffb4746-cc6b-45e9-b56a-3ba7e95f70eb/6def102f6f212f51578336c4557c0e3941b7b357063a107a3a110b26f4c49ef0.jpg Lists - Top 10 Grumpy Old Men in Movies - Make it stand out Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), ‘A Man Called Otto’- What I consider a very underrated film from 2022, this film is also a very underrated part of Tom Hanks’ legendary filmography. A very emotional movie, Hanks embodies Otto, who is really just like a real life Carl Fredricksen without the Disney censor. And I would be remiss to not also mention Rolf Lassgård, who played Ove in ‘A Man Called Ove,’ the Swedish film that this one is based on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/dbdbb6b3-0ceb-440d-b2d6-8fa6c9fbe0c7/MV5BYjRkNDNmM2UtZDlkZC00MDNkLWE1Y2YtMGQ5MzVlNzdiNDcwXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Top 10 Grumpy Old Men in Movies - Make it stand out Norman Thayer (Henry Fonda), ‘On Golden Pond’- I admit that I still have a good chunk of Fonda’s filmography to emerge myself in. But I don’t see how any films of his could surpass his performances in ‘12 Angry Men’ & ‘On Golden Pond.’ In the former, he plays a hopeful justice-seeking juror and in the latter he plays a cynical, grumpy old man. The role would be Fonda’s final & would win him the Oscar for Best Actor, making him the oldest winner until Anthony Hopkins’ 2021 win for ‘The Father.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f772e5a3-402e-44fa-82a3-53da8c88a9a4/l-intro-1674250840.jpg Lists - Top 10 Grumpy Old Men in Movies - Make it stand out Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith), ‘Rocky’- Sylvester Stallone’s titular boxer would’ve likely never achieved his success without his veteran coach, Mickey, who also made my list of the Best Fictional Coaches. Meredith received an Oscar nomination for his performance in the first film and would reprise his role in the 2nd & 3rd films, with uncredited cameos in the 4th-6th films using older footage. I should also shoutout Stallone himself, who fills the grumpy old coach role as Rocky in the ‘Creed’ films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a8bbaae4-8420-4ddb-bf76-3217e5deb40b/0_VYrExlzCztVo3f83.jpg Lists - Top 10 Grumpy Old Men in Movies - Make it stand out Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson), ‘As Good as It Gets’- Another Oscar-winning entrant, Udall isn’t quite as old as most of our other entries, but is just as grumpy. A mean, bigoted novelist who struggled with OCD who bonds with a younger single mother (Helen Hunt). Nicholson & Hunt won the Best Actor & Actress Oscars at the 70th Academy Awards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/be1146bb-18b9-478b-bb79-662e8d6d7b32/The-BUcket-List-big-1024x576.jpg Lists - Top 10 Grumpy Old Men in Movies - Make it stand out Edward & Carter (Jack Nicholson & Morgan Freeman), The Bucket List- The film that would coin the signature expression stars Nicholson (woohoo, back to back Jack) & Freeman as two men who meet late in their lives and decide to go on some adventures before their time comes. Not quite as grumpy as the others on this list, I still wanted to include this 2007 duo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/98952a62-068c-4193-8be9-5e8ec7c8ca9c/image-w1280.jpg Lists - Top 10 Grumpy Old Men in Movies - Make it stand out John & Max (Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau), Grumpy Old Men- I mean this has got to be the biggest slam dunk on the list. It’s literally the name of the movie. Lemmon & Matthau star as two retired widowers who are next-door neighbors & best frenemies. Followed by a sequel, ‘Grumpier Old Men,’ both films also star one of our previous old guys, Burgess Meredith as John’s father. https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-movies-that-would-be-better-with-muppets monthly 0.5 2025-04-25 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/dj6zxxc5hx488ss4bxqje751443mqp monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3a7dea21-0db7-4f4d-851c-dc03704a9c07/rev-1-GRC-FP-001r_High_Res_JPEG.jpeg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Michael B. Jordan as Smoke & Stack Moore in ‘Sinners’- You would be hard pressed to find an actor cool enough to play Michael B. Jordan’s twin brother. So Ryan Coogler decided the only person for that job is Michael B. Jordan (or maybe this one should be called Michael C. Jordan). And it worked brilliantly. The key to playing a dual role, especially twins or clones, is making them distinct performances, which Jordan did to a tee. If you haven’t go check out my ‘Sinners’ review for more Michael B. praises. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f390a7d3-c76c-4a07-84e1-8c1d6d314544/robert-pattinson-in-mickey-17.jpeg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Robert Pattinson as Mickey 17 & Mickey 18 in ‘Mickey 17’- The other main example from this year is Robert Pattinson’s take on Mickey Barnes, a man who gets paid to die on explorations before getting cloned. The film follows the 17th & 18th iterations of Mickey who unintentionally encounter one another. Pattinson also does a great job of making the Mickeys two distinct characters and my main complaint with the film is that we didn’t get to see more silly Mickey antics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5f5c9c34-0eac-4623-801a-4225e79243b2/ef91bea4d610d0bb5d91049c4639a6b3.jpeg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Christian Convery as Hal & Bill Shelburn in ‘The Monkey’- The third example from this year comes from Osgood Perkins’ horror comedy ‘The Monkey’ in which the titular toy monkey kills the family of the identical twins, played by Theo James. However, James isn’t the entrant here because Christian Convery honestly plays both twins onscreen for a bigger chunk of the movie, while most of James’ scenes are over the phone or individual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/9f0f362e-9c15-41da-bb09-05ae67057fb0/download.jpeg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Robert De Niro as Frank Costello & Vito Genovese in ‘The Alto Knights’- This entry is a little different than we’ve seen so far, or that we’ll see on most of the rest of this list. Because these characters aren’t twins, clones, or related at all. Also another difference is that this movie kind of sucks. And ironically, since they are two characters with no relation, they feel like the same characters & performances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fe7cab5a-a0be-4a14-aa80-a3bcc94b2258/ABC_parent_trap_mar_140702_hpMain_2.jpg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Lindsay Lohan as Hallie Parker & Annie James in ‘The Parent Trap’- Listen, this 1998 film is not the first to use or popularize this concept. Heck, it’s not even the first adaptation of this specific story. But I’m calling Linsday Lohan the pioneer of this because I can. On my annual awards (the SW/S Awards) that I give out, I gave one out for 2024 called the ‘Lindsay Lohan & Lindsay Lohan in The Parent Trap Award’ for the performer who played a dual role, and it will be returning for next year’s awards with a full slate of nominees because there are so many people that are eligible. But when you ask someone my age or in the surrounding generations about an actor playing a dual role, this is what they will immediately go to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8c8c0dbc-8903-4288-ae25-e7f9aed7f71e/DSbfXzRo4qYEW35wKn5ZU9-1200-80.jpg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Jim Carrey as Ivo & Gerald Robotnik in ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’- It’s hilarious to me that when when the team behind Sonic needed an actor to play Dr. Ivo Robotnik’s grandfather in the third film, they decided the right course of action was just to have Jim Carrey do both. And honestly they weren’t wrong to do that. Carrey won the aforementioned SW/S Award & was absolutely hilarious in both roles of this film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/05917eb5-4374-4ad6-9a72-0ca8678a6d8c/67082539a70318649280ff37.jpeg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Nicholas Braun as Jim Henson & Andy Kaufman in ‘Saturday Night’- Another example of an actor playing two completely unrelated characters. In the SNL docu-comedy film from last year, Nicholas Braun was cast to play the role of ‘The Muppets’ creator Jim Henson. Benny Safdie was originally set to play the role of Andy Kaufman, but when Safdie had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts, they decided to have Braun pull double duty, in true SNL fashion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c21ed833-ed39-49cb-a091-b89100113001/4a1022f0-0384-11eb-bf7c-1cc554b04f1e.png Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Armie Hammer as Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss in ‘The Social Network’- Loosely based on the founding of Facebook, in this film we see Armie Hammer play the Winklevoss Twins, who are attempting to sue Mark Zuckerburg for (allegedly) stealing their idea. Since the release of the film, the Winklevosses (Winklevossi?) have founded a cryptocurrency exchange, which totally tracks. I’m not sure what Armie Hammer has been up to though? Any word on that? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/9a5e7394-3549-4b6e-91da-b0c0fad8205f/Legend_intl_TRAILER.jpg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Tom Hardy as Reggie & Ron Kray in ‘Legend’- A pair of identical twins prominent in English organized crime in the 1950s-1960s, Tom Hardy plays the Krays in this film. The film follows the brothers’ rise, and eventual fall in the crime world. Hardy won various smaller association awards for his role(s). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e29c7b9d-eecf-4325-961b-1929792c995f/MV5BMjEwNjMyMTk1Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODU4MTE3MjI%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Nicolas Cage as Charlie & Donald Kaufman in ‘Adaptation’- The credited writers on this film are Charlie & Donald Kaufman themself. However, the main catch is that Donald Kaufman is purely fictional and was created by Charlie for this film. The film follows Charlie’s writer block as he tries to write a film & how he navigates his relationship with his twin, both played by Nic Cage. Cage received an Oscar & Golden Globe nomination for his dual role. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fd74d4cc-0e3d-457e-8f4f-9a13c6b1f248/AAAAQYnKWbfK59eXEYAcoZtM0ROLPIn6XevYqB1JdNWCrUAOm7avQhpcy28XUMaEiHHhGJh7mrZEqcjUcd9p4mKH4Q5FD7g9WSg4XuxKo2Nw0R47VQnixGSQMfRWIbP6OKfI4BOmZJUE9C2JtrrFg5QGfoit8V8.jpg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Janelle Monáe as Helen & Andi Brand in ‘Glass Onion’- What better plot twist in a murder mystery than one of the characters being killed prior to the events of the film, only to be replaced by her twin sister. That is the avenue Rian Johnson takes in the second ‘Knives Out’ installment with Monáe taking on the task. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ae6d966e-02df-401b-a87b-de5bf53529d9/GL579040.jpeg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Leonardo DiCaprio as King Louis XIV & Philippe Bourbon in ‘The Man in the Iron Mask’- This 1998 films decides to give us a double dose of Leo, playing both the titular character (Philippe) & the villain (Louis). The film follows an older take on the four musketeers and the titular mystery. Based on a work from Alexandre Dumas and a real world mystery, this film is one of the lower lights of DiCaprio’s career, winning him the Razzie for Worst Screen Combo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/86054f48-09a6-4509-a826-c7445121fa9a/MV5BY2RhYWE1NTMtYWQ4Ni00ZTIyLTg5YzktODY2M2Y2MDU5YzA4XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Blake Lively as Hope & Faith McLanden in ‘A Simple Favor’- Twins are always a good twist in a mystery film, with this film also using a secret twin twist. Anna Kendrick’s Stephanie befriends the elegant & enigmatic Emily. The film reveals Emily is really Hope McLanden and that she has a secret twin, Faith. The film has a sequel releasing in a couple weeks, though Lively will be returning in only one role. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/bba91c65-1f4d-48d9-8504-d12f10f55674/Paul-Dano-In-There-Will-Be-Blood.jpg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Paul Dano as Paul & Eli Sunday in ‘There Will Be Blood’- Our next set of twins comes from Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2007 multi-Oscar nominated period drama. Paul Dano (who is one of the most underrated modern actors) takes on the roles of the twins who difficultly interact with Daniel Day-Lewis’s Daniel Plainview throughout the film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ca7529a8-178e-405f-b00e-c2a7bdc88c31/2pa5txd47bk21.jpeg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Christian Bale as Alfred Borden & Bernard Fallon in ‘The Prestige’- From Christopher Nolan, I still am not sure I fully understand this film. But the gist of it is that Bale plays twins who often switch places. One of them is magician Alfred Borden, while the other is engineer Bernard Fallon, switching who plays which role. If that sounds confusing, then I’ve accurately described it. Bale is not the only actor from the film to play two characters, though his is the most prominent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5be54ad5-6d7f-482b-b3ec-59ce6213c095/7.-logan-x-24-logan.jpeg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Hugh Jackman as Logan & X-24 in ‘Logan’- Jackman also plays a dual role in ‘The Prestige,’ but his more popular example comes from ‘Logan.’ As I mentioned in the intro, I’m excluding films like ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ in which we see multiple versions of both of the titular characters, with Jackman & Ryan Reynolds both portraying different versions of the characters. However, in what was meant to be Wolverine’s swan song Jackman plays an aged version of the character who is eventually slain by a younger, more feral clone of Logan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/aa1cc9e3-b55c-44ed-b3fd-12c78b6ddd45/Military_Complex.jpeg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Temuera Morrison as Jango Fett & Clone Troopers in ‘Star Wars’- Of course I had to include Temuera Morrison. In ‘Attack of the Clones’ we are introduced to the bounty hunter Jango Fett, played by Morrison. It is revealed later in the film that Fett was cloned, like a bunch, and we get to see all the different clones, also played by Morrison. The actor also played various clones in ‘Revenge of the Sith’ and has also taken on the role of Boba Fett on Star Wars TV shows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5a4630ff-bfc0-4ab2-a96a-5ef343c98dbf/c8bb2860-b8a8-11ef-bbf7-98aeca1be69a.jpeg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Tom Hanks as The Conductor, The Father, Santa Claus, Hobo, & Scrooge Puppet in ‘The Polar Express’- So this is the exception to the rule for animated films. It is very common for voice actors to lend their talents to several characters in a film, but I wanted to extend this specifically to Tom Hanks for two reasons. First, is that I love Tom Hanks. Second is that he also provided motion capture for all the characters listed above. Along with playing all the characters listed above, Hanks also provided motion capture for the main character, ‘Hero Boy,’ also providing the character’s adult voice narration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5c50b438-9240-4743-86bc-e4db84adb164/8ead05pzeqa91.jpeg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn & Clu in ‘Tron’- Both in 1982’s ‘Tron’ and its 2010 sequel ‘Tron: Legacy’ featured Jeff Bridges playing the role of Kevin Flynn, a programmer and developer. Both films also feature Bridges as Clu (the 2010 films uses heavy special effects) a program designed by Flynn that lives within the Grid. Bridges is set to return to the role of Kevin Flynn in this year’s ‘Tron: Ares’ and I guess we’ll see if Clu returns as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ccbfb2a4-99cd-4d1c-9af4-1a708ec1e5f4/princess-switch-2000-e6d85b8f441d41f8a9bc25b94b16fa89.jpg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Vanessa Hudgens as Stacy de Novo & Lady Margaret Delacourt in ‘The Princess Switch’- I had to get at least one take of ‘The Prince and the Pauper’ on here. Netflix’s 2018 take on the story is a Christmas rom com starring V Hudg in a dual role that kickstarted a trilogy, with Hudgens even taking on a third role in the second & third movies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/73bc6312-c501-4d19-b631-aac08f93ca62/5c994e0b92c886241858a7b3-1920-960.jpg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson & Red in ‘Us’- Jordan Peele’s 2019 psychological horror features almost every actor in a dual role, though Nyong’o leads the way and gives the best performance so I’m giving the entry to her. The film focuses on Adelaide on her family being attacked by doppelgangers known as the ‘Tethered.’ The film features a crazy & iconic twist ending that I won’t spoil, but adds a whole other layer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/eee166af-c1c0-401b-84f9-6bd07fce6336/8E8AA777-4912-4862-9607-160AC32D59B9.jpeg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Mia Goth as Maxine Minx & Pearl Douglas in ‘X’- This 2022 slasher stars Mia Goth both as the final girl and the maniacal killer. Maxine is an adult film star who shoots a film at Pearl’s home and Pearl is a crazy old woman who gets fixated on Maxine since she looks just like Pearl when she was younger. Goth would reprise both roles, though not in the same films, in the 2022 prequel ‘Pearl’ and the 2024 sequel ‘MaXXXine.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fc588635-4a9a-4a74-9767-8ef8ac59344f/635793796653299767-D01-SPIDERICK-HIGHMORE-DCOV-12-19090287.jpeg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Freddie Highmore as Jared & Simon Grace in ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’- When I was a kid I thought Freddie Highmore had a twin brother. I’m sure many other people my age did as well. Before ‘Bates Motel’ & ‘The Good Doctor,’ Highmore was a successful child star with one of his leading roles coming in this 2008 fantasy adaptation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e8072b11-86ab-4171-98e4-ba163ef9b9d9/actors-who-acted-with-themselves-5.jpeg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Kevin Kline as Dave Kovic & William Harrison Mitchell in ‘Dave’- This political comedy stars Kline as a man who is hired to be a stand in for the president due to their uncanny likeness, but gets stuck in the role when the president suffers a stroke. The man, Dave, then attempts to help keep this hidden both from the public and the First Lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/87d9534b-665f-42c2-b609-3ec98939801f/7pro0m2bv9pe1.jpeg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Mike Myers as Austin Powers & Dr. Evil in the ‘Austin Powers’ Trilogy- Myers wrote, co-produced, and starred in this spy comedy as both the titular spy & his arch nemesis Dr. Evil. In the second film he took on a third role, Fat Bastard, while also taking on a fourth role in the third film, Goldmember. So yes, by the fourth film Myers was playing four different roles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/cc687037-eb0f-46d3-a262-032047db17ec/91B0PeXdN-L._AC_UF894%2C1000_QL80_.jpg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Adam Sandler as Jack & Jill Sadelstein in ‘Jack and Jill’- I didn’t say all these movies were good… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/0891a619-eb45-401b-aeee-20557ff453db/MV5BOTIzMmRjY2UtOWQzNy00OGVjLWJmNmEtZjBjMTRmNmI0MWQyXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Tilda Swinton as Lucy & Nancy Mirando in ‘Okja’- Though Nancy doesn’t appear for a good chunk of the film, Swinton does play both roles in this one and plays them incredibly differently, though both very antagonistic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/95e755b9-5543-46ff-99ee-920ecca3a0e5/9a54d9eb62fa922e-600x338.jpg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Peter Sellers as Lionel Mandrake, Merkin Muffley, & Dr. Strangelove in ‘Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb’- I have had someone previously request that I always use the full title of this film, so I shall! A British military officer, the US President, & a nuclear war expert (also former Nazi) go into a bar. And the punchline is that they are played by Peter Sellers! This resulted in what is considered one of the best comedy films of all-time that earned Sellers a Best Actor Oscar nomination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fb2d5643-609d-4a24-a006-e74eded4a1ca/News-website-28-2.png Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Tyler Perry as Madea in ‘Madea’- Perry has played Madea in 13 different films. In a lot of those films he also took on the roles of Madea’s brother Joe & Joe’s son Brian. He has played the different combinations of characters several times, sometimes playing one role & in one film he even takes on a fourth role of Madea & Joe’s brother Heathrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ebca1798-6a17-4a12-ba5e-6083ccef767b/MurphyFeature.jpeg Lists - Actors Who Played Dual Roles - Make it stand out Eddie Murphy- Eddie Murphy may be the goat of this format. He has played two or more roles in all of the following films: ‘Coming to America,’ its sequel ‘Coming 2 America,’ ‘Vampire in Brooklyn,’ ‘Bowfinger,’ both of ‘The Nutty Professor’ films, ‘The Adventures of Pluto Nash,’ ‘Norbit,’ & ‘Meet Dave.’ https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-movie-trilogies monthly 0.5 2025-04-13 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-disney-twist-villains monthly 0.5 2025-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/06f90ec3-ebc0-4e71-bc28-18a0f1632729/WIR_-_Candy_greets_his_prisoner.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Disney Twist Villains - Make it stand out King Candy in ‘Wreck-It Ralph’- Voiced by Alan Tudyk, King Candy is originally thought to be the stubborn, but silly ruler of the world within the Sugar Rush video game. But it is later revealed that he is Turbo, a racer who got his own game unplugged when he went crazy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/bc0bb2b1-3a15-40f4-94ba-d33524abde2f/Frozen-Hans.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Disney Twist Villains - Make it stand out It was pretty standard for a Disney princess movie to feature a prince that the princess meets and quickly falls in love with. But Disney’s 2013 hit changed the formula when that prince was revealed as the villain of the movie! He just pretends to love Anna, sings a great love song with her, & tries to overthrow the kingdom when she and Elsa were gone. There actually is a theory online (CAN BE FOUND HERE) that proposes the trolls are the villains of the films and they cast a spell on Hans that I subscribe to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/37acaae1-4d8e-443f-8b5e-1463ba9fab51/Screenshot-2023-05-23-134145.png Lists - Top 10 Disney Twist Villains - Make it stand out Te Ka in ‘Moana’- So Te Ka is actually the villain and we know that from the beginning. But the twist is that Te Ka is really just misunderstood and is secretly Te Fiti, who had her stolen by Maui and turned into a lava monster. Does that qualify for this list? If I say it does! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2fe4d855-0d1f-4316-8889-e08b25d73342/Bellwether_congratulating_Judy.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Disney Twist Villains - Make it stand out Dawn Bellwether in ‘Zootopia’- As this film progresses, we eventually begin to think that the plot between predators and preys was incited by Mayor Lionheart. However, it is revealed that his sheep assistant mayor is the one who has been driving predators wild in an attempt to cause public discourse. Politics at its finest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/0c85f4d7-1664-4a39-b26e-f093989c8407/MV5BOTUxZDA3MTMtZDBmNi00YmU4LWIyYTgtYTkyOTFlZDdiZjVlXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Top 10 Disney Twist Villains - Make it stand out Charles Muntz in ‘Up’- One of the more obvious twist villains is this Christopher Plummer-voiced character who has to be like super old by the time the film takes place. That’s always what I think when I watch this. But anyways, don’t meet your heroes I guess. Because they will try to kill you, your new dog (that was formerly their dog), the exotic bird you’ve befriended, & the boy scout that travels with you. Tough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c60ef708-9eb4-40bc-813b-d60e99a5e48b/Coco_Miguel_and_Ernesto.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Disney Twist Villains - Make it stand out Ernesto de la Cruz in ‘Coco- Another one that was a little more obvious, we originally are led to believe that Benjamin Bratt’s de la Cruz is young Miguel’s great-great-grandfather. But plot twist! He killed Hector, who is ACTUALLY Miguel’s great-great-grandfather, and stole the songs he wrote. And those songs are quite catchy. Remember meeeeeee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3cf992e9-199a-4089-bdc2-b738f23e9431/Stinky_Pete_the_Prospector.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Disney Twist Villains - Make it stand out Stinky Pete in ‘Toy Story 2’- No offense to anyone with this name, but a character named Stinky Pete has got be evil. Kelsey Grammer voices this old prospector toy who appears to be stuck in his box and tries to toy-nap Woody so he, Pete, Jessie, & Bullseye can be put on display in a museum. The earliest film on this list, released in 1999, it wouldn’t be the only Toy Story movie with a twist villain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d1aba201-0a20-4a32-a4ca-83483be98ec0/vi43q23xtwed1.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Disney Twist Villains - Make it stand out Lotso in ‘Toy Story 3’- You’re telling me the strawberry scented pink stuffed bear with a cane named Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear is a villain? Straight up I am. Ned Beatty voices this character who is cold, ruthless, and just straight up mean, even though he first exudes a friendly demeanor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/80825cda-88f1-4751-926a-920e84502a0d/Screen+Shot+2014-08-26+at+12.59.42+PM.png Lists - Top 10 Disney Twist Villains - Make it stand out Miles Axlerod in ‘Cars 2’- The greatest Pixar movie there is (I kid, I kid), this film actually does play out like a spy action thriller with a twist villain that you really won’t see coming. Unless you’ve already seen it. In which case you will most likely see it coming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/78d9600a-3213-4e8e-bc86-0e2c51fa6319/Yokai%2527s_Reveal.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Disney Twist Villains - Make it stand out Robert Callaghan in ‘Big Hero 6’- Rounding out our list is this robotics professor turned masked supervillain. Callaghan takes on the alias Yokai and tries to extract revenge on tech guru Alistair Krei, while also serving a mentor like figure to our primary characters. How despicable. https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-tv-shows-with-movie-star-casts monthly 0.5 2025-03-28 https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-athletes-who-deserve-biopics-1 monthly 0.5 2025-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7f1e6f87-8a4a-4566-b5a4-9d4a13bff331/DPyVRr9+-+Imgur.jpg Lists - Top 10 Athletes Who Deserve Biopics - Make it stand out Tiger Woods- Kicking us off is Mr. Eldrick Woods himself. One of the greatest golfers of all time & most famous modern athletes, Tiger has that previously mentioned biopic in the works. I would pick Kelvin Harrison Jr. to play Woods and looking at the side by side, I am very pleased with my pick. Harrison is an actor that I really think is one role away from breaking through into the A-list. He has had supporting roles in ‘Cyrano,’ ‘Elvis,’ ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7,’ and most recently starred as Taka/Scar in ‘Mufasa: The Lion King.’ As far as I know, Harrison is not of Asian descent like Woods, though I can’t think of any black actors that are, so I’ll stick with Harrison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b56e44dd-a6c4-44b1-ba50-fb72e364a726/tTA0tMd+-+Imgur.jpg Lists - Top 10 Athletes Who Deserve Biopics - Make it stand out André the Giant- Another athlete who supposedly has a biopic in the works is André Roussmioff, more commonly known as André the Giant. However, this film was originally announced in 2016 with little news since, so we will see. One of the biggest stars in the history of professional wrestling, André was known for his imposing size (billed at 7’4, 520 lbs), even bigger stories, and a huge pop culture presence. I was curious what the Internet thought so I looked up actors people thought should play the part and the answers were kind of comical. You get a lot of really big people. The names that pop up are Paul Wight (AKA Big Show in WWE), Robert Maillet (AKA Kurrgan in WWE), Kristian Nairn (AKA Hodor in Game of Thrones), & Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (AKA The Mountain in Game of Thrones). Also Jason Segel which is a hilarious thought. I would go a different direction and cast Vinnie Jones. Jones is actually both too short (6’1) & too old (currently 60, André himself passed at 46), but those are both minor hurdles in 2025. I think he has the right look facially & has proved himself as a legitimate actor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/bd09d513-12cd-4c98-80de-8110cf77bc8a/uM2N8Fx+-+Imgur.jpg Lists - Top 10 Athletes Who Deserve Biopics - Make it stand out Jim Thorpe- My fellow Oklahoman, Jim Thorpe has actually had a biopic previously made where he was played by Burt Lancaster in 1951. I have vague memories of watching this movie with my dad when I was a kid. Thorpe is an athletic icon deserving of a modern adaptation though, as he was an Olympic Gold Medalist in athletics and played basketball, baseball, & football at the professional level. Thorpe was a Native American icon & the most influential athlete of the first half of the 20th century. Thorpe was the first president of what is now the NFL & also appeared in several films. I think it is crucially important to get a Native American actor in this role & I would go with Martin Sensmeier, known for TV roles in ‘Westworld’ & ‘Yellowstone.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/0bf0060e-f412-4473-9293-c31d7b45c51b/SQnltMb+-+Imgur.jpg Lists - Top 10 Athletes Who Deserve Biopics - Make it stand out Bill Russell- The winningest player in NBA history with 11 championships to his name, Bill Russell was also so much more than a basketball player. He was a heavily influential member of the Civil Rights Movement & made history several times. He was the first black head coach in the NBA when he became the player coach of his Celtics. He had his #6 retired across the NBA, making him the first player to receive that honor in the league and third person to receive that honor in all of North American sports (after Jackie Robinson’s #42 & Wayne Gretzky’s #99). I would cast the 31 year old David Jonsson in this role who won the 2025 BAFTA Rising Star Award, with roles in ‘Rye Lane’ & ‘Alien: Romulus.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/bdd5b985-7ffa-4b85-827f-49eff7865c80/HHKPVBX+-+Imgur.png Lists - Top 10 Athletes Who Deserve Biopics - Make it stand out Ben Johnson & Carl Lewis- Full disclosure, I got this one off Reddit. Track & field has several athletes that I personally think would make interesting subjects of film and there are actually a couple more on this list. I went a different route here and went with one of the more well known ‘feuds’ in sports history. I think this would be an interesting way to get two legends their due while also touching on Johnson’s controversies. I think Lewis would probably be the lead, played by John David Washington, with Daniel Kaluuya’s Johnson playing a supporting, but still important, role. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/733b70a2-79e8-4c7d-8657-36fc376092ac/yU9rGbQ+-+Imgur.png Lists - Top 10 Athletes Who Deserve Biopics - Make it stand out Florence Griffith Joyner- The fastest woman ever recorded, Flo-Jo is another one of the all-time greats. Griffith Joyner was such a prominent pop culture figure during her iconic, but tragically short life, I think she would make a great candidate for a movie. I personally would cast Naomi Ackie to play her, as Ackie has experience in the biopic genre, playing Whitney Houston in 2022’s ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ab1e6073-9030-4dd0-a2ec-e7d50c03d7da/uzroqXh+-+Imgur.png Lists - Top 10 Athletes Who Deserve Biopics - Make it stand out Wayne Gretzky- When you are undoubtedly the GOAT of your sport, and your nickname is literally ‘The Great One’ I think you are probably worthy of the biopic treatment. Gretzky is one of the most iconic athletes of all-time, and when he retired from the NHL in 1999, held over 60 of the league’s records. I would cast Jeremy Allen White in the role, who will be starring as Bruce Springsteen in a biopic this year, but is mostly known for his role on ‘The Bear.’ Also, I can’t even imagine how well this film would do in Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/68512f84-b3e6-4665-8d57-d9a06c5eb829/Fx45XY7+-+Imgur.jpg Lists - Top 10 Athletes Who Deserve Biopics - Make it stand out Usain Bolt- When you’re the fastest man in the role & dominate your sport on an Olympic stage, you become one of the most famous people in the world. Bolt became an icon, not only in his home country of Jamaica, but internationally. I think a film where the subject is hands down the best at something & knows it would be so entertaining to watch. I would cast the Jamaican-born English actor Micheal Ward in the role who is a multiple time BAFTA nominee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b9d403ca-ef19-4e27-bf8c-df261e0d0a29/lr3x2NN+-+Imgur.png Lists - Top 10 Athletes Who Deserve Biopics - Make it stand out Michael Phelps- Speaking of dominating your sport on an Olympic level. Michael Phelps. Enough said right? 28 Olympic medals, 23 of which are gold. I would cast Grant Gustin, of ‘The Flash’ fame in the role which is funny because he is only a few years younger than Phelps is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/096eca61-a00e-48fd-9afc-84d45131a6c8/CcIBNvN+-+Imgur.png Lists - Top 10 Athletes Who Deserve Biopics - Make it stand out Tom Brady- Our final entry is another athlete who dominated his sport for two decades. One of the most well known American athletes of all-time, Tom Brady rose from the 199th draft pick to the greatest player to ever step on a football field. Everyone loves a good underdog story, though Brady’s story very quickly went from underdog to David vs. Goliath (he was Goliath). I would cast Patrick Schwarzenegger in the role, who is very relevant right now due to his role in season 3 of ‘The White Lotus.’ https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/top-10-animal-actors monthly 0.5 2025-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/76fc6fac-b7e4-48bd-91ea-2389e729b07c/MV5BMmM4MzY3MTktZWUxOC00NmFmLTg1NjItN2M2YjlhZDYzNmQzXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Top 10 Animal Actors - Make it stand out Bart the Bear- A male Kodiak bear, Bart lived for 23 years from 1977-2000. He appeared in a number of TV & film roles through his life & was even a presenter at the Academy Awards in 1998. Bart appeared in films like ‘The Clan of the Cave Bear,’ ‘White Fang,’ ‘Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey,’ ‘12 Monkeys,’ ‘The Edge,’ & he actually played the lead in ‘The Bear.’ Bart’s namesake, Bart the Bear II, lived from 2000-2021 and appeared in ‘Into the Wild,’ ‘Evan Almighty,’ ‘We Bought a Zoo,’ & ‘Game of Thrones.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/6d97242c-0bcd-4e29-876c-9e1641c6f46b/MV5BMzNmZmU2YjEtYjhmMC00ZmYyLTg3MzgtMDczN2EwNjFlMzYzXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Top 10 Animal Actors - Make it stand out Crystal the Monkey- A tufted capuchin, Crystal is going strong at age 30 as of writing this article. Crystal is one of the most recognizable animal actors and has a very extensive & impressive filmography. Her credits include ‘George of the Jungle,’ ‘The Hangover Part II,’ ‘The Fabelmans,’ ‘American Pie,’ ‘3:10 to Yuma,’ ‘Garfield: The Movie,’ ‘The Shaggy Dog,’ ‘Malcolm in the Middle,’ ‘Community,’ ‘The Big Bang Theory,’ ‘We Bought a Zoo,’ a main role in the series ‘Animal Practice,’ and most notably, the role of Dexter in the ‘Night at the Museum’ films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2ba25acd-690c-4930-a4f7-af18a9fe8bfb/MV5BMTkxNWRhZjItN2EzYS00ZDdiLWEzMWItMGU2NTBlNGY0MDZkXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Top 10 Animal Actors - Make it stand out Jimmy the Raven- A raven actor who lived from 1934-1956, Jimmy has the most extensive filmography on this list. He appeared in over 1,000 movies in the 30s, 40s, & 50s, many of which are very well known. Those films include the Best Picture winner, ‘You Can’t Take It With You,’ ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ & ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ Jimmy could type, open letters, & even ride a small motorcycle. He could understand hundreds of words and was said to complete the same level of tasks as an eight-year old human. Jimmy was known for being able to complete a scene in very few takes & was a recipient of the Red Cross gold medal because he spent over 200 hours entertaining war veterans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e6d6b818-9204-487e-8d3a-97de701280f9/free-willy.jpg Lists - Top 10 Animal Actors - Make it stand out Keiko the Orca- A male orca who was believed to be born around 1976, Keiko was captured in the Atlantic Ocean in 1979 near Iceland & was kept in an aquarium before being transferred to Canada in 1982. Keiko had health problems his whole life due to improper care, but gained fame when he played the titular role in 1993’s ‘Free Willy.’ After the success of the film, his health & care both increased due to more accessible funding. He eventually died in 2003. This was a sad one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e7cbc7a4-db06-4c9e-a7f7-9559343b4f10/orangey.jpg Lists - Top 10 Animal Actors - Make it stand out Orangey the Cat- Orangey was a cat actor in the 50s & 60s and was a male shorthair tabby cat. Orangey appeared in films like ‘Rhubarb,’ ‘The Diary of Anne Frank,’ & most notably, ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ where she played the role of Cat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/9540fe90-4a11-4dca-9ec6-a54cc9b05b4c/messi-the-dog-oscars-2024-tout-031024-4e476ab498634d5fa7cf840b9a6fb4da.jpg Lists - Top 10 Animal Actors - Make it stand out Messi- I’m not going to put ‘the Dog’ on all these, but just know all the rest of these entries are dogs because dogs are the most prevalent. Many notable dog films & their stars are still excluded from this list like ‘Marley & Me’ and ‘Hachi: A Dog’s Tale.’ Our first dog is Messi, a border collie actor who actually only has one film role, Snoop in ‘Anatomy of a Fall.’ Messi won the Palm Dog Award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival & became a viral sensation, he even had his own seat at the 96th Academy Awards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b75a4ad5-020d-46a0-94a3-222814b0cbfd/Pal_as_Lassie_1942.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Animal Actors - Make it stand out Pal- The first in a longline of dogs to play perhaps the most famous movie dog, Lassie, Pal was a Rough Collie who lived 18 years. Pal played Lassie in the pilot episodes of two TV series and five films, as well as two other non-Lassie film credits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e82526a7-258d-423b-9f91-f29572f340a6/default.jpeg Lists - Top 10 Animal Actors - Make it stand out Buddy- One of the more modern famous dogs is Buddy, a Golden Retriever who played the titular Air Bud in the first film of the ‘Air Bud’ series. Buddy also appeared on TV on ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos,’ ‘Late Night with David Letterman,’ ‘Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards,’ and played the role of Comet in one episode of ‘Full House.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ad178272-f2aa-4f19-9bb3-e973581a4e39/Dogpool-in-Deadpool-Wolverine.jpg Lists - Top 10 Animal Actors - Make it stand out Peggy- A British Pugese (crossbreed between a Pug & Chinese Crested Dog), Peggy was voted the ugliest dog in all of Britain in 2023. She made a few reality TV appearances with her newfound fame before Ryan Reynolds took note and cast her in the role of Dogpool in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ of which she was a major marketing tool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2fd3cbd3-2346-43d0-a95b-c4ae3243f708/toto-oz_wide-b796a9ae78a11aec7fad668bf7307370cb638a81.jpg Lists - Top 10 Animal Actors - Make it stand out Terry- A female Cairn Terrier, Terry appeared in various films, but was hands down most famous for her role as Toto in ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ The film & character were so popular, Toto became the dog’s official name. She & Judy Garland bonded greatly during filming, so much so that Garland offered to buy Toto from her owners, though they declined her offer. Toto received $125 per week while filming, which was a higher rate than many human actors in the film, and was actually a higher rate than the average American made at the time ($2,800 today). In 2011 a permanent memorial was dedicated to her at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in LA. https://www.showtimewshane.com/lists/oscar-nominated-kids monthly 0.5 2025-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/6e37c7db-c219-4773-8605-bd931c4b2692/skippy.jpg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Jackie Cooper, ‘Skippy’ (age 9)- The only ever nominee for Best Actor under the age of 18, Jackie Cooper starred in the 1931 comedy that also earned a Best Picture nomination. Cooper is one of only three performers under 18 to be nominated for a lead acting award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a606364d-b9c6-4102-ab90-c5c44510c1c2/30scott-span-articleLarge.jpeg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Quvenzhané Wallis, ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ (age 9)- One of the only two nominees under the age of 18 for Best Actress, Wallis was nominated for the 2012 fantasy-drama film. To date, she is also the only person born in the 21st century to be nominated for an acting Oscar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/abc45845-8854-4fe7-960d-0f47ae6e8e0e/1_YFZCVXuNg2waleaGvaBjtg.jpg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Keisha Castle-Hughes, ‘Whale Rider’ (age 13)- The Australia-born, New Zealand actress was nominated for her acting debut in 2002 in which she starred as a Māori girl aspiring to be the chief of her tribe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/cb7eb441-aedb-4061-b6d3-24ee03ed8452/web_JustinHenry_kramervskramer.jpg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Justin Henry, ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ (age 8)- The youngest ever nominee in any Oscar category, Henry was only eight years old when he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role alongside Meryl Streep & Dustin Hoffman as a couple getting divorced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3654cd62-9d15-42e8-8d03-f08313c90fb5/shutterstock_editorial_1635849b.jpeg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Haley Joel Osment, ‘The Sixth Sense’ (age 11)- One of the all-time child stars, Osment had previously starred in Best Picture winner ‘Forrest Gump’ before he broke through here as a boy who can see dead people. Osment would have many other popular roles in his adolescence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b667a172-91da-4217-bf5f-08ba3243e6ea/MV5BMjRlOTU5OTQtZjE4Ny00YzcxLWI2YTEtMTU5MWUyNTI0ODc4XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Brandon deWilde, ‘Shane’ (age 11)- By the time Brandon deWilde starred in the 1953 Western, ‘Shane’ he had already completed nearly 500 performances on Broadway in the show ‘The Member of the Wedding’ & had won a Golden Globe Juvenile Award for his role in the film adaptation. The young actor tragically passed away at age 30. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/57927287-a733-4aa9-b483-53fd50180780/30aba1d0-3dc9-11ef-9fdd-a21d3664f1f3.jpeg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Jack Wild, ‘Oliver!’ (age 16)- Receiving a nomination in 1968, Wild played the well known role of the Artful Dodger in ‘Oliver!’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ab4c0595-3b2c-4b2e-b6b7-7fdb0ab13c46/EVCMBDREWIEC224H__32666.jpg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Sal Mineo, ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ (age 17)- Just barely making the cut is Sal Mineo, who played opposite James Dean in ‘Rebel Without a Cause.’ Mineo would also get nominated in 1960, at age 22, making him both the 5th & 10th youngest Best Supporting Actor nominee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/9684888d-68ff-4b81-8149-03827a8c4ac7/download.jpeg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Tatum O’Neal, ‘Paper Moon’ (age 10)- The youngest ever Oscar-winner, O’Neal starred opposite her father, Ryan O’Neal in 1973’s ‘Paper Moon.’ The film was her debut role, making her a member of a select list to win an Oscar in their first film role. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/af722521-759f-4984-97f4-507a7b8103d0/image.jpeg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Mary Badham, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (age 10)- One of the most iconic film roles of all-time, Badham played the role of Scout Finch in the 1962 film based on the novel. For 10 years she was the youngest nominee in the category before O’Neal took the record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f67c3a44-2dd8-4d7f-86a2-3f94e5b1fcb7/MV5BNTkwODQ5ZWQtYjExNi00OWFjLWJhZmEtNTA4YzIwOTkwNjBlXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw%40%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Quinn Cummings, ‘The Goodbye Girl’ (age 10)- Though she would quit acting by the her teenage years, Cummings managed to garner an Oscar nomination in her career for ‘The Goodbye Girl.’ The film also won Richard Dreyfuss the Best Actor Oscar, making him the longtime record holder as the youngest winner in the category. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b9d40e8a-e5d1-4413-bd56-04c78d715f79/intro-1584901970.jpg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Abigail Breslin, ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ (age 10)- One of the top child actors of the 21st century, Breslin rose to fame with her role in this 2006 tragicomedy. Her costar, Alan Arkin, won the Best Supporting Actor Award & Breslin has since starred in various other films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2b46cf30-9744-4145-81f3-bc914daea68e/unnamed.jpg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Patty McCormack, ‘The Bad Seed’ (age 11)- Our next entrant played the role of Rhoda Penmark on Broadway, receiving acclaim, before appearing in the film adaptation in 1956. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/baeaade9-f1a4-44c5-8f66-fe5376c8afaf/Paquin-Oscar.jpg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Anna Paquin, ‘The Piano’ (age 11)- One of the few winners on this list, the New Zealander Paquin won an Oscar for her debut role in the drama film, ‘The Piano.’ Paquin has since earned Emmy & Golden Globe nominations in her adult years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/54380d7e-e7df-4523-92e5-bad2f6cfbeee/MV5BYzk2NTA2NzQtZTA0My00OGUwLTk3MGYtMWM3NWIwYjM4YTJjXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Saoirse Ronan, ‘Atonement’ (age 13)- Now a four time Oscar nominee at only age 30, Ronan started off strong earning her first Oscar nomination in her early teen years. Her other Oscar-nominated films are ‘Brooklyn,’ ‘Lady Bird,’ & ‘Little Women.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a6e9a385-9582-4f94-9665-43cc216554e3/MV5BNWU2ZWVjZGEtMzc5Ny00MWYzLWE3NTktODdhNjk2Y2ExMTkxXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Bonita Granville, ‘These Three’ (age 14)- Granville’s Oscar nominated role came in 1936’s ‘These Three’ based on the 1934 play ‘The Children’s Hour.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b6eb539b-5f3d-4f1a-969b-0cc33778ac9b/true-grit-hailee-steinfeld-3-600x375.jpg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Hailee Steinfeld, ‘True Grit’ (age 14)- Now a massive popstar & acclaimed actress, Steinfeld has many blockbusters to her name. However, her debut role came in the 2010 remake of ‘True Grit’ where she starred as Mattie Ross. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3c1f926c-7199-487d-af80-5d030dd51b37/571a34039105842a008be5f0.jpeg Lists - Oscar Nominated Kids - Make it stand out Jodie Foster, ‘Taxi Driver’ (age 14)- Now one of the all-time most decorated actors, ‘Taxi Driver’ wasn’t the debut role of Foster as she had already starred in various Disney films. But it skyrocketed her to superstar status for her role opposite Robert De Niro. 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Top 10 Cutest Movie Characters - Make it stand out Agnes Gru ‘Despicable Me’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c1b52f71-63e2-4d65-9e48-8008d3543dd8/hqdefault.jpg Lists - Top 10 Cutest Movie Characters - Make it stand out Cornelius ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8e7792ce-e911-4f8e-8df5-08ec75490168/maxresdefault.jpg Lists - Top 10 Cutest Movie Characters - Make it stand out Baby Dory 'Finding Dory' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e2d9624d-fe51-49b2-8f72-2414b782e584/nyU6UyNw4B4QVLj69n5hbe.jpg Lists - Top 10 Cutest Movie Characters - Make it stand out Grogu ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c2bff471-4171-4a53-9781-09b9b6de08b4/square-1493906522-guardians-of-the-galaxy-2.jpg Lists - Top 10 Cutest Movie Characters - Make it stand out Groot ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/04e058d9-645b-493f-9ba7-6978b8d3a70e/dfnoir4-27951cb5-fef3-46f7-9fae-658a8534e4d7.jpg Lists - 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Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out Frankenstein (1931) - Though it wasn’t the first film adaptation of the character, it certainly is the most well known. The Universal Pictures film was one of the first big successes in the monster horror genre and a lot of it’s imagery of the various characters is still used today, including the idea of a mad scientist, the physical portrayal of the creature, and a hunch-backed lab assistant. The film stars Boris Karloff as the creature, a role he would reprise & Colin Clive as Dr. Henry Frankenstein. The film was followed in 1935 by ‘Bride of Frankenstein,’ a direct continuation that added Elsa Lanchester as the Bride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3f67805c-bfbf-44d9-bb58-01f86a03b26b/film__3635-abbott-and-costello-meet-frankenstein--hi_res-c542d216.jpg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) - I’m skipping over a handful more of Universal’s Frankenstein films to take us to this film, that would become iconic for many reasons. The film was extremely well received and led to the comedy duo of Abbott & Costello meeting several more monsters down the road. The film features Bela Lugosi as Dracula, Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolf Man, and Vincent Price as the Invisible Man, with Glenn Strange taking on the role of the Monster. The film is considered one of the funniest in American history and was added to the National Film Registry in 2001. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/479eaccd-6da4-48e4-8066-f2e9ee873b11/the-curse-of-frankenstein.webp Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) - This film came from Hammer Film Productions, and was the first of their Frankenstein movies. It starred Peter Cushing as Victor and Christopher Lee as the Creature, becoming a real breakthrough for both actors. The film’s success led to Hammer producing several more horror films such as ‘Dracula’ and ‘The Mummy,’ with Lee playing both titular characters and Cushing appearing as the human protagonist of both. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/20a9c583-47ce-472f-a2a5-c9feeba49c6f/ph_172431624366c6fa53f1844.jpg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out Frankenstein vs. Baragon (or Frankenstein Conquers the World) (1965) - An international collab between the US and Japan, this film was made by Toho, most well known for their ‘Godzilla’ and other kaiju films. The films takes Frankenstein’s monster and exports him to Japan where he rapidly grows in size and faces off against another giant monster, Baragon. Koji Furuhata is the man behind the monster and was followed up by ‘The War of the Gargantuans.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/31635700-3889-4970-96f2-6ada89a4801e/download.jpg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out Young Frankenstein (1974) - One of Mel Brooks’ most popular films, this comedy film focuses on the grandson of Victor Frankenstein, Frederick (Gene Wilder), who wants to distance himself from his family legacy. At least for a little while. He falls back into his family’s old ways and makes a monster, played by Danny Boyle. It also features Marty Feldman as Igor, in one of the most well known portrayals of the character. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/883984b3-4112-4e34-8682-3d1c14bd723d/rocky-1024x576.jpg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - No, this really isn’t an adaptation of Frankenstein, but it does obviously take inspiration from the story. The most obvious nod is in the character of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, played by Tim Curry is his film debut, and his creation Rocky, played by Peter Hinwood. This film really is the epitome of a cult classic, with frequent rerelease in theater and a whole community surrounding the film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/1f19a395-c938-4ba7-b169-2e6d01ed0af8/weird_science_review_header.jpg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out Weird Science (1985) - In this John Hughes’ teen comedy, the two leads, played by Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith, take direct inspiration from the 1931 film. They make their dream woman in a computer and a power surge leads to her coming to life, played by Kelly LeBrock. Again, not really a Frankenstein adaptation, but felt like it was at least worth mentioning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/cf22d0c3-e71f-46a4-844b-96c5ab75a40c/AAAABZSVGy-L5-SAQAI5_ZtLBp0IPjLTOo-ZtxtAplDrtCfNYI_Z7W_efC887L_MSIJ72coAQFbooRBO209SxOWHsDO-sn5cuXgUalsv.jpg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out The Monster Squad (1987) - Featuring several of the classic horror villains, this movie was a box office bust but would become a cult classic. Dracula, the Wolf Man, the Invisible Man, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Mummy, and Frankenstein’s monster all appear, with the last of these played by Tom Noonan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/bda4d369-3668-4e9b-a200-81d4343999e7/addamsfamily01.jpeg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out The Addams Family (1991) - You can take whichever adaptation of this family you want, I’m going with the 1991 film. One of the key members of the family is Lurch, their butler who has a Frankenstein’s monster-like appearance and personality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d687a4ad-e0de-4af6-a3bd-c3dcfa00aa8b/unnamed.jpg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) - From director Kenneth Branagh, this film tried to be a more faithful adaptation of the book, though it does still feature some alterations. Produced by Francis Ford Coppola, this film stars Branagh as Victor and the legendary Robert De Niro as the Creature. Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Holm, and John Cleese also all appear. It was nominated for Best Makeup at the Oscars and received several nominations at the Saturn Awards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/0ad561ae-8a17-4e2a-aaf1-6ae65ba2faa9/maxresdefault.jpg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out Van Helsing (2004) - Another film that features an ensemble of monsters, it pays a lot of homage to the classic Universal Monsters. Hugh Jackman plays the titular monster hunter with characters like Dracula, Igor, Victor Frankenstein, the Wolfman, and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde all appearing. Frankenstein’s Monster is played by Shuler Hensley and is portrayed as a very intelligent being. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8dfd2a2f-15f9-4b77-b0cf-ecfa955b9874/film__4502-igor--hi_res-c5cc097d.jpg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out Igor (2008) - Now we don’t get a direct reference to Dr. Frankenstein in this animated film which focuses on his lab assistant, voiced by John Cusack. The character based on the Creature, Eva, is voiced by Molly Shannon and becomes a love interest for Igor. The voices of Steve Buscemi, Sean Hayes, Eddie Izzard, Jennifer Coolidge, Jay Leno, John Cleese, and Arsenio Hall are also featured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2f4a1a79-7525-48db-ab31-cfc77413b5df/frankenweenie.webp Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out Frankenweenie (2012) - The second of our three animated film run, this film was made by Tim Burton and is based on the 1984 film, also made by Tim Burton. I decided to go with the more recent film version. Nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars, it stars Charlie Kahan as Victor Frankenstein, a young boy who reanimates his dog. Catherine O’Hara and Martin Short play Victor’s parents, with Martin Landau, Atticus Shaffer, and Winona Ryder also appearing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/312ec7cb-ede3-45d4-85c7-fa97c0e0d520/maxresdefault+%281%29.jpg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out Hotel Transylvania (2012) - A 2012 animated film that would kick off a franchise inclusive of four films and a television series, the main character of this franchise is Dracula, voiced by Adam Sandler. It features the usual suspects of monsters as his friends, namely Frank, voiced by Kevin James in the first three films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/43f0f76b-9e48-4987-9cb8-559da77ad756/MV5BMTg2NzU5MjA5Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzM4ODY5OQ%40%40._V1_.jpg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out I, Frankenstein (2014) - A film that was a bomb both critically & commercially, this is based on a graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux. It follows the Creature living his immortal life after the death of Victor, living into the modern day. He teams up with a group of gargoyles to fend off demons from the human world. Dubbed ‘Adam’ the character is played by Aaron Eckhart and was definitely meant to set up a franchise before it busted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f82c5dd7-4ce6-40d6-8ca3-a80da5459bf5/maxresdefault+%282%29.jpg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out Victor Frankenstein (2015) - Another film told from the perspective of Igor (Daniel Radcliffe), this tells about the origin and scientific pursuits of Victor Frankenstein (James McAvoy). Prototypes of the Creature appear, but the story is much more focused on the Victor, Igor, and the relationship between the two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8bd87609-bf49-4155-ba27-6d84f6709fcf/MV5BOWU0Y2UxNDMtMTlmZi00ZmQ3LTg5MDQtNWFhNWEyN2VlOGRkXkEyXkFqcGdeQWRpZWdtb25n._V1_.jpg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out The Munsters (2022) - Based on the ‘60s television series, this film was written, directed, and produced by Rob Zombie. It features the iconic Munsters family, including patriarch Herman, who resembles the classic Universal Frankenstein’s monster and is played in this film by Jeff Daniel Phillips. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a92fc21b-58d3-4f6d-acca-3215e86a0a54/MV5BNDdlZjhjNDctYTU4OC00MjU3LWE0NjUtYzk5ZDRhNzljOGU0XkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8%40._V1_.jpg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out Lisa Frankenstein (2024) - In the directorial debut of Zelda Williams, this horror rom com stars Kathryn Newton as Lisa, a girl struggling with the murder of her mother. More of a zombie movie than a Frankenstein story, Cole Sprouse plays The Creature, a Victorian man reanimated in his grave by a bolt of lightning, eventually falling in love with Lisa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b6901b60-8f03-4d97-b2dd-c9b1082ae9d0/MV5BNDFhOTI1NjUtYmNlYi00MzFhLTljNmYtOGYxYjM2MDIwM2M5XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out Frankenstein (2025) - An extremely topical film right now due its nine Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, this 2025 film was directed by Guillermo del Toro and is a semi-accurate adaptation. Oscar Isaac stars as Victor with Jacob Elordi playing the Creature in an Oscar-nominated role. It debuted straight to Netflix and is considered one of the best films of 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8dbb968d-9462-41d1-aa29-830dbecd07cb/MV5BNDliZjFlOTItNjhjZC00NzJlLWE3MjctMThlOTc0NTdkMDEwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk%40._V1_.jpg Other Stuff - Frankenstein in Film - Make it stand out The Bride! (2026) - And the final entry is the most recent, releasing this week in theaters! Starring Christian Bale as the Creature, the film centers on the Bride, played by Jessie Buckley. The two strike up a relationship and seemingly fall into a life of crime and social change. Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, the film is one of the most anticipated early films of 2026 and I’ll be dropping a review shortly after release! https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/the-2026-acting-oscar-nominees monthly 0.5 2026-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/64bd5888-8769-4533-8723-0b301fcf29f2/Chalamet-Marty-Supreme.webp Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Timothée Chalamet in ‘Marty Supreme’ as Marty Mauser - I mean he is your boy and mine. This marks Chalamet’s third acting nomination, with prior nominations in 2018 for ‘Call Me By Your Name’ and last year for ‘A Complete Unknown.’ Alongside these roles, he has earned Golden Globes nominations for two more performances in ‘Beautiful Boy’ and ‘Wonka.’ His first major film role came in Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar,’ before his breakthrough with ‘Call Me By Your Name.’ His other appearances include supporting roles in the Greta Gerwig films, ‘Lady Bird’ & ‘Little Women,’ and the lead role of Paul Atreides in the ‘Dune’ films, with the third film releasing later this year. As you may know, I’m a Timothée Chalamet truther so if you want to read an article I wrote about him last year you can find that HERE or if you want to watch a video where I ranked every single one of his film performance you can find that HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2362f73b-c186-4bc7-8440-5ba634764fb7/leo-one-battle-after-another-1280x720.jpg Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘One Battle After Another’ as Bob Ferguson - When I say that Timothée Chalamet is on his way to becoming the greatest actor of all-time, know that this is who I think is the one currently sitting in that seat. Leo is deservedly in that point of his career where everything he does turns to gold. The first of his 7 Oscar nominations came when he was 19 years old for his supporting role in ‘What’s Eating Gilbert Grape’ His 6 subsequent acting nominations all came in the category of Best Actor for ‘The Aviator,’ ‘Blood Diamond,’ ‘The Wolf of Wall Street,’ ‘The Revenant,’ ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,’ and his current nomination, winning for ‘The Revenant.’ He’s starred in an almost unprecedented 12 Best Picture nominees with ‘Titanic,’ ‘Gangs of New York,’ ‘The Departed,’ ‘Inception,’ ‘Django Unchained,’ ‘Don’t Look Up,’ and ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ being the only ones we haven’t mentioned thus far. His other prominent roles not yet mentioned include ‘Catch Me If You Can,’ ‘Shutter Island,’ and ‘The Great Gatsby.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/9c289a4c-2cef-414a-8fd6-dd730f3ed4df/2.webp Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Ethan Hawke in ‘Blue Moon’ as Lorenz Hart - Earning his third acting nomination for playing a real life playwright, this is actually Hawke’s first nomination in the lead actor category. His previous nominations were for ‘Training Day’ & ‘Boyhood,’ the latter of which was directed by ‘Blue Moon’ director Richard Linklater. Hawke has also earned two writing nominations, both for Adapted Screenplay, on the Linklater sequels ‘Before Sunrise’ & ‘Before Midnight.’ Hawke emerged as a young actor for his role in ‘Dead Poets Society’ and also had roles in ‘Gattaca,’ ‘Great Expectations,’ and ‘First Reformed.’ He has also carved him self a place in the horror space with films like ‘The Purge,’ ‘Sinister,’ and ‘The Black Phone.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a584b9bc-4707-4232-91e2-6403d6cc9d08/download.jpg Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Michael B. Jordan in ‘Sinners’ as Smoke Mooore/Stack Moore - One of the most recognizable (& handsome) modern movie stars, MBJ secured his first Oscar nomination for playing twin brothers in the 2025 hit, ‘Sinners.’ Prior to ‘Sinners,’ Jordan had teamed up several times with director Ryan Coogler in ‘Fruitvale Station,’ ‘Creed,’ & ‘Black Panther,’ also appearing in the sequels of the latter two. The actor originally made a name for himself on the small screen in ‘The Wire,’ ‘All My Children,’ and ‘Friday Night Lights’ and his other film appearances include ‘Chronicle’ & ‘Fantastic Four.’ I would guess this is the first of several nominations he will secure throughout his career. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e4e97109-3aa7-4daa-b5b1-cce376d64659/The-Secret-Agent-186729-cr-CinemaScopio-MK-Production-One-Two-Films-Lemming-H-2025.webp Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Wagner Moura in ‘The Secret Agent’ as Armando Solimões - With his nomination, Moura became the first Brazilian ever nominated in the category of Best Actor, with his role also making him the first Brazilian to win the Golden Globe for Best Actor - Drama. Moura established himself in his home country before breaking through to an international audience with performances in ‘Elysium,’ ‘Civil War,’ ‘Sergio,’ and a voice role in ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.’ He also earned a Golden Globe nomination for playing Pablo Escobar in ‘Narcos.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/801bd846-34a3-4402-8ba9-6eb8aececd87/MCDHAMN_UC003-H-2025.webp Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Jessie Buckley in ‘Hamnet’ as Agnes Shakespeare - Now a two-time nominee, Buckley earned her first for her supporting role in ‘The Lost Daughter.’ The Irish actress became well known across the pond for her roles in ‘War & Peace,’ ‘Taboo,’ ‘Beast,’ & ‘Wild Rose,’ with her other major film credit that earned international status coming in the 2022 Best Picture nominee, ‘Women Talking.’ On TV, she is known for roles in ‘Chernobyl’ and ‘Fargo’ and will star in ‘The Bride!’ coming out in a couple weeks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a7f11765-d8a8-4f5e-8778-8a4724ea5aad/Chang_Bronstein_LEGS05_Photo20Logan20Courtesy20A24.webp Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Rose Byrne in ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ as Linda - This Australian actress earned her first Oscar nom this year, but has been prominent on the scene since the early 2000s. She appeared in a variety of films early in her career like ‘Marie Antoinette’ & ‘28 Weeks Later.’ In the 2010s she became a staple of the comedy drama with appearances in ‘Get Him to the Greek,’ ‘Neighbors,’ ‘Spy,’ ‘Instant Family,’ and most notably, ‘Bridesmaids.’ She also appeared in several different genre franchises such as ‘Insidious,’ ‘X-Men,’ and ‘Peter Rabbit,’ plus a voice role in ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e59a5ba8-d51b-4283-b882-adc51eadb029/kate-hudson-song-sung-blue-110525-cf2d5a0d2bbc435c87661a6c5e0a8e91.webp Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Kate Hudson in ‘Song Sung Blue’ as Claira Sardina - Hudson’s breakthrough role earned her an Oscar nomination, though that was over two decades ago for 2000’s ‘Almost Famous.’ Between her nominations she became a rom com icon with films like ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,’ ‘Fool’s Gold,’ ‘Bride Wars,’ ‘You, Me and Dupree,’ and ‘Something Borrowed.’ The daughter of Oscar winner Goldie Hawn, Hudson’s other film roles include ‘The Skeleton Key,’ ‘Deepwater Horizon,’ and ‘Glass Onion.’ She has also had TV roles in ‘Glee’ and ‘Running Point.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7b94dffc-b23a-4e3c-9c20-8ae70ec66217/Renate-Reinsve-as-Nora-Berg-in-Sentimental-Value-But-Why-Tho.webp Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Renate Reinsve in ‘Sentimental Value’ as Nora Borg - The first of four actors we will discuss from ‘Sentimental Value’ the Norwegian actress made her film debut in director Joachim Trier’s ‘Oslo, August 31.’ Before teaming back up with Trier for her nominated film, she would break through in another of his films, ‘The Worst Person in the World.’ Her first Hollywood role came in the limited series ‘Presumed Innocent’ where she plays the victim of a murder being investigated (and spoilers for that show, but her character was murdered by another actress that SHOULD have been nominated this year) and her Hollywood film debut came in ‘A Different Man.’ She has a film expected to release this year, ‘Fjord,’ which will likely do well at the next awards circuit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/0bb2e3a4-dfe7-4f87-90ea-f189719c041c/bugonia-emma-stone-2.webp Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Emma Stone in ‘Poor Things’ as Michelle Fuller - Earning her 5th acting nomination, Emma Stone has won two Oscars so far in her career. She won for ‘La La Land’ and ‘Poor Things’ and received additional nominations for ‘Birdman’ and ‘The Favourite,’ meaning ‘Bugonia’ is her third nomination team up with Yorgos Lanthimos. She made her film debut in ‘Superbad’ and starred in other successful comedies like ‘Zombieland,’ ‘Easy A,’ and ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love.’ She has also appeared in several different genre films like ‘The Help,’ ‘Gangster Squad,’ ‘Battle of the Sexes,’ and ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ films. She is also an active producer, earning a producing Oscar nomination on both ‘Poor Things’ and ‘Bugonia.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/39c07566-226f-4172-9605-81fda58abd09/FotoJet-2025-12-15T115121.358.webp Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Benicio del Toro in ‘One Battle After Another’ as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos - The first of our supporting nominees, this nomination marks del Toro’s third Oscar nomination, all in the Supporting Actor category. He won the award in 2001 for ‘Traffic’ and was nominated again in 2004 for ‘21 Grams.’ Prior to his nominations, the Puerto Rican actor broke out in ‘The Usual Suspects’ before appearing in ‘Basquiat,’ ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,’ and ‘Snatch.’ His other well known films include ‘Sin City,’ ‘Che,’ ‘Sicario,’ & it’s sequel, and ‘The Phoenician Scheme.’ He has also had supporting roles in major franchises like the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Star Wars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/40eb386a-c6b9-4339-af9b-48cf38d2196d/184-pf-20240412-14256-r3.jpg Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Jacob Elordi in ‘Frankenstein’ as the Creature - The youngest male actor on this list, the Australian actor has rapidly risen the ranks in Hollywood, quickly becoming a bankable leading man. He rose to fame starring in Netflix’s ‘The Kissing Booth’ films before starring in ‘Euphoria,’ which brought him even more prominence. Before ‘Frankenstein’ his other major film credits included ‘Deep Water,’ ‘Priscilla’ in which he played Elvis Presley, and ‘Saltburn.’ He has already had one major release in 2026, playing Heathcliff in ‘Wuthering Heights’ and has another film coming late this year, Ridley Scott’s ‘The Dog Stars.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fb60ec29-f048-4a4c-89a9-09780aa38efe/Delroy-Lindo-Sinners-2.webp Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Delroy Lindo in ‘Sinners’ as Delta Slim - An actor whose Oscar nomination seems to be a long time coming, Lindo began his career on the stage before making a name for himself on the big screen. He is most well known for his collaborations with Spike Lee, appearing in ‘Malcolm X,’ ‘Crooklyn,’ ‘Clockers,’ and ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ the last of these being a role that many believed should’ve earned the actor his first Oscar nomination. Some other notable entries in his filmography include ‘The Cider House Rules,’ ‘Gone in 60 Seconds,’ ‘This Christmas,’ ‘Up,’ and ‘The Harder They Fall.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4af59eab-7513-47c6-ad85-e0ef19a77a1b/sean-penn-one-battle-after-another.webp Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Sean Penn in ‘One Battle After Another’ as Col. Steven Lockjaw - If Penn were to bring home the Oscar for this role, that would put him in a very small group of three-time Oscar winners. Penn’s previous two wins came in the Best Actor category for his roles in ‘Mystic River’ and ‘Milk,’ in 2003 and 2008, respectively. Total, he is a six-time Oscar nominee, also nominated for ‘Dead Man Walking,’ ‘Sweet and Lowdown,’ & ‘I Am Sam,’ with his current nomination being the first in Best Supporting Actor. Penn became well known for his role in ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ and some other notable roles of his include parts in ‘Carlito’s Way,’ ‘The Thin Red Line,’ ‘21 Grams,’ ‘The Tree of Life,’ and ‘Licorice Pizza.’ He has also directed a handful of films, most notable 2007’s ‘Into the Wild.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fb22c98e-3fdb-4618-aef3-2fe5f420d4c1/G13df54a0AAqJpf.jpg Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Stellan Skarsgård in ‘Sentimental Value’ as Gustav Borg - Considered one of the best actors that hadn’t yet received an Oscar nomination, Skarsgård has been everywhere. He became well known in his native Sweden and for his collaborations with Lars von Trier. Some of his early English-speaking films include ‘The Hunt for Red October’ and ‘Good Will Hunting.’ He has taken on blockbuster roles as well, appearing in films such as ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ and ‘Angels & Demons.’ He is best known to wider audience for his roles in major franchises such as playing Bootstrap Bill Turner in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ films, Bill Anderson in the ‘Mamma Mia!’ films, Erik Selvig in 5 different Marvel films,’ and Baron Harkonnen in the two ‘Dune’ films. He has also appeared on TV, winning a Golden Globe for his role in ‘Chernobyl’ and appearing in the Star Wars political thriller, ‘Andor.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/122e18d6-222a-41f1-acc5-b3488a4b5071/GuxmtzsXoAA0JvA.jpg Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Elle Fanning in ‘Sentimental Value’ as Rachel Kemp - The youngest performer in this article, the 27-year old Fanning has been a staple of Hollywood since she was three years old, debuting in ‘I Am Sam.’ Her prominent child acting performances also included ‘Daddy Day Care,’ ‘Babel,’ ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,’ ‘Super 8,’ and ‘Maleficent,’ in which she plays Princess Aurora. Some other recent appearances include ‘A Complete Unknown’ and ‘Predator: Badlands,’ and her most notable TV role was that of Catherine the Great in ‘The Great,’ which earned her three Golden Globe nominations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/af7ce9e3-7fe4-4a69-b0e7-ab537f4a548e/MCDSEVA_EC015.webp Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in ‘Sentimental Value’ as Agnes Borg Pettersen - The final of the four performances from ‘Sentimental Value,’ this Norwegian actress was certainly the least well known name on this list prior to her nominated film. The film marked only her 6th feature film, also the far and away most well known in her filmography. She has received a huge amount of nominations so far for her role, winning the National Board of Review Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/918a3de4-549d-4c54-888e-6e93273b0946/WPN-03432-EMBED-2025.webp Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Amy Madigan in ‘Weapons’ as Aunt Gladys - Madigan made her film debut in 1982, earning a Golden Globe nomination for her role. A few years later she would get an Oscar nomination for her role in ‘Twice in a Lifetime’ her only nomination prior to her current. The 40-year gap between her two nominations sets the record for the biggest gap in nominations for a female actress. Additional film credits include ‘Uncle Buck,’ ‘Field of Dreams,’ ‘Pollock,’ and ‘Gone Baby Gone.’ I also want to mention that Madigan is in one of the most prominent and long-lasting Hollywood marriages, married to Ed Harris since 1983. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fc8b402c-c091-453e-89ff-15c131ad846c/rev-1-GCH209A_191982r_High_Res_JPEG.webp Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Wunmi Mosaku in ‘Sinners’ as Annie - The Nigerian-born British actress, Mosaku became well known on British television in ‘Moses Jones,’ ‘Vera,’ and ‘Luther’ plus the American show, ‘Lovecraft Country.’ She had small roles in big budget films like ‘Batman v Superman’ and ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,’ before appearing as Hunter B-15 in the MCU show, ‘Loki,’ a role she would reprise in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine.’ She has a few roles on the horizon, including one this year in ‘The Social Reckoning.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/09d0b16d-e0b8-4f24-8d65-e1cbbdfd3f82/rev-1-OBAA-DUS-1200x900.jpg Other Stuff - The 2026 Acting Oscar Nominees - Make it stand out Teyana Taylor in ‘One Battle After Another’ as Perfidia Beverly Hills - The final performer on our list, Taylor is the 4th nominee from PTA’s ‘One Battle After Another’ which marked her real breakthrough role. A Grammy-nominated R&B singer & well known choreographer, Taylor appeared in ‘Coming 2 America’ and ‘White Men Can’t Jump.’ Alongside her television roles, such as a lead role in ‘All’s Fair,’ Taylor has also done a variety of reality show appearances, actually winning Season 7 of ‘The Masked Singer.’ She had a supporting role in 2026’s ‘The Rip’ and will appear later this year in ‘72 Hours.’ https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/best-adapted-screenplay-of-what monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/oscar-nominated-animated-films monthly 0.5 2026-01-26 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/2nd-annual-showtime-with-shane-award-nominations monthly 0.5 2026-01-15 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/my-2025-film-statistics monthly 0.5 2026-01-03 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/my-2025-movie-theater-wrapped monthly 0.5 2026-01-01 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/oscar-nominated-christmas-movies monthly 0.5 2025-12-22 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/2025-christmas-movie-survey-results monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/love-actually-storylines-ranked monthly 0.5 2025-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7f953f6c-86dc-4ad2-b31a-4f886df7f8af/Juliet.webp Other Stuff - Love actually Storylines Ranked - Make it stand out 9 - Juliet, Peter, & Mark (Keira Knightley, Chiwetel Ejiofor, & Andrew Lincoln) - The most iconic scene from this film actually comes from what I think is the worst storyline in the movie. The performances are solid (I really don’t think are any bad performances in this movie) but it’s just so problematic. And a lot of the storylines are problematic, but they address and acknowledge that. This one is just messy. It has some good moments, but the fact it ends with Mark declaring his love to his best friend’s wife behind his best friend’s back and then she gives him a kiss to make him feel better? Ew. And Chiwetel Ejiofor is vastly underused. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4cfc652c-7cc8-4605-9d4a-5de2bd5e64f1/Stand-ins.webp Other Stuff - Love actually Storylines Ranked - Make it stand out 8 - John & Judy (Martin Freeman & Joanna Page) - In all honesty this should maybe rank last just because it’s the most underdeveloped story and is the one we spend the least amount of time with. I personally love Martin Freeman, so that boosts this up slightly, and John & Judy actually have some really good dialogue and a funny meet cute, working as stand ins for adult scenes in a film. They are a great example of what I previously sad about each storyline being it’s own rom com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3a3981d8-5a05-4494-b3f4-bb5338269692/screenshot-2020-12-18-at-105657.png Other Stuff - Love actually Storylines Ranked - Make it stand out 7 - Colin & the American girls (Kris Marshall) - While the whole film is pretty funny, this storyline is there as the comedic cutaway gag. It follows Colin, who is incredibly down on his luck with women, so he decides to go to America to woo American girls with his Britishness. And to the hilarity of the audience, it works extremely well, when he connects with and spends the night with a quarter of roommates played by January Jones, Elisha Cuthbert, Shannon Elizabeth, & Denise Richards. He returns home with one woman on his arm and another one to set up with his friend Tony (Abdul Salis). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a8299ac4-3aaf-45ff-a90f-c1c3394dbf0d/Love-Actually-021423-5a9fb1e765d34220a529482ee8aafdbb.jpg Other Stuff - Love actually Storylines Ranked - Make it stand out 6 - Sarah & Karl (Laura Linney & Rodrigo Santoro) - This story also feels a little underdeveloped, but is really heartbreaking to watch. Linney’s Sarah has been in love with coworker Karl for years, and when the time finally comes for her to have a chance with him, she gets continually interrupted by her special needs brother, Michael (Michael Fitzgerald). I guess the storyline is more Sarah & Michael, because Sarah puts her familial duties to Michael above all other relationships, resulting with her spending Christmas with her brother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7762c374-d02a-418c-ba43-7b3c18d895c3/Screenshot-2022-12-22-at-14.36.38-c402d35.jpg Other Stuff - Love actually Storylines Ranked - Make it stand out 5 - Billy Mack & Joe (Bill Nighy & Gregor Fisher) - He feels it in his fingers… He feels it in his toes… One of the few storylines not about a romantic relationship, this is really about loving your friends and the people you spend the most time with. Billy Mack learns that as he abandons Elton John’s Christmas party to spend time with the person that’s been there along the way, his manager, Joe. Bill Nighy won a BAFTA for his performance as Billy Mack, which is pretty fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4258a77f-3719-4c23-bb3b-c35141ee6740/love-actually-jamie-and-aurelia.jpg Other Stuff - Love actually Storylines Ranked - Make it stand out 4 - Jamie & Aurélia (Colin Firth & Lúcia Moniz) - The writing in this one is so good. With the miscommunications and language barrier between the two, there actually are some pretty funny moments as they talk to one another with no understanding. It really is sweet, even if it’s a little outrageous Jamie goes to ask for her hand in marriage since they don’t really know each other. But it’s sweet and this is just a movie. So they make it on the top half of the list. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d3a52abc-c71c-468d-af48-277c3768bff3/b821af20-881e-484a-ab98-a7f477af543e_1280x720.jpg Other Stuff - Love actually Storylines Ranked - Make it stand out 3 - Harry & Karen (Alan Rickman & Emma Thompson) - The best performance from this film comes from Emma Thompson as Karen. A mother who loves her children and her husband, but is betrayed when she learns about her husband’s inappropriate relationship with his assistant, Mia (Heike Makatsch). We see her heart break, but the brave face she puts on for her children. We also do get a very good performance from Alan Rickman, who shows the initial interest, but knowing better, before succumbing to his poor choices. Also, the scene where Rowan Atkinson’s Rufus wraps the necklace is really well done. And even though this storyline does feature some toxicity, it’s addressed and called out for what it is. Job well done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c4f34d0f-9ffd-4d88-8080-345333d45f1f/MV5BMTYwOTQ3NTcxNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNTk5NDM3._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg Other Stuff - Love actually Storylines Ranked - Make it stand out 2 - Daniel & Sam (Liam Neeson & Thomas Brodie-Sangster) - Honestly, I probably would’ve had Harry & Karen at 2, but now I’m a dad so dad stuff hits me harder. Another one that doesn’t focus on a romantic relationship, this storyline follows Liam Neeson’s Daniel, who loses his wife, and is left to raise his young stepson alone. Thomas Brodie-Sangster gives a great performance, especially from a child actor, for someone struggling with grief, but also learning to grieve while maintaining his normal life. We do still get some romance, when Sam reveals his love for his classmate, Joanna (Olivia Olson). Daniel walks him through wooing her and there’s some really great, sappy parental moments in there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/51a8a469-088f-4441-b6bd-87051f45f553/1487782978-love-actually-1.jpg Other Stuff - Love actually Storylines Ranked - Make it stand out 1 - David & Natalie (Hugh Grant & Martine McCutcheon) - Now come on. When most people think ‘Love Actually’ they may think of the signs Mark uses to recite his love to Juliet. But those of us with class think of Hugh Grant dancing around 10 Downing Street. Grant plays David, the newly elected prime minister who falls for a member of his staff. He makes the absolute power play of calling out the United States unfair treatment of the UK after the US President (Billy Bob Thornton) makes an inappropriate pass at Natalie. That’s how you know this is fiction. In real life the US Presidents have way more class than to treat women inappropriately… Anyways back to Hugh Grant. Like I said, the dancing scene is great. The scene where he goes door to door looking for Natalie is great. And the big kiss at the end is great. The only thing that’s not great is the strange obsession everyone has with commenting on Natalie’s physical appearance? That is admittedly distasteful. If you asked me who the main character of this movie is, I’d say David, and I also think he’s the best! https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/movie-matchup-fatman-vs-violent-night monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/ranking-the-predator-movies monthly 0.5 2025-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8cfefe7d-6dd9-4359-bf9f-ecd2b62590bd/MV5BZWVjNDZmYWMtMGJkNC00ODk1LWFiMTItYzg3ZTRmZDljMmFjXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Other Stuff - Ranking the Predator Movies - Make it stand out #7 - The Predator (2018) directed by Shane Black This 2018 film is not just here because it’s the least good of the ‘Predator’ films. It’s here because it’s straight up a bad movie. Boyd Holbrook is one of the few redeeming part of the films, but his protagonist doesn’t leave much of an impression after the initial film. It includes the strangely prominent trope of 2010s media including a child with autism but being the key to the puzzle. I’m all for being inclusive of people that are differently abled, but that requires a tact this movie doesn’t really have. Then the Predators themselves become kind of convoluted with one of them wanting to save humans (I think?) and the other wanting to harvest their DNA before we go extinct from climate change (I think?). It’s a mess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8d02f905-63d1-4420-be31-a6d2d202d500/predator-2-1990-2.webp Other Stuff - Ranking the Predator Movies - Make it stand out #6 - Predator 2 (1990) directed by Stephen Hopkins I can only imagine seeing this in 1990 after the hit that was ‘Predator’ three years earlier and just being so massively let down. I was massively let down when watching the movies back to back in 2025. Again, there are some really solid performances from Danny Glover & Gary Busey, but they aren’t redeemable enough. The film is mixed in with an LA urban setting, which should be really cool in theory, but just kind of results in a mess of police chases, gang wars, & bureacratic redtape. I like the ending having some additional Predators pop up, but think it’s utterly insane they just randomly hand Danny Glover a pistol that isn’t explained until over 30 years later in ‘Prey.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/41fe259f-58e9-465c-a81a-9d2619bc760b/predators-black-sheep-featured-1280x720.jpg Other Stuff - Ranking the Predator Movies - Make it stand out #5 - Predators (2010) directed by Nimród Antal Please note that 1-4 are all pretty close in a tight race, then there’s a gap between 4-5, and then there’s a big ole gap between 5-6. The film has a really cool thought process that I feel like is replicated more effectively in some of the later films, with the premise of gathering an array of different fighters to team up on the Predator. Unlike the previous two entries I actually feel like the performances are a weaker point (but Adrien Brody is fine in the movie), but the cool setting, various Predators, & intriguing mystery premise all work in its favor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/826111d1-d725-477f-85fa-a3bd6d8a8aa7/d2067e7b-295a-46f7-b7bd-4858c7d4d478_5704x3660.jpg Other Stuff - Ranking the Predator Movies - Make it stand out #4 - Predator (1987) directed by John McTiernan Having the original this low is probably a hot take. I think the fact I watched all the films within the same timeframe result in me not having the nostalgia for this film that others likely do. Dutch is a really cool protagonist and I love the way the film operates as just your run of the mill military action film and then BOOM! these dudes are getting killed by an alien. We a very intimidating looking bunch between Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, Bill Duke, Richard Chaves, Sonny Landham, and future ‘Predator’ director, Shane Black. I feel as though this film not only started one of the most underrated franchises in film history, but it also had both the future Governors of California & Minnesota in it’s cast. Weird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7b7c5137-f47c-4b10-8dbf-5a997d5a3214/31167294.jpg Other Stuff - Ranking the Predator Movies - Make it stand out #3 - Predator: Badlands (2025) directed by Dan Trachtenberg Though we’ve seen Predators that weren’t antagonistic, sometimes ending up on the same side of the fight as the human leads, this film is the only one so far that has a Predator as the protagonist. We meet a young Yautja (the Predator species) named Dek who is considered a weak link of his tribe and goes on his first hunt to prove himself, targeting the most deadly prey possible. The film features a reference to the ‘Alien’ franchise through the humanoid synthetic android character Thia (Elle Fanning), who was made the Weyland-Yutani corporation. This film immerses us into the Yautja culture like we’ve only gotten tidbits of before, making them easier to be seen as characters and not just unnamed creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a7251ea8-03ba-4bcd-a98f-092e0ad8e2d9/MV5BZGMzYWQ2YjUtNTIyZC00NDQ3LThjNmUtMGU0MzMwOWJlNzc1XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Other Stuff - Ranking the Predator Movies - Make it stand out #2 - Prey (2022) directed by Dan Trachtenberg Set in Northern Great Plains in the early 1700s, this film features a female protagonist, Naru (Amber Midthunder) who is probably the coolest lead to come out of the franchise, though Dek & Dutch are closely behind her. Naru wants to be a warrior in her tribe, but is doubted, eventually proving herself by taking on a Predator. The film also features some antagonistic fur trappers and is incredibly interesting after watching Badlands because of the similarity in the cultures of the Yautja & Comanche tribes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a34959ad-5376-40b2-b270-e429aaef0d28/Warlord-Predator.jpg Other Stuff - Ranking the Predator Movies - Make it stand out #1 - Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) directed by Dan Trachtenberg The trajectory Dan Trachtenberg has had on this franchise is utterly insane. The only animated film in the series, this anthology film follows three different warriors during three different time periods; a viking in 841, a samurai in 1609, and a fighter pilot in 1942. The film sets up some interesting tie inds to the other films in a way that I will not spoil, but I think each segment is so strong they could have been their own films. We also get to see some cool Yautja lore & designs, with some character designs and action that wouldn’t be possible in live action. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/the-2025-twinomenon monthly 0.5 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4c878607-5f40-4a3b-bcfc-5229200dc09a/download.jpg Other Stuff - The 2025 Twinomenon - Make it stand out Robert Pattinson as Mickey 17 & Mickey 18, ‘Mickey 17’ - Going into the year I’d say this was the most talked about example of an actor playing multiple roles with Pattinson playing the titular main characters who is the 17th version of Mickey Barnes. When 17 accidentally survives an accident, he collides with his replacement, Mickey 18, and chaos ensues. My main gripe with this film was that there wasn’t enough shenanigans between 17 & 18 and I think there should have been a little more of a montage about the other 16 variants and their deaths. However, my high is Rob Pat and how he seamlessly plays the two versions very differently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ccfe4362-ed69-453c-b334-1ef948c81112/1_jVZbKVn0hm7el9GYW37XrA.jpg Other Stuff - The 2025 Twinomenon - Make it stand out Michael B. Jordan as Smoke & Stack Moore, ‘Sinners’ - Now that the films have been released, this is hands down the most prevalent version mostly due to Jordan’s different personalities that he brings to The Smokestack Twins while still making them both incredibly cool & charismatic. There are several shots in this film that Ryan Coogler pulled off that are just absolute feats of filmmaking. This one is a little funny to me because I think it’s pretty obvious one of the roles was intended for someone else (Jordan’s ‘Creed III’ co-star), but when they had to replace him do to outside circumstances, they decided the best course of action was to have Jordan pull double duty. They were right, that was absolutely the correct choice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5f65ba88-35de-456b-8e09-636042480b72/monkey10.jpg Other Stuff - The 2025 Twinomenon - Make it stand out Theo James & Christian Convery as Hal & Bill Shelburn, ‘The Monkey’ - First let me clear something up because I just put two names there. Convery plays the two characters when they’re younger and I think actually spends more time onscreen with his twin counterpart, also giving a more impressive dual performance, at least in my opinion. While Theo James plays the two very different twins in this horror comedy. James’ performance as Hal is super solid, and while he’s still very good with Bill, we just don’t get to spend a ton of screen time with that twin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/9db8bb62-58a1-4958-a9b7-757db0195222/deniroduel1-ht-jt-250318_1742332137966_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg Other Stuff - The 2025 Twinomenon - Make it stand out Robert De Niro as Frank Costello & Vito Genovese, ‘The Alto Knights’ - Insert that TikTok sound of that guy yelling ‘Boring! Boring! Boring!’ Yeah this movie was so boring. The most interesting part was the extremely questionable decision to cast De Niro in the two leads. The characters aren’t twins, aren’t siblings, aren’t even related, and this is played incredibly straight. My working theory is that Robert Duvall was envisioned for one of them (likely Genovese), but passed on the film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/82ea5086-cb81-4516-993c-a4b747a725c4/twinless.jpg Other Stuff - The 2025 Twinomenon - Make it stand out Dylan O’Brien as Rocky & Roman, ‘Twinless’ - I haven’t actually gotten the opportunity to check out this film yet, but I do know the general plot follows O’Brien’s Roman as he navigates the loss of his twin brother. O’Brien is confirmed to play both roles, I assume through flashbacks, but since I haven’t gotten the chance to watch, that’s all I got on this one. I should note that the photo above is O’Brien with his co-star, James Sweeney, because I couldn’t find a double Dylan pic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/40486aa3-d4a1-4975-baa6-5cc390039617/17229088_072125-otrc-predatorbadlandstrailer-img.jpg Other Stuff - The 2025 Twinomenon - Make it stand out Elle Fanning, ‘Predator Badlands’ - So this is the one I have the least information on because the film hasn’t been released. Elle Fanning is going to be playing a Weyland-Yutani android (the androids we see in the ‘Alien’ films) and will reportedly also play ‘numerous other synthetics.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/af0a589b-2ebe-43e2-bdf6-7841b346aab7/mia-goth-will-play-both-victor-frankensteins-mother-and-his-lover-1755775768.jpg Other Stuff - The 2025 Twinomenon - Make it stand out Mia Goth as Elizabeth Lavenza & Caroline Beaufort, ‘Frankenstein’ - This film has seen a festival release, but hasn’t seen it’s wide release yet. One thing we’ve learned is that Goth is going to be playing two roles (originally she was going to be playing three). The two roles are Victor & William Frankenstein’s mother & the woman they are both in love with. Hm. Awkward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/36e36fb5-545c-4dff-bea2-576986b58c38/PADDINGTON-IN-PERU-021325-4-95305314daaf408baf77a3abfeae6200.jpg Other Stuff - The 2025 Twinomenon - Make it stand out Antonio Banderas as Hunter Cabot & Ancestors, ‘Paddington in Peru’ - I haven’t really seen anyone talking about this as a case of this, but I’ll mention it. In the film Banderas plays the gold-crazed Hunter Cabot, but he also plays the ghosts (or I think they’re really more figments of Hunter’s imagination) of his ancestors who help fuel his gold lust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/add284fd-9fe1-4b64-a98e-f67ca891234b/so4rK7NTVm9LDSfW2mWyhj.png Other Stuff - The 2025 Twinomenon - Make it stand out Blake Lively as Emily Nelson/Hope McLanden & Charity McLanden, ‘Another Simple Favor’ - You probably haven’t watched this movie. Don’t. It was garbo. The first film features the classic evil twin soap opera plot twist. And this movie features the exact same thing with a secret triplet. Boooooo. And this introduces what I refer to as ‘Twincest,’ I’ll let you come to your own conclusion on that portmanteau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/05c9d6e6-9e64-4d6a-a8c6-320519a9d561/intro-1752262785.jpg Other Stuff - The 2025 Twinomenon - Make it stand out David Corenswet as Superman & Ultraman, ‘Superman’ - I would argue that Corenswet pulls off one of the best dual performances here. In my opinion he plays 5 different personalities in this film. First you got Superman. Duh. Then you got Ultraman, a Superman clone made by Lex Luthor. Supes is hopeful, punk rock, and the ultimate hero. Ultraman doesn’t really have a personality, basically being a brainless avatar for Lex. Ultraman masquerades as The Hammer of Boravia, who is also voiced by Corenswet and is loud & brash, with a thick Eastern European accent. Then you have Clark Kent. Yes that’s the same character as Superman, but it’s incredibly important for the two to feel distinctly different, just like how Christopher Reeve does. And lastly you’ll have who I call Kal-El, who is who the character really is. We really only see Kal-El when he’s with Lois, his parents, or at the Fortress of Solitude, and I think finding that figure is what is needed for a perfect Superman performance. You can agree or disagree with the rest of that, but Superman & Ultraman is what earns this spot in the article. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/arutwz9s29hey040zkw9apa2w6u61w monthly 0.5 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8ff25dfe-35ef-475c-811e-7c0b1d6ded32/oscar101_C.webp Other Stuff - The Best Performances of the 21st Century? - Make it stand out While their Oscars stat was different than mine, I will just include their list for the years of each performance (though I’ll note that the one they have listed in 2024 was actually a 2023 release, if you count the initial festival release). https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/the-100-best-movies-of-the-21st-century monthly 0.5 2025-06-30 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/what-movies-do-my-friends-like monthly 0.5 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/1ac4012f-ce28-44cf-a550-caac618bce58/Screenshot+2025-05-02+151912.jpg Other Stuff - What Movies Do My Friends Like? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e06f7017-6141-4c86-ab13-3704a5037df0/Screenshot+2025-05-02+152029.jpg Other Stuff - What Movies Do My Friends Like? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-ralph-fiennes monthly 0.5 2025-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ffee4d21-75d7-4d29-894d-f361f393f1b6/IMG_7179.jpeg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Ralph Fiennes - Make it stand out Amon Göth in ‘Schindler’s List’- Fiennes’ first Oscar nomination came in this 1993 film that follow Liam Neeson as the titular Oskar Schindler. Fiennes plays the role of the main antagonist, a Nazi concentration camp commandant. Fiennes later said the role greatly disturbed him & a real Holocaust survivor was said to have had a panic attack when she witnessed Fiennes’ performance in person due to its accuracy. Neither of those are good things, but they do show the levity of a performance considered an all-time great film villain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b891c60d-0c0d-4d6f-9ee6-6e32721cc254/IMG_7180.jpeg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Ralph Fiennes - Make it stand out Cardinal Thomas Lawrence in ‘Conclave’- One of the best films of 2024, ‘Conclave’ is really just a movie about people talking, gossiping, & politicking. And those people just happen to be Catholic Cardinals electing a new pope, with their conclave being led by Cardinal Lawrence. Fiennes has effective chemistry & dialogue with every other member of the cast & I would credit the success of the film to a few things, like the writing, editing, score, and Fiennes’ performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/96234593-a658-4fb8-b781-6c4ddafca6fa/IMG_7181.jpeg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Ralph Fiennes - Make it stand out M. Gustave in ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’- One of the actor’s silliest performances, it is also one of his best. A film considered one of the best of the century, it is also considered the best film from director, Wes Anderson. While he didn’t earn an Oscar nomination, he did get one at the Golden Globes & the character became something of a pop culture & aesthetic icon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d9927c88-8771-42b9-90a1-d87d8b8d3517/IMG_7182.jpeg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Ralph Fiennes - Make it stand out Lord Voldemort in ‘Harry Potter’- One of the greatest literary sagas turned into one of the greatest film sagas, with one of the greatest film villains. Voldemort is pure evil & Fiennes is nearly unrecognizable in the role. No matter who is standing across from, you fear for the other person due to the cruelty Voldemort exudes. Even with his lack of a nose, Fiennes brought his A game to this role across five films. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-samuel-l-jackson monthly 0.5 2025-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c40c70b5-67ec-487d-bcdd-3527a99ac101/IMG_7042.jpeg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Samuel L. Jackson - Make it stand out Jules Winnfield in ‘Pulp Fiction’- Somehow, Jackson only has one competitive Oscar nomination, but it makes since that it comes from his best performance. Jackson has teamed up with Quentin Tarantino several times (many of which are mentioned above), but nothing beats the first time they worked together. Some folks consider ‘Pulp Fiction’ to be Tarantino’s best & it’s a very compelling argument. The intertwining story features many iconic characters, but I think none more so than Jules. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/dcdb9bf5-7f7c-4dc8-a542-0c4add14ce29/IMG_7043.jpeg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Samuel L. Jackson - Make it stand out Frozone in ‘The Incredibles’- Yea, this may be a hot take over a Coach Carter or Mr. Glass or a lot of SLJ’s other roles. But I’m standing by it. ‘The Incredibles’ is iconic in both the worlds of animation and superhero films with Mr. Incredible’s best bud Frozone being an integral piece. Jackson would reprise his role in the sequel where he took on an even bigger part, but nothing is more iconic than that one line, ‘Honey? Where’s my supersuit?’ Yea you know it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b10e6ce5-aecc-42c7-84f6-704576143442/IMG_7044.jpeg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Samuel L. Jackson - Make it stand out Mace Windu in ‘Star Wars’- This is common knowledge lore at this point, but if you didn’t know, the reason Mace Windu has a purple lightsaber is because Jackson said he wanted a purple lightsaber. That’s an awesome move that resulted in an awesome lightsaber from one of the prequel trilogies best characters. Although Windu’s hardheadedness is frustrating to watch, he really wants what’s best for the galaxy and the Jedi Order and is just one bad MFer. Excuse the language, but I had to get it in here once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/cea572f8-a116-4386-a342-b2011c4807be/IMG_7045.jpeg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Samuel L. Jackson - Make it stand out Nick Fury in the MCU- Quick! Don’t Google it, counting cameos how many times has Jackson played Nick Fury? The answer is stunning. He has played Fury in 12 different films & 4 tv shows. ‘Iron Man,’ ‘Iron Man 2,’ ‘Thor,’ ‘Captain America: The First Avenger,’ ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier,’ ‘Captain Marvel,’ ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home,’ ‘The Marvels,’ all 4 Avengers films, the animated series ‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’ & ‘What If…?,’ ‘Agents of SHIELD,’ and the main role in ‘Secret Invasion.’ My fingers are cramping from typing that. You can’t play a role that many times without it being a cultural icon. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-meg-ryan monthly 0.5 2025-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/482854b6-7265-4e50-a3fe-dac544d08577/IMG_6925.jpeg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Meg Ryan - Make it stand out Sally Albright in ‘When Harry Met Sally…’- Meg Ryan received three Golden Globe nominations in her career for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical. Slight spoiler for the rest of the list, but those three nominations came from this movie and the following two. Considered by some the best rom com of all-time, this 1989 film follows the connection formed between Ryan’s Sally and Billy Crystals’ Harry and their evolution from friends to more than. Also, the diner scene is one of the most iconic movie scenes of its era. The closing scene is also incredibly iconic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8e55a0b4-1e96-4b49-bcb3-24e2b126cbf5/IMG_6926.jpeg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Meg Ryan - Make it stand out Kathleen Kelly in ‘You’ve Got Mail’- I guess the key to making an all-time rom com in the 90s was casting Meg Ryan across from an average looking white dude. She teams up with Tom Hanks to execute the enemies to lovers trope. Hanks’ Joe Fox is a successful chain bookstore manager who is likely to put Ryan’s small local bookshop out of business. But plot twist! They fall in love while exchanging emails! Didn’t see that one coming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/81ee66d0-5bed-42fd-b5d7-b7185a76c6e8/IMG_6927.jpeg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Meg Ryan - Make it stand out Annie Reed in ‘Sleepless in Seattle’- Next up is another rom com, coming in 1993. Starring Ryan as a journalist who becomes interested in a grieving father (Tom Hanks) when his son calls a radio show seeking a new partner for his dad. Another one of the all-time rom coms, this would be the second of three teams up between Ryan & Hanks, preceded by ‘Joe Versus the Volcano’ and followed by the aforementioned 'You’ve Got Mail.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2b19929c-135b-48b5-a64c-47b7a9144cbd/IMG_6928.jpeg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Meg Ryan - Make it stand out Anastasia in ‘Anastasia’- A breaking of type here, we finish the list not with a rom com, but with an animated feature. Ryan voices the title character in this film based on the conspiracy that the Russian princess survived her assassination and grew up outside the oligarchy. While this film is quite good and is now a Disney property (which makes Anastasia an unofficial Disney princess), I’ll admit that it really confused me as a kid from a historical sense. I thought it was true because we watched it in history class at school. I guess that’s maybe more on my teacher than the film, but I just wanted to mention it. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-val-kilmer monthly 0.5 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e7bf9b74-8d71-45b2-b566-9e5704031043/IMG_6854.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Val Kilmer - Make it stand out Tom ‘Iceman’ Kazansky in ‘Top Gun’- One of Kilmer’s earliest roles was as Tom Cruise’s rival in ‘Top Gun.’ Cruise’s Maverick is one of the coolest characters across films, and Kilmer’s Iceman is just as cold. The role would also be Kilmer’s last when he reprised it in ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ which gave both Kilmer & the character a beautiful send off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e799958f-78f2-4963-bbaa-22c320a5f1c0/IMG_6855.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Val Kilmer - Make it stand out Jim Morrison in ‘The Doors’- One of the actor’s more praised roles, Kilmer took on the role of the titular bands iconic lead singer. The film faced criticism for historical inaccuracies, but many that knew Morrison personally alleged that Kilmer’s performance was spot on. He definitely has the look down, that’s for dang sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a3e8a649-e723-4449-99b2-580731e83b3d/IMG_6856.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Val Kilmer - Make it stand out Batman in ‘Batman Forever’- Just about any actor that plays the caped crusader will have Bruce Wayne on their Mt. Rushmore. That extends to Kilmer who played the character in ‘Batman Forever,’ taking over the role from Micheal Keaton. Kilmer managed to balance both the roles of Bruce Wayne & Batman, which is one of the most crucial parts of playing the character. George Clooney would take on the role from Kilmer in ‘Batman & Robin,’ which is considered an all-time low for the dark knight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/84e8d4ac-1058-4ca0-a24b-013e34ce017c/IMG_6857.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Val Kilmer - Make it stand out Moses in ‘The Prince of Egypt’- This one may be a shock to some, but Kilmer’s vocal performance in ‘The Prince of Egypt’ is legendary. He brings such a weight to the role that is extremely rare in animated performances. While Kilmer does not provide Moses’s singing voice, he utters many iconic lines in one of the best Biblical film adaptations. The film is considered an all-time great animated film, as well as one of DreamWorks’ best, with Kilmer’s Moses playing a large part in the success. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-chris-evans monthly 0.5 2025-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/74058c6f-a5c3-44a1-b96d-3f303680421e/IMG_6773.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Chris Evans - Make it stand out Captain America in the MCU- Come on. Duh. One of the most iconic characters in 21st century film in the most prominent film series. Between 2011’s ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ through 2019’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Evans played Steve Rogers 7 times, with 3 additional cameos in other films. This role made Evans a household name and one of the highest grossing actors on the planet. And the journey he took the character on from start to finish is a chef’s kiss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/22f73e90-429f-4f31-80a2-46eb510757ff/IMG_6774.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Chris Evans - Make it stand out Human Torch in ‘Fantastic Four’- Before he donned the shield, Evans donned the flames of Johnny Storm/The Human Torch in the two ‘Fantastic Four’ films from Fox. Evans’ first blockbuster role, he fit the role very well & was able to flame on once more in 2023’s ‘Deadpool & Wolverine.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d1cf7ed9-bed3-40bd-8daf-7d10daa41bb3/IMG_6775.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Chris Evans - Make it stand out Lucas Lee in ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’- I really debated what to put in this spot, but I decided to go with one of Ramona Flowers’ Seven Evil Exes that Scott Pilgrim must fight in the 2010 films. Evans also reprised the role in all 8 episodes of the animated series ‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/91504ae5-0c86-404d-b020-a8c89ba3b776/IMG_6776.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Chris Evans - Make it stand out Ransom Drysdale in ‘Knives Out’- One of Evans’s few antagonistic roles, he is a member of the extensive Thrombey family all of whom are suspects in the death of family patriarch & mystery writer, Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer). Ransom is a conceited, adversarial jerk and Evans is really great in the role. The only thing about the role more iconic than Evans’ performance is that sweater he wears. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/avengers-doomsday-cast-announcement monthly 0.5 2025-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3f37940f-5233-4d71-bc78-bb24d4a6a289/thor-love-and-thunder-072822-1-ee26fa083c0149ddaa60cc029ff9aa22.jpg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Chris Hemsworth (Thor)- They decided to start with one that may have seemed obvious, but actually hadn’t been confirmed yet. This will be Hemsworth’s 9th time picking up the hammer in film (11th if you count cameos) with the most recent being the lackluster ‘Thor: Love and Thunder.’ Again, this was expected, but a very welcome announcement! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/32abc527-d0fc-4582-82f8-09be0518861b/fantastic-four-teaser-trailer-02.jpg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Vanessa Kirby (Invisible Woman/Sue Storm)- Now some of the only confirmed cast members were the Fantastic Four actors. I don’t know why they couldn’t just knock them out at the beginning to get it done, but I digress. Starting off Marvel’s first family is Vanessa Kirby who, along with her castmates, will be playing her character for the first time this summer in ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps.’ For those that are unaware, it is actually rumored that Sue will be the primary character in that film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/be1235d6-eabc-4f56-aee9-aeb7e893bd22/kevin-feige-hopes-captain-america-brave-new-world-leads-to-full-acceptance-of-anthony-mackies-captain-america.jpg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Anthony Mackie (Captain America/Sam Wilson)- Well come on. You’ve gotta get Cap in there. Mackie finally got to pick up the shield on the big screen in ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ last month. Prior to that, his only post-Endgame appearance came in the Disney+ series, ‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier.’ This will be Mackie’s 8th MCU film appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a7237713-d54b-4238-a2f9-2d68fcb44621/Sebastian-Stan-Thunderbolts.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes)- Now I kind of wish they wouldn’t have officially announced the Thunderbolts until after their film came out, because that was one where some of them could’ve realistically died. Not Bucky of course. This will be Stan’s 10th MCU film appearance and second since his Oscar nomination & Golden Globe win. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ba507b4e-faac-49ac-862f-8bfbdb8dfae0/Screen-Shot-2024-06-26-at-2.22.34-PM.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Letitia Wright (Black Panther/Shuri)- Another fairly obvious one, this will be Wright’s 5th MCU film appearance, but only 2nd after taking over the Black Panther mantle from her onscreen brother, Chadwick Boseman (RIP). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4ea56400-ca89-471c-a357-51c9eff1ad6e/MCDANMA_WD005.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Paul Rudd (Ant-Man/Scott Lang)- They at least did something a little fun and gave Paul Rudd a much smaller chair than everyone else. Ha! Get it! Because Ant-Man! This will be Rudd’s 6th time playing Lang on the big screen and lets hope he is able to redeem himself from the bust that was ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/308176eb-cea4-4e80-a4d1-deb7e7290cdf/Wyatt-Russell-US-Agent-2.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Wyatt Russell (US Agent/John Walker)- Another Thunderbolt, this will be Russell’s 2nd film appearance after 2025’s ‘Thunderbolts*.’ He originated the character on ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ as the ‘new Captain America’ before the role was rightfully given to Sam Wilson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/9e5aedd4-a814-45be-8aa4-971d7f5bb29b/namoruh.jpg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Tenoch Huerta Mejía (Namor)- This was a surprise, but it shouldn’t have been. One bad part about everything the MCU has going on and the large gaps between many films is that some characters slip through the cracks. Namor should not be one of those characters because he was awesome in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ which is his only appearance thus far. Many fans are excited to see he and Sue Storm in the same film because they often have a romantic relationship in the comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3f93a539-24c7-4a2e-a98d-3eb577066d71/marvel-fantastic-four-first-steps.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Thing/Ben Grimm)- It’s clobberin’ time. Cousin. The second Fantastic Four member who was officially announced. Come on, we have one, we’re going to have them all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/934da275-f6bd-4dde-a7ec-1ee54db65b1b/shang-chi-1629920077.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Simu Liu (Shang-Chi)- Again, this should NOT be a surprise, but it was. And I was incredibly pleased to see Simu Liu’s name. ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ was one of the best things Marvel has done post-Endgame and Liu was great in the titular role. This will mark only his 2nd film appearance in the MCU. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3548738d-0dd7-471b-adbc-ca421402831d/yelena-in-thunderbolts.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Florence Pugh (Black Widow/Yelena Belova)- Another Thunderbolt! I’m not sure if she actually is taking over the Black Widow title, but I’m going to stick with it. This will be Pugh’s third film appearance as Yelena, who she also played in ‘Hawkeye.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b46e0b26-25d8-4517-bf10-f2fdd3870695/1beast.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Kelsey Grammer (Beast/Hank McCoy)- One of the first major surprises, but only for people that didn’t watch ‘The Marvels.’ So most people. Grammer played Beast in a large role in 2006’s ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’ and made a cameo in ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past.’ Then he reprised the role with a more comic accurate look in the post credit scene of ‘The Marvels.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e2a88e64-499d-4237-867b-85722cb5a638/sentry-1727097749724.png Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Lewis Pullman (Sentry/Bob Reynolds)- Another character returning from ‘Thunderbolts*,’ Sentry is one of Marvel’s most long awaited character to hit the screen. Lewis Pullman (who you may know from ‘Top Gun: Maverick’) will be returning to the role. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/052912dd-11b7-4496-8ac0-48e7058d69d6/first-official-look-at-danny-ramirez-as-the-falcon-in-v0-0aj4dzhaj95e1.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Danny Ramirez (Falcon/Joaquin Torres)- Another one I think we inferred ourselves. Ramirez was actually just spotted in London (where they are filming Doomsday) earlier this week. He debuted in ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ and took on the Falcon mantle from Sam Wilson in ‘Captain America: Brave New World.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8101bce2-88f3-4a00-806b-faf30c14b821/cant-lie-i-love-how-joseph-quinns-human-torch-looks-so-far-v0-zgudmpukq4he1.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Joseph Quinn (Human Torch/Johnny Storm)- Another Fantastic Four member? Check. Flame on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/904d3af9-afc5-49b4-93ae-2568e459c5a6/JW3.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out David Harbour (Red Guardian/Alexei Shostakov)- Another Thunderbolt? Check. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d7539191-f551-41e9-b0c9-b1c4c6cdc62b/LeN283e_d.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Winston Duke (M’Baku)- One of the MCU’s most underutilized characters. I hope Duke gets a bigger role in this, though I have a feeling he won’t. This will mark his 5th appearance after the two ‘Black Panther’ films, Infinity War, & Endgame. It was potentially implied he will become the King of Wakanda at the end of Wakanda Forever, but I guess we shall see! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/88083692-0ba0-4d75-ae12-404ffc7da506/cropped-ant_hannah1a.jpg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost/Ava Starr)- Another Thunderbolt. Sorry I’m just having a hard time getting super excited about this one, especially with the good run that’s to follow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/be7b8d7c-dd6d-4644-87b5-f13273e395a7/FCG2120_206_comp_FRA_v0296.1534_R-H-2023.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Tom Hiddleston (Loki)- I got excited about this one. I think Season 2 of ‘Loki’ was some of the best work the MCU has ever put out and the ‘ending’ it gave Loki was tragic, but perfect. I had a feeling there would be more to come, and we will finally get to see this version of Loki interact with Thor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7531cf7d-e1ec-4a45-b620-d20172b2989b/Professor-X-Multiverse-of-Madness.jpg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Patrick Stewart (Professor X/Charles Xavier)- So I guess he didn’t die in ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness?’ But to be fair the character has also died in ‘Logan’ and ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’ so maybe this is just ANOTHER variant or something. Welcome back baldie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8c9d4117-5e49-4dcd-8005-a7e25e07282f/ian-mckellen-magneto-9884fae1dad348aebc7eafb2daaafa00.jpg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Ian McKellen (Magneto/Erik Lehnsherr)- Welcome to the MCU Sir Ian McKellen! With this and a rumored role in the new Lord of the Rings film, McKellen is perhaps the busiest 85 year old I’m aware of. The last time we saw McKellen was in 2014’s ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ with appearances in the original X-Men trilogy prior to that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c8b7186e-955b-46e7-9ca5-917c9c9cafa6/4f4545a0-86a0-11e9-9172-39c00f285b97.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner)- People that only know Alan Cumming from ‘The Traitors’ are probably so confused. Cumming took on the role of Nightcrawler in 2003’s ‘X2’ and that was his only appearance in the role until 23 years later in Doomsday. But he actually was wonderful in the role so it’s cool they brought him back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b41eaafe-cae4-41eb-9600-cbb5ee49e413/attachment-rebecca-romijn.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Rebecca Romijn (Mystique/Raven Darkhölme)- Romijn played the role of Mystique in the original X-Men trilogy before it was taken over by Jennifer Lawrence in the prequel series. Another surprising, but welcome, addition! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f6c47fe2-ea21-46bb-ab53-b23f2125c632/Ad2kqiPKvNc7zeb49xZ39j.jpg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out James Marsden (Cyclops/Scott Summers)- This one had me hyped up. My fellow Putnam City North Panther will be joining many of his former X-Men cast members when he puts the red visor back on. Marsden was seen in the original X-Men trilogy and had a brief cameo at the end of Days of Future Past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7555f8a4-26fc-409d-ba29-31b0d6152389/960x0.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Channing Tatum (Gambit/Remy LeBeau)- Woohesabouttomakeanameforhimselfhere. For those that aren’t fluent, that’s Cajun. Many fans believed that Tatum would get to take on the role again after his warm reception in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ and they were right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b25fcf1e-3683-430f-94a6-54750bcee42e/Reed-Richards-Pedro-Pascal-XP.jpg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Pedro Pascal (Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards)- What, did you think they were going to be the Fantastic Three? Not very fantastic without Mister Fantastic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a4c2b2ad-f24e-457e-ab6b-324dd43e6167/JG2_0637_pYnCmsep-e1722141697676.jpeg Other Stuff - Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement - Make it stand out Robert Downey Jr. (Doctor Doom)- I had a feeling it would end with this one. We of course, already knew this. But it was still a good way to wrap up the announcement. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/my-2026-oscar-predictions monthly 0.5 2025-03-21 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-robin-williams monthly 0.5 2025-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5393e086-f648-4995-8db0-acea048daa72/IMG_6694.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Robin Williams - Make it stand out Mrs. Doubtfire in ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’- I guess the character he’s playing is really Daniel Hillard, but both Hillard & Williams fully step into the role of Euphegenia Doubtfire. At the core of the film, Williams plays a man wanting to connect with his family, but on the surface he plays a silly old British woman. Classic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/0a13d7aa-36b0-43cc-a3f4-9c35de287883/IMG_6691.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Robin Williams - Make it stand out John Keating in ‘Dead Poets Society’- An Oscar-nominated role, Williams is really not the main character of ‘Dead Poets Society,’ but he is the glue of the film. He holds the story together by being a teacher and mentor that all the boys in his class needed, whether they knew it or not. The two most powerful connections in the film come between Keating & two of the students, Neil & Todd (Robert Sean Leonard & Ethan Hawke), and although the film is tragic and sad, it is also incredibly inspirational. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2ae2cbd7-5723-4d8d-9073-09332028609e/IMG_6692.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Robin Williams - Make it stand out Sean Maguire in ‘Good Will Hunting’- Williams’s Oscar-winning role, this supporting role lets the comedic actor again take on a more dramatic role, though some of his signature comedy still seeps in. He mentors the titular Will Hunting (Matt Damon) when he becomes the young man’s court appointed therapist. Although it takes some time, Sean is eventually able to break through to Will by relating to him and sharing his own sorrows. Every line he says is quotable & powerful and this role rightfully won Williams the Academy Award and is the best acting performance of his career. On a side note, I guess it would’ve been fitting to put Teddy Roosevelt here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d3114b4f-b31e-4a01-9593-176e6009873f/IMG_6693.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Robin Williams - Make it stand out The Genie in ‘Aladdin’- I suppose it may be peculiar to some that this is on here, but you have to think about it. This performance completely changed the trajectory of voice acting in films and many experts in the field cite this as the best voice acting performance ever. Williams is funny, quotable, & iconic (remember iconicity is what we’re going for here) and a majority of his dialogue was improvised by the actor (we of course know improv is where he shines best). https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-julie-andrews monthly 0.5 2025-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/39c15a1e-0df7-46be-8207-b997dfd87703/IMG_6414.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Julie Andrews - Make it stand out Victoria Grant/Count Victor Grazinski in ‘Victor/Victoria’- Andrews manages to bring a combination of gravitas & comedy to every role she takes in, and in this role she leans even more heavily into the comedy. While not technically a dual role as she is really just playing one character pretending to be another, Andrews might as well be playing two roles, which she did well enough to earn herself an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e5a99a0b-a385-4d6e-85bb-33bbfb183778/IMG_6415.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Julie Andrews - Make it stand out Queen Clarisse Renaldi in ‘The Princess Diaries’- The only live action film role Andrews has taken on more than once is that of the regal Queen of Genovia, Clarisse. After the death of her son, she seeks out her estranged daughter, Mia (Anne Hathaway) so she can teach her how to be a princess, and eventually queen. Though Andrews is playing a supporting role to Hathaway’s Mia, she is just as integral to the film as Mia is. Also, in the sequel she shows everyone up by being the coolest mattress surfer ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b394b2aa-3ae1-4e88-b3b3-3b3dac1f7251/IMG_6416.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Julie Andrews - Make it stand out Maria von Trapp in ‘The Sound of Music’- Andrews second major film role and also her second most iconic. ‘The Sound of Music’ is one of the most iconic & well known films ever, but especially in the musical genre. Andrews takes on the lead role as a nun who comes to care for seven children and eventually marry their father. Andrews truly makes the hills come alive with the sound of music with songs like the titular track & ‘Do-Re-Mi,’ among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/68b7f89a-cc0f-48ac-8484-ca0e4edd7088/IMG_6417.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Julie Andrews - Make it stand out Mary Poppins in ‘Mary Poppins’- How cool that Andrews debut role is not only her most iconic, and not only did it win her the Academy Award for Best Actress, but it also is one of the most iconic movie characters ever. Sixty years later it remains one of Disney’s most famous films, in large part to Andrews’s legendary acting performance. She sang & danced her way to the top very quickly with this film. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/chalamet monthly 0.5 2025-03-11 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-anne-hathaway monthly 0.5 2025-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/0d75fd0e-baf3-459c-88f6-b6ca00b0dc83/IMG_4669.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Anne Hathaway - Make it stand out Andy Sachs in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’- Kicking us off we have what is easily one of the most iconic films in Hathaway’s filmography. In it she plays a young woman who gets a job working as an executive assistant and finds herself coming face to face with her difficult to navigate boss, Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep). Though Priestly is the obvious stand out character of the film, Andy brings a realistic side to show how most normal people would react in the situation she finds herself in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/dc6eda84-4472-4274-bc01-7077d8a6bd52/IMG_4670.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Anne Hathaway - Make it stand out Fantine in ‘Les Misérables’- Next up is Hathaway’s Oscar-winning performance in the 2012 film adaptation of the iconic musical. She plays a prostitute dying of tuberculosis in a role that showed most audiences her singing chops (though many learned of this in 2004 with ‘Ella Enchanted’). Though she already had many critically acclaimed films under her belt, as well as a prior Oscar nomination, this solidified her in the upper tier of stars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5c8b271f-de0c-473b-8ee7-fcb2652cb0fa/IMG_4671.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Anne Hathaway - Make it stand out Dr. Amelia Brand in ‘Interstellar’- This is easily the most controversial pick here. I’m sure many folks think I should’ve gone with another of her early roles, or some may think I should’ve gone with her other Nolan team up (‘The Dark Knight Rises’), but honestly I just love ‘Interstellar’ too much. She takes on a supporting role here as scientist Amelia Brand, the daughter of Professor John Brand (Michael Caine) who is in charge of finding anew planet for humans to colonize. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d7ed394a-7ca1-4e56-80cf-fe32d6111542/IMG_4672.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Anne Hathaway - Make it stand out Mia Thermopolis in ‘The Princess Diaries’- Last but certainly not least is Hathaway’s breakout role. She returned to the role in a sequel that is equally iconic. Starring as a young girl who has royalty thrust upon her when she learns her deceased father was the heir apparent to the kingdom of Genovia. She must learn how to become a princess from her grandmother, Queen Clarisse (Julie Andrews) and by the second film she ascends the throne herself. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/2025-oscar-reactions monthly 0.5 2025-03-06 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-liam-neeson monthly 0.5 2025-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/159065d3-d26d-4617-922b-1e5e000b9482/IMG_5113.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Liam Neeson - Make it stand out Bryan Mills in ‘Taken’- Perhaps the most iconic phone call in cinema history came from Liam Neeson is in his first outing as Bryan Mills. He would portray the role twice more in ‘Taken 2’ & ‘Taken 3.’ This poor guy always has something going on whether it’s his daughter getting kidnapped, his ex-wife getting kidnapped, or himself getting kidnapped. Luckily for him he has a very particular set of skills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a22ae560-6a7b-4d94-82a8-40b6b628f7d6/IMG_5114.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Liam Neeson - Make it stand out Qui-Gon Jinn in ‘Star Wars’- Neeson’s most blockbuster role came in 1999 when he was the top billed actor in ‘The Phantom Menace’ the first of the Star Wars prequel trilogy. In the film he plays a Jedi master who serves as the mentor to Obi-Wan Kenobi & is the individual responsible for discovering Anakin Skywalker. Though his time is cut short (as is his body) in the Star Wars Universe it was referenced that he went on to become a Force Ghost, and we actually see this in the series ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/647cf087-668f-4fb6-abe3-52a3f3378630/IMG_5115.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Liam Neeson - Make it stand out Aslan in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’- This role is tied with Bryan Mills as the role Neeson has done the most, having voiced the lion thrice. Aslan is perhaps the most direct reference to God/Jesus in pop culture, and few actors could have properly voiced a character with that gravitas like Neeson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a3e9a6de-fc1c-472b-89fc-aa2a7b61b2cb/IMG_5116.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Liam Neeson - Make it stand out Oskar Schindler in ‘Schindler’s List’- Finally is Neeson’s Oscar-nominated role, as well as his breakthrough role. Originally a member of the Nazi party, Schindler goes onto save over 1,000 Jews by employing and eventually helping relocate them. Neeson brings the correct levity needed for a role like this & it is hands down the best acting performance of his career. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-bruce-willis monthly 0.5 2025-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3e5f1490-097f-4907-a158-9e502b1d8254/IMG_4581.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Bruce Willis - Make it stand out David Dunn in ‘Unbreakable’- Starring in M. Night Shyamalan’s 2000 superhero thriller, Willis plays David Dunn, a man who is discovered to have super strength & invulnerability, along with the ability to see other people’s crimes when he touches them. Willis is able to bring a tragedy to the character in a role that he reprised for a cameo in 2017’s ‘Split’ & in a lead role in 2019’s ‘Glass.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4a15fb07-0f2b-438b-b4e7-2b3fd7bb4df4/IMG_4582.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Bruce Willis - Make it stand out Malcolm Crowe in ‘The Sixth Sense’- Now in M. Night Shyamalan’s 1999 non-superhero thriller with one of the all-time great movie twists, Willis plays a child psychologist whose new patient (Haley Joel Osment) claims to be able to communicate with the dead. While his two castmates (Osment & Toni Collette) were able to notch Oscar nominations, Willis was not, though this may be the best performance of his career. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/80526087-c3dd-4544-a642-a45967b9bfd7/IMG_4583.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Bruce Willis - Make it stand out James Cole in ‘12 Monkeys’- Our third thriller, though this one has nothing to do with Shyamalan. In this film in which Willis costars with Brad Pitt, Madeleine Stowe, & Christopher Plummer, Willis again had to watch a costar (Pitt) get an Oscar nom while he did not. But I digress as Willis stars as a man sent from a dystopian future to figure out what event ended the world, and to stop it. A very confusing film that doesn’t make sense until the end, but it’s clear that Willis is great throughout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/54bdfff0-da45-4354-b39a-ea73ef272a27/IMG_4584.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Bruce Willis - Make it stand out John McClane in ‘Die Hard’- GREATEST ACTION FILM EVER. GREATEST ACTION HERO EVER. ITS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE. YIPPIE KI YAY FIRETRUCKER. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/ensemble-exploration-barbie monthly 0.5 2025-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f8b418ec-8a92-4d1f-99a8-2cada07ce583/barbiehairandmakeupsocial-ba0caf39867546e599036d5196daf23c.png Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Margot Robbie as Barbie- AKA ‘Stereotypical Barbie’ who is our lead protagonist & starts to question what life is really about. The film has been in development for a decade and originally had Amy Schumer, then Anne Hathaway, attached to the title role. However, Robbie was the perfect choice and helped make the film what it would become (both as the star & a producer). Robbie is one of the most relevant actors working in Hollywood today. Breaking through with ‘The Wolf of Wall Street,’ she has also starred in ‘Mary Queen of Scots,’ ‘Babylon,’ ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,’ as well as playing Harley Quinn in three DC films. She has earned two acting Oscar nominations for her roles in ‘I, Tonya’ & ‘Bombshell.’ And remember she is everything, while he’s just… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fa33c77f-3a1c-4694-b996-a25535ca8501/BARBIE-071023-2-eb0207e7e59a47e1b9a178c4cdd9a8c2.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Ryan Gosling as Ken- AKA ‘Beach Ken’ was the perfect comedic foil to Robbie’s Barbie & earned Gosling a well deserved Oscar nomination. His performance of ‘I’m Just Ken’ was one of the many highlights of the film, and his live performance at the Oscars was even more legendary. Gosling is one of the most beloved current actor, and Barbie earned him the third of his three Oscar nominations, with the other two coming for ‘Half Nelson’ & ‘La La Land.’ He rose to stardom with ‘The Notebook’ and his other credits include ‘The Believer,’ ‘Lars and the Real Girl,’ ‘Blue Valentine,’ ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love,’ ‘The Ides of March,’ ‘Drive,’ ‘The Big Short,’ ‘The Other Guys,’ ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ ‘First Man,’ & ‘The Fall Guy.’ He is set to star in the film adaptation of ‘The Hail Mary Project’ in 2026, which I am personally incredibly excited for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/917144ef-d513-4f46-8a6c-18917bc2f916/maxresdefault.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out America Ferrera as Gloria- The other performer who earned an Oscar nomination for ‘Barbie’ is America Ferrera, who plays the woman who accidentally places the doubts about life in Barbie’s mind. Ferrera’s other major film roles include one of the lead roles in ‘The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants’ and a voice role in the ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ franchise. She is perhaps more known for TV roles. More recently she starred in ‘Superstore’ and she gained recognition for her title role in ‘Ugly Betty’ which won her a Golden Globe, Emmy, & SAG Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8d3c2573-d1d7-4d53-99e7-9aa915550e9e/4afe308df8d0e8fc8d84e4118bd8403f.jpeg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Ariana Greenblatt as Sasha- Playing Gloria’s teenage daughter is Ariana Greenblatt, one of the premier young actresses. At only 17 years old, she has had starring roles in film & TV. She starred in Disney Channel’s ‘Stuck in the Middle’ & in the 2024 film ‘Borderlands.’ She has carved out a niche in playing younger versions of characters, playing a young Velma in ‘Scoob!’ (older version played by Gina Rodriguez), a young Nina in ‘In the Heights’ (older version played by Leslie Grace), a young Gamora in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ (older version played by Zoe Saldaña), & a young Ahsoka Tano in the Disney+ show ‘Ahsoka’ (older version played by Rosario Dawson). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/acc3cd01-0ed4-4d2d-9d21-b10ba8f82946/intro-1689973423.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Rhea Perlman as Ruth Handler- Appearing as a ghost of sorts of the co-founder of Mattel & creator of Barbie is Rhea Perlman. Perlman has a handful of credits in popular films, but is really known for her 11 season run on ‘Cheers’ as waitress, Carla Tortelli. She was nominated for 10 Emmy Awards, winning 4, and received a record 6 nominations for the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8bd08342-8ff0-491c-bd62-c44d0981e2c8/intro-1680637289.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Will Ferrell as the CEO of Mattel- In what is an incredibly random, but welcome, inclusion to this film is Will Ferrell as the passively patriarchal CEO of Mattel. I don’t think I need to tell you who Will Ferrell is, but if you’re not sure he’s the guy from some of the most popular comedies of the 21st century like, ‘Elf,’ ‘Anchorman,’ ‘The Other Guys,’ ‘Old School,’ ‘Talladega Nights,’ & ‘Step Brothers.’ Ferrell became a star on SNL and has also done voice work in ‘Megamind,’ ‘The Lego Movie,’ & ‘Despicable Me 4.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/25d5b69e-4f8b-42bc-b87f-6c3b2933890e/BB_IWD24_Portrait_1008x805_HelenMirren.png Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Helen Mirren as the Narrator- Though never seen onscreen, the narrator has the easily recognizable voice of Dame Helen Mirren. Mirren has a ton of accolades including an Oscar, 4 BAFTA Awards, 5 Emmys, 3 Golden Globes, an Olivier Awards, and a Tony. She was also made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II, whom she actually earned her Oscar for portraying in ‘The Queen.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e92a71e6-dda1-4d92-9349-b59a419c984b/Issa-Rae-Barbie-012324-bef9d8c775a24ddea8fe3c736bdfa9e8.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Issa Rae as President Barbie- Kicking off our run of the other versions of Barbie who appear in the film is their leader, President Barbie played by Issa Rae. Rae starred in two other extremely popular films in 2023, ‘American Fiction’ & as Jessica Drew in ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.’ Rae rose to attention for her own YouTube web series, ‘Awkward Black Girl’ and has starred in other films like ‘The Hate U Give’ & ‘The Lovebirds.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8c6a23f6-be74-4a45-8824-654d99ad5bbc/l-intro-1691622129.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Kate McKinnon as Weird Barbie- An outcast deformed Barbie who gives Robbie’s Barbie guidance on the outside world, is Kate McKinnon’s Weird Barbie. McKinnon spent a decade as a cast member on SNL, earning 10 Emmy nominations for her work, winning two. Other film credits are ‘Sisters,’ ‘Office Christmas Party,’ & ‘Yesterday,’ and other TV roles include playing Carole Baskin in ‘Joe vs. Carole’ and voicing Ms. Frizzle on ‘The Magic School Bus Rides Again.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3e40760f-b894-4131-9144-cf1284b6f03c/751c10b48a7123aab2bd28539dde94b1.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Alexandra Shipp as Writer Barbie- Another one of the major Barbie’s we meet is Shipp’s ‘Writer Barbie.’ Alexandra Shipp rose to prominence playing Aaliyah in a TV biopic and became even more well known for playing Storm in ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ & ‘Dark Phoenix.’ She has also appeared in ‘Straight Outta Compton,’ ‘Love, Simon,’ ‘Tick, Tick… Boom!,’ & ‘Anyone But You.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/70dd6583-b789-4c38-856a-6b09a836c7dd/emma-mackey-barbie.png Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Emma Mackey as Physicist Barbie- Our next Barbie is Physicist Barbie, played by Emma Mackey. Mackey broke through with her role in ‘Sex Education’ before starring in the film ‘Death on the Nile’ & as Emily Brontë in ‘Emily.’ In 2023 she won a BAFTA Rising Star Award and starred in ‘Barbie.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a962b664-8566-40f6-9496-cb3e25378bf7/tumblr_47b87f04fb1608408c3c48a2398fcbe5_019345ec_540.gif Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Hari Nef as Dr. Barbie- Next up is Dr. Barbie played by Hari Nef. Nef played a supporting role in the TV series, ‘Transparent,’ but is better known as a model. She became the first transgender woman to appear on the cover of a major British fashion magazine & has been a big advocate for gender identity throughout her career. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4071d53c-15d9-4c06-95c0-66cfefc9a1b4/8e657a16-8f52-442d-b69e-2a1899a86905_2048x1018.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Sharon Rooney as Lawyer Barbie- Now we’re into the slightly less prominent featured Barbies. The Scottish Sharon Rooney played Lawyer Babrie and has also appeared in ‘My Mad Fat Diary,’ ‘Two Doors Down,’ ‘Brief Encounters,’ & 2019’s ‘Dumbo.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a310a947-f9fb-41d9-8909-8aa9a0781e48/barbie-1.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Ana Cruz Kayne as Judge Barbie- American actress Ana Cruz Kayne has appeared in other film roles in ‘Jerry & Marge Go Large,’ ‘Painkiller,’ & Barbie director Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/432e2285-2370-4ecc-8def-d1131a716213/Ritu-Arya.jpeg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Ritu Arya as Journalist Barbie- Our next Barbie is known for her TV roles, like the soap opera ‘Doctors,’ the sci-fi series ‘Humans,’ & starring as Lila in Netflix’s ‘The Umbrella Academy.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7d02ec2e-176e-4386-8ab6-3776f652d82a/BARBIE_Character_DUA_InstaVert_1638x2048_DOM+%281%29.jpeg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Dua Lipa as Mermaid Barbie- Mermaid Barbie is played by one of the biggest popstars on the planet at the moment. A 3x Grammy winner, Dua Lipa sings the song ‘Dance the Night’ on the Barbie soundtrack and makes a cameo in the film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b5eb759e-e4a8-4d67-974b-c947ff9d4904/1_Fs30GlNaYAEE0LI-1jpeg.jpeg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Nicola Coughlan as Diplomat Barbie- Our final Barbie is played by Irish actress Nicola Coughlan. Coughlan became well known in the UK for her role on ‘Derry Girls’ & has rose to more prominence for her role as Penelope in ‘Bridgerton.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/48bb1b67-2c67-401f-b748-950df0e6cb0c/02b8526db913ce1d90f0d6f5b7a09e3d.png Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Simu Liu as Tourist Ken- AKA ‘Rival Ken’ Our secondary Ken who seems to be the bane of Gosling’s Ken, this Ken is played by Simu Liu. Liu rose to fame on Canadian television series ‘Blood and Water’ & ‘Kim’s Convenience’ before becoming a megastar when he played the lead role in Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.’ Liu continues to book roles (mostly in action films) post Shang-Chi, and is presumed to play a major role in the MCU going forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/1087bcc1-f66d-423c-a65f-6c693bc2b2e6/MjSBGCf8NatdpmFpup5RDD-1200-80.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Kingsley Ben-Adir as Basketball Ken- Our tertiary Ken who is the sidekick to Gosling’s character, is played by the British actor with such a cool name, Kingsley Ben-Adir. Ben-Adir has appeared in TV shows ‘The OA,’ ‘Peaky Blinders,’ & played the lead villain, Gravik, in the MCU’s ‘Secret Invasion.’ His other film roles include playing Malcolm X & Bob Marley in ‘One Night in Miami…’ & ‘Bob Marley: One Love,’ respectively. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/dc44b055-0a85-4456-9bc1-a39694029d85/b25lY21zOmQyYjQ3NzYxLTg0YTUtNDljYS1iMzFmLTQ5ZmQ1YjE2NzA4ODoxZDViMjdjNS02ZGE0LTQwNGMtYmJhOC1hZTVmZTk5MmMyOG Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Ncuti Gatwa as Artist Ken- Another Ken. There are a lot of these guys. This one is payed by Ncuti Gatwa, a Rwandan-Scottish actor. His first major screen role was on ‘Sex Education’ before he joined legendary ranks by becoming the 15th Doctor in ‘Doctor Who.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/bfb3bee9-578b-4e05-a263-6c9eb3d1080d/Scott-Evans-1024x693.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Scott Evans as Stereotypical Ken- The next Ken was played Scott Evans. Evans played TV roles in ‘One Life to Live’ & ‘Grace and Frankie,’ but is perhaps better known for being the younger brother of ‘Captain America’ actor, Chris Evans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/307f96e6-dcd7-4fae-b55b-c71485a19543/John-Cena-Barbie-022324-923d701f198e49aab6bf4c3847a600cf.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out John Cena as Kenmaid- Our final Ken, who I don’t even remember seeing in the movie. Ha John Cena joke. I love John Cena. He’s great. In the acting world he is mostly known for action roles in ‘The Marine,’ ‘Bumblebee,’ two ‘Fast & Furious’ films, and playing the titular role in ‘Peacemaker.’ He also has taken on comedic roles in ‘Trainwreck,’ ‘Blockers,’ ‘Vacation Friends,’ & ‘Ricky Stanicky.’ He is also known for being the greatest professional wrestler of all-time, a 16x World Champion in WWE, as well as 5x US Champion, 4x Tag Team Champion, who is going on his retirement tour in WWE in 2025. He is also a Billboard charting rapper & is known for being the individual who has granted the most wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, currently over 650. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e6f7e4a9-e495-471f-a867-c07050954f33/cvqbujirasgb1.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Connor Swindells as Aaron Dinkins- A low level Mattel employee who learns of Barbie & Ken entering the real world, Aaron is played by Connor Swindells. Swindells also rose to prominence on the show ‘Sex Education,’ and has since starred in the BBC war drama ‘SAS: Rogue Heroes.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/9d525158-7423-4a91-97c1-b3a4779a5452/jamie-demetriou-1690390965.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Jamie Demetriou as the CFO of Mattel- Another Mattel C-suite officer we meet is their CFO. The unnamed officer is played by Jamie Demetriou who has several credits, but is mostly known as a comedian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/bf2031ee-f837-4031-9e72-893450131bf7/1d949000-bc48-4847-b814-7eb052dcb7b7.jpeg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Emerald Fennell as Midge- Barbie’s pregnant friend Midge, is played by actress & filmmaker, Emerald Fennell. Fennell acted in ‘Albert Nobbs,’ ‘Anna Karenina,’ & ‘The Danish Girl,’ as well as prominent roles in ‘Call the Midwife’ & ‘The Crown.’ She earned Emmy nominations as the showrunner of ‘Killing Eve.’ Her directorial debut, ‘Promising Young Woman,’ earned her Best Picture & Best Director nominations and won her the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. She has since directed the popular 2023 film, ‘Saltburn.’ And I think that’s everyone… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/18a26d7a-1eef-4968-8048-ef5279c2d97f/5085.jpeg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Barbie - Make it stand out Michael Cera as Allan- Just kidding I could never forget about Allan. After all he is my profile picture on HBO Max. Ken’s buddy of whom there is only one, Allan is played by the hilarious Michael Cera. Cera rose to prominence in the 2000s for his role on ‘Arrested Development’ and in coming of age comedies, ‘Superbad,’ ‘Juno,’ & ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.’ He has many other well known credits in both live action & voice roles. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-heath-ledger monthly 0.5 2025-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c1486a29-2ac6-4274-98d5-29173f82094d/IMG_4518.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Heath Ledger - Make it stand out William Thatcher in ‘A Knight’s Tale’- In this medieval action comedy, Ledger plays the lead of a peasant who dreams of being a knight. So he makes himself a knight by the name of Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein of Gelderland in one of his funnier performances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f39dd568-1d90-4c6f-9adf-a0a8d8724827/IMG_4519.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Heath Ledger - Make it stand out Ennis Del Mar in ‘Brokeback Mountain’- What would’ve been Ledger’s best performance, his role in this Neo-Western as a man struggling with his sexuality when he meets Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal). The film is critically acclaimed, considered by many to be a snub for Best Picture at the 78th Academy Awards, and is considered to be the first movie to bring ‘queer cinema’ to the mainstream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b311ddbd-6d9e-4510-ba72-1aa76d87efa0/IMG_4522.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Heath Ledger - Make it stand out Patrick Verona in ‘10 Things I Hate About You’- This film made Ledger both a star & a heartthrob. He’s a cool, charming bad boy that secretly has a bet going to get Kat Stratford (Julia Stiles) to date him. Ah yes, the classic bet-rom com setup executed to perfection here. Ledger brings a secret warmheartedness to Patrick, based on Petruchio from Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f69e1a9b-fc42-4c3e-8f01-034d14a25880/IMG_4523.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Heath Ledger - Make it stand out Joker in ‘The Dark Knight’- This is hands down Ledger’s career performance & the one he is most synonymous with. Upon the announcement of his casting, many doubted he could play the psychopathic archenemy to Batman, but he pulled it off better than anyone else ever has or will. This is not only one of the best comic book film performances, and not only one of the best villain performances, but also one of the best acting performances ever, point blank period. The role won Ledger his Oscar, though it was awarded posthumously due to his untimely death. He, like many other actors, lives on through their performances, this one most of all. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-arnold-schwarzenegger monthly 0.5 2025-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/286aa815-531f-4bb2-8dab-abb86c8018cf/IMG_4693.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Arnold Schwarzenegger - Make it stand out Conan the Barbarian in ‘Conan the Barbarian’- Arnold’s breakthrough role was in this sword & sorcery fantasy film based on the comic hero of the same name. Arnold reprised the role in ‘Conan the Destroyer’ and the role launched him both to stardom & action hero status. He continued to build on both those through his career, but Conan will always be the starting point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a7c4cb31-f91e-48e3-aaf4-7efff73d930c/IMG_4694.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Arnold Schwarzenegger - Make it stand out Major Dutch Schaefer in ‘Predator’- A military man who ends up in a feud with the titular extraterrestrial hunter Dutch is really just Arnold personified, as many of his characters are. The massive Arnold is paired against an even massiver (not a word) Kevin Peter Hall who stands a whopping 7’2 before even being put in his costume. But somehow it always feels like a fair match, probably due to the sheer bulk that is Arnie. Also ‘Get to the choppa.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/54263269-acec-4a4a-b77b-0bc5fa1f616d/IMG_4695.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Arnold Schwarzenegger - Make it stand out Col. John Matrix in ‘Commando’- Another military man who is very similar to Dutch, except Colonel Matrix fights people and not aliens. The pictures of Dutch & Matrix also look almost the exact same lol. So I guess really this is just kind of a not as cool version of the previous entry… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/6d516a51-58a6-43ea-afe9-61ddcaa4723f/IMG_4696.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Arnold Schwarzenegger - Make it stand out The Terminator in ‘The Terminator’- ‘I’ll be back.’ ‘Hasta la vista baby.’ The Terminator is one of the most iconic film characters ever. Arnold has played the character in 5 different films, the first and second of which are considered two of the best films ever. The rest, not so much, but Arnold is iconic as T-800 nonetheless. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-johnny-depp monthly 0.5 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e82bc70c-e76a-4d3a-a295-c3914000344d/IMG_4593.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Johnny Depp - Make it stand out Edward Scissorhands in ‘Edward Scissorhands’- Depp’s first major lead film role came in his first of many collaborations with Tim Burton. He played the titular character in ‘Edward Scissorhands’ in what is the duo’s most iconic collab. Playing an artificial humanoid with blades for hands, Depp brings both a coldness & an emotional depth to the role. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/6ffdba51-f1cd-49b1-9cd8-480c1bb38eda/IMG_4594.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Johnny Depp - Make it stand out Willy Wonka in ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’- Another collaboration with Burton, this may be a hot take. But when you think about iconic characters, Depp has only one that is more iconic than Willy Wonka. Say what you will about his take on the character. Some find it silly, some find it creepy, but it is no doubt iconic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5d60d3d2-bb13-4c04-9fc2-d4639da117be/IMG_4595.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Johnny Depp - Make it stand out Gilbert Grape in ‘What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?’- Another one of the Depp’s earlier roles that is also one of his most grounded. Again playing the titular character, Depp brings a very heavy weight to the role of Gilbert. Although most of the praise went to his co-star Leonardo DiCaprio, Depp is worthy of praise as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/38782578-e66c-41c3-9cba-af258d1ad9c7/IMG_4597.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Johnny Depp - Make it stand out Captain Jack Sparrow in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’- Duh dude. The film that earned Depp his first Oscar nomination (which is absurd for a blockbuster movie), the film was also the first in a series that has grossed over $4.5 billion with Depp at the lead. Few roles are as synonymous with an actor as Captain Jack is with Depp. With all the rumors swirling about potential upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, reboots, or spin-offs, the filmmakers need not forget that Depp made Sparrow and Sparrow made the franchise. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/every-actor-almost-in-lord-of-the-rings monthly 0.5 2025-01-27 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/ensemble-exploration-dune-part-two monthly 0.5 2025-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/96882c54-210a-4039-9cea-4066042a647a/MV5BYTg4Mjc1MTktZmMwNy00YWY0LTk4MGEtNTM0NDU3YWZmMDQ2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXZ3ZXNsZXk%40._V1_.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides- AKA Lisan Al-Gaib AKA Muad-Dib AKA Usul, Chalamet brilliantly plays the protagonist of the ‘Dune’ franchise. He transitions really well from an eager young ducal heir to an emerging tyrant leader while bringing the audience with him. Chalamet’s first appearance in a major film was a supporting role in ‘Interstellar,’ and he earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination in 2017 for ‘Call Me By Your Name.’ Other supporting roles include Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’ & ‘Little Women,’ while other lead roles include ‘The King,’ ‘Bones and All,’ ‘Beautiful Boy,’ & ‘Wonka,’ the last of two earning him Golden Globe nominations. In 2024, alongside ‘Dune: Part Two’ he starred in ‘A Complete Unknown’ as Bob Dylan in what I think will be an Oscar-winning role. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/491d1730-94be-40b1-b50d-e13f93fd9567/Chani-Zendaya-Dune-Part-Two-Analysis-feature.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Zendaya as Chani- The concubine of Paul, the independent & fiery Chani is played by one of the best young actresses in Hollywood, Zendaya. Rising to fame on the Disney Channel in shows, ‘Shake It Up’ & ‘K.C. Undercover,’ Zendaya’s feature film debut came with a supporting role as MJ in ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming,’ a role she would reprise twice more to date. She also began to star on HBO’s ‘Euphoria’ which has won her two Emmys. Her other film credits include ‘The Greatest Showman,’ ‘Malcolm & Marie,’ & ‘Challengers.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/bf6ac1a4-17ca-45a7-a754-1779a585c183/Dune-Two-022324-565003af9eb64d159f60c2c51e4b48e5.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica- Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson plays Paul’s mother, who becomes the Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother of the Fremen. Ferguson became well known in Sweden before rising to international film for her Golden Globes nominated role as Elizabeth Woodville in ‘The White Queen.’ She has starred as Ilsa Faust in the last three ‘Mission: Impossible’ films, with one more on the horizon in 2025. She has also starred in ‘The Greatest Showman,’ ‘Life,’ ‘Doctor Sleep,’ & the Apple TV+ show, ‘Silo.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/445a6099-e0f7-4b45-a643-9e3546346d13/r7vZgM2weoNUnRAshRXCD4.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck- Originally rising to fame as young actor in ‘The Goonies,’ Brolin had a career resurgence in the 2000s with ‘No Country For Old Men.’ The following year he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor in ‘Milk,’ and has since starred in ‘W.,’ ‘True Grit,’ ‘Men in Black 3,’ ‘Oldboy,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!,’ ‘Sicario,’ ‘Deadpool 2,’ and as Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/9758384a-bf1d-418a-a434-3641e22ba723/intro-1711730691.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen- The sadistic na-Baron of House Harkonnen is also known online as ‘Space Elvis.’ This comes from Butler’s most popular role, his Oscar-nominated outing as Elvis Presley in ‘Elvis.’ He has also appeared in the films ‘The Bikeriders’ & ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,’ and the miniseries ‘Masters of Air.’ Butler got his start on Disney Channel & Nickelodeon, appearing several times on both, with a main role on ‘Zoey 101.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/bed022fd-5b61-49a8-b737-2bcf76d7fee2/rev-1-DUN2-PRE-00396rHighResJPEG-1-f12a9cb.jpeg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan- The daughter of the Emperor & a powerful Bene-Gesserit, Irulan serves as a narrator of sorts & ends the film engaged to Paul Atreides. Florence Pugh portrays the princess in a longline of well received films. Pugh broke out in 2019 with films ‘Fighting with My Family, ‘Midsommar,’ & ‘Little Women,’ the last of which earned her an Oscar nomination. She has since starred in ‘Don’t Worry Darling,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ & ‘We Live in Time,’ had voice roles in ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ & ‘The Boy and the Heron,’ and has taken on the role of Yelena Belova in various MCU projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/dd7b1cbe-9c2d-4d8d-afa5-e4af96907f82/hq720.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Dave Bautista as Glossu ‘Beast’ Rabban Harkonnen- The older brother of Feyd-Rautha, Beast Rabban is played by real life beast, Dave Bautista. The actor rose to fame as Batista in the WWE where he was a 2x WWE Champion, 4x World Heavyweight Champion, & 4x Tag Team Champion. One of the biggest pro wrestling stars of the 21st century, Bautista jumped to the big screen and has been incredibly successful in a variety of roles. His film credits include ‘Spectre,’ ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ ‘My Spy,’ ‘Army of the Dead,’ ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,’ ‘Knock at the Cabin,’ & the role of Drax in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and its sequels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f80f4fc9-808a-4f4d-a9af-c6aa257dea76/maxresdefault.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Christopher Walken as Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV- The emperor of the known universe is played by the legendary Christopher Walken. Walken has garnered numerous accolades through his storied career, including an Oscar, a BAFTA, a SAG Award, as well as nominations for Emmys & Tonys. His well known films include ‘The Deer Hunter,’ ‘Catch Me If You Can,’ ‘Pulp Fiction,’ ‘Batman Returns,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ & ‘Wedding Crashers,’ but perhaps most well known is his oft imitated vocal cadence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/bb173a9d-ee94-4287-99b2-c1596de491b1/037cd03820c4d4e8b22039c09c6dc575.jpeg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Léa Seydoux as Lady Margot Fenring- A member of the Bene Gesserit, Lady Fenring is played by the French actress, Léa Seydoux, who is very well known in her home country. Her well known English credits include ‘Inglorious Basterds,’ ‘Midnight in Paris,’ ‘Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol,’ ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel,’ & as Bond girl Madeleine Swan in ‘Spectre’ & ‘No Time to Die.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/6b0ef3c4-644a-42f3-be73-44113d66c0c5/13143320.jpeg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Souheila Yacoub as Shishakli- The Swiss actress plays a Fremen woman who is good friends with Chani. ‘Dune: Part Two’ is her most popular credit, with other credits including ‘Climax,’ ‘Making Of,’ and the TV series, ‘Savages.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/621ef516-9270-4a94-85ec-810d34fc868d/hero-image.fill.size_1248x702.v1709247457.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Stellan Skarsgård as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen- One of the most well known Swede actors of all-time, Skarsgård has appeared in other franchises like ‘Pirates of the Caribbean,’ ‘Mamma Mia!,’ ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,’ the Marvel Cinematic Universe, & a TV role on Star Wars’s ‘Andor.’ He also appeared in HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ and films, ‘Good Will Hunting,’ ‘Angels & Demons,’ & ‘The Hunt for Red October.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/27a3c850-a9f2-4927-88f5-b4005c5a5e6b/Dune-Part-Two-Charlotte-Rampling-Reverend-Mother-Gaius-Helen-Mohiam-0783163.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Charlotte Rampling as Reverend Mother Mohiam- One of the leaders of the Bene Gesserit & close advisor to the emperor, the Reverend Mother is played by veteran actress Charlotte Rampling. Rampling has worked mostly in European & arthouse films, though she has worked on television as well in the show ‘Dexter’ and miniseries ‘Restless.’ She received an Oscar nomination in 2015 for the film, ‘45 Years.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/84234133-1414-4f87-bc94-566217fc40ca/2f362e86de5a709e7670e032247abe79.jpeg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Javier Bardem as Stilgar- One of the Fremen leaders who believes heavily in Paul as the foretold Lisan Al-Gaib, Stilgar is a surprisingly hilarious character in such a serious toned film. Stilgar is played by Spaniard, Javier Bardem, who is one of the most prolific actors of the 21st century. Bardem won an Oscar for his role as the sociopathic Anton Chigurh in ‘No Country for Old Men,’ and has been nominated for ‘Before Night Falls,’ ‘Biutiful,’ & ‘Being the Ricardos.’ Other projects he’s appeared in include ‘Skyfall,’ ‘The Little Mermaid,’ ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,’ and most recently, the limited series, ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f9df1787-1344-4c95-9e56-d43a127ae3d0/Anya-Dune-Part-Two-1.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Anya Taylor-Joy as Alia Atreides- In a surprise appearance, Anya Taylor-Joy appears as Paul’s younger sister in visions he has of the future. It is assumed that she will appear in the next film, as Alia plays a major part in the storyline of the book, ‘Dune: Messiah.’ Taylor-Joy has appeared in films in various genres like, ‘The Witch,’ ‘Split,’ ‘Emma,’ ‘Last Night in Soho,’ ‘The Northman,’ ‘The Menu,’ ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie,’ & ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.’ She also appeared in ‘Peaky Blinders,’ and starred in a Golden Globe-winning role in ‘The Queen’s Gambit.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c969691d-9efc-4084-9a80-2881b71b5edc/maxresdefault.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Babs Olusanmokun as Jamis- Reprising his role as the Fremen warrior Paul kills in man to man combat, Jamis is played by Nigerian actor, Babs Olusanmokun. Olusanmokun has also appeared in the 2024 film, ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,’ the TV series ‘Star Trek: Strange New World,’ and the video game ‘Max Payne 3.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/1dfc4d22-f6ee-4063-893c-051986d88ebb/FYWkC_OXkAENprU.jpeg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Roger Yuan as Lieutenant Lanville- Also reprising his role from the first film is Roger Yuan. Yuan has an array of film & television credits, both in acting & stunt roles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/cc735937-ec27-4eac-b3b9-6101cfd63644/cyGLi9vozYztfG98772ZXd.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Stephen McKinley Henderson as Thufir Hawat- The Mentat for House Atreides, Henderson’s scenes were actually cut from the second film, but he does appear in the first film. Known for both screen & stage work, Henderson has received nominations for Tonys & SAG Awards. His film credits include acclaimed films, ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,’ ‘Lincoln,’ ‘Fences,’ ‘Manchester By the Sea,’ ‘Lady Bird,’ & ‘Causeway.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/cfac3a33-7d88-46d9-ba70-a1de9db63629/AN_Tim-Blake-Nelson.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Tim Blake Nelson- Nelson also had his scenes cut from the final film, but received a Special Thanks in the credits, along with Henderson. It is presumed that he was going to play Count Fenring, the husband of Lady Margot. Nelson is known as a character actor, appearing in films ‘O, Brother Where Art Thou?,’ ‘Holes,’ ‘The Incredible Hulk,’ ‘Lincoln,’ & ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/747c0c13-33a0-412f-963d-c39bd059e09c/dunepart1_dukeletoatreides_1-700x279.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides- Paul’s father and the leader of House Atreides is played by Guatemalan born actor, Oscar Isaac. One of the best actors yet to receive and Oscar nomination, Isaac has appeared in other big budget franchises. He played Apocalypse in ‘X-Men: Apocalypse,’ Poe Dameron in the ‘Star Wars’ sequel trilogy, Miguel O’Hara in the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, & Moon Knight in the MCU. He earned a Golden Globe nomination for his titular role in ‘Inside Llewyn Davis,’ and has also appeared in ‘A Most Violent Year’ & ‘Ex Machina.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e7541924-99e4-40cf-bea4-812840687db2/MV5BOWVjZGQ2NmEtNzM1YS00Njg5LTlhNmQtNzU0NmVlZGVlNzU3XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Dr. Liet-Kynes- The Imperial ecologist of Arakkis who is secretly a Fremen leader, Sharon Duncan-Brewster plays Liet-Kynes. She has also appeared in the British series ‘Bad Girls’ & ‘EastEnders,’ as well as ‘Doctor Who.’ She also played a version of Dr. Moriarty in ‘Enola Holmes 2.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/48c9632e-23cd-4e0f-b4a9-40dc80aed4f2/new-photo-from-dune-features-chang-che-as-doctor-yueh-social.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Chang Chen as Dr. Wellington Yueh- Taiwanese actor Chang Chen plays the Atreides personal physician who betrays the family. Chen has also appeared in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ & ‘The Soul.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3bcd0925-b4e1-4bf9-a01c-f915f148dd1e/dune-1.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho- One of the most beloved characters in the franchise, a swordmaster & mentor to Paul, Idaho is played by Jason Momoa. Momoa is mostly known for his role as Aquaman in the DCEU, Khal Drogo in ‘Game of Thrones,’ and the antagonist of ‘Fast X.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/8892b990-7aca-4a3d-af62-3612048f83db/l-intro-1635703222.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out David Dastmalchian as Piter de Vries- The Mentat of House Harkonnen, Piter is played by character actor, David Dastmalchian. Dastmalchian has appeared in other Villeneuve films, ‘Prisoners’ & ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ and superhero films, ‘The Dark Knight,’ ‘The Suicide Squad,’ two roles in the ‘Ant-Man’ trilogy, & the TV series, ‘The Flash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c5ad39e3-16b6-43ad-a27f-5ce51b8da909/1_Yi_v6bbEcjc7H10rUKulhA.png Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Dune: Part Two - Make it stand out Golda Rosheuvel as Shadout Mapes- Maps is a Fremen who is hired as a housekeeper for House Atreides. She is played by Golda Rosheuvel, who is mainly known for her role as Queen Charlotte in ‘Bridgerton,’ and it’s spinoff. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore- monthly 0.5 2025-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d4a79b95-addd-494a-b6aa-230fd9bdd165/IMG_4555.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Margot Robbie - Make it stand out Tonya Harding in ‘I, Tonya’- Kicking us off in one of Robbie’s two Oscar-nominated roles. The film is a biopic of Tony Harding and her connection to the 1994 assault of Nancy Kerrigan. Told from the POV of Harding & her ex, Jeff Gillooly (Sebastian Stan), the film presents Harding as an unreliable narrator. The film is a dark comedy & features many fourth wall breaks and is a less glamorous role than Robbie may usually play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/008c844d-256b-4d67-9ade-3e2b13c84078/IMG_4556.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Margot Robbie - Make it stand out Harley Quinn in ‘Suicide Squad’- A role that has been played by Robbie thrice to date, this was Robbie’s first blockbuster franchise role. Playing the chaotic sweetheart of the Joker, Robbie helped solidify Harley as a prominent character in the DCEU, surpassing the popularity of that universe’s Joker (Jared Leto). Robbie also played Harley in ‘Birds of Prey’ and ‘The Suicide Squad,’ which if you’re unaware is a different movie than ‘Suicide Squad.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5a5dd25b-d12f-4d4f-823d-9a76ad70932f/IMG_4557.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Margot Robbie - Make it stand out Naomi LaPaglia in ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’- The role that introduced Robbie to American audiences and launched her to stardom was one of her earliest roles. Working across from Leonardo DiCaprio in a Martin Scorsese film, Robbie’s role in this film also made her a 21st century sex symbol and gained her a large fanbase with the… male demographic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/007ac0e8-cebd-4770-9e3d-da86f7f5371c/IMG_4558.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Margot Robbie - Make it stand out Barbie in ‘Barbie’- Last and certainly not least. The biggest movie of 2023 and one of the biggest movies so far in the 2020s, Robbie leads a hilariously brilliant ensemble as Stereotypical Barbie in a shockingly powerful performance that many believe deserved an Oscar nomination. The film became a cultural phenomenon like few others have, became the highest grossing film of the year, and made Robbie even more of a megastar than she already was. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-matthew-mcconaughey monthly 0.5 2025-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/249ae9e5-2030-4fc8-b3eb-0e1c8e1ec980/IMG_4539.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Matthew McConaughey - Make it stand out Benjamin Barry in ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’- One of the all-time greatest rom coms, and the highlight of McConaughey’s rom com run. The success in this film comes in large part to the charisma of McConaughey in the role & his chemistry with co-star Kate Hudson. Though McConaughey would go onto to leave the world of rom coms in the past, this will always be one of his most iconic roles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4c472cb0-698e-428c-9ee7-40adf8c1b1d1/IMG_4540.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Matthew McConaughey - Make it stand out Ron Woodroof in ‘Dallas Buyers Club’- The role that won the man his Oscar. I would be hard pressed to leave it off the list. McConaughey took on a different role playing Ron Woodroof, a real man who was diagnosed with AIDS. He took one of his most dramatic transformations in the role & put a lot of people on notice that he really is one of the best working actors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fd93bb06-1fa4-469c-adc8-0f5b4dd7e8de/IMG_4541.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Matthew McConaughey - Make it stand out Mud in ‘Mud’- This is a hot take. But ‘Mud’ is a great movie & McConaughey is great in the title role. A coming of age drama set in Arkansas, I would very much describe the film as a modern day Mark Twain story. The story follows two boys who come across a hidden fugitive (McConaughey) and the bond that the boys form with him, despite the mystery surrounding the man. It truly is one of his most underrated films & I would strongly recommend it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/1e575cb2-7769-4456-ac83-1a8b8c717ea6/IMG_4542.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Matthew McConaughey - Make it stand out Joseph Cooper in ‘Interstellar’- Hands down, McConaughey’s best role in what is one of the best movies ever. I think this is one of the best performances to not receive an Oscar nomination. McConaughey gives an (inter)stellar performance that brings emotion to a genre that often struggles in that aspect. Playing a father who wants to see the world survive for his kids, this is a role that I will never get tired of watching and will always bring a tear to my eye. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/the-best-2024-film-in-every-genre monthly 0.5 2025-01-10 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-will-smith monthly 0.5 2025-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/28e8d72f-bf63-477f-9e15-66386d50848a/IMG_4478.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Will Smith - Make it stand out Agent J in ‘Men in Black’- A role he played in all three films of a trilogy, this was one of Smith’s first leading roles. He plays the young, new, cool guy on the force that serves a foil to his partner, Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones). I can think of very few actors who looked cooler fighting aliens than Smith in one of his most revisited roles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5fd7634f-1410-4d74-9f09-2da9b1f70218/IMG_4479.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Will Smith - Make it stand out Chris Gardner in ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’- Smith’s most emotional performance, hands down, comes in his role as a financially struggling father who will do whatever it takes to provide for his son. I’ve watched this film several times & have cried every time, though I have yet to rewatch it as a father myself which I feel will make it even more emotional. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d724c336-f894-4874-82ee-f033ae524eb8/IMG_4480.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Will Smith - Make it stand out Alex Hitchens in ‘Hitch’- This is probably my most controversial pick. The thing Will Smith does best is charm, & this is easily his most charming role. As a man whose job is love, he finds love himself & just goes through so much character growth through the film. He’s so cool & charismatic that it just makes me want to hang out with Hitch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/08e6fa1b-b409-4c60-a450-e94f546f1c2f/IMG_4481.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Will Smith - Make it stand out Will Smith in ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’- I feel like this should be obvious. Beginning his acting career, Smith played a fictionalized version of himself in one of the 90s most popular TV shows. He brings the fun, charm, & emotion that all his other roles have over six seasons of television. Supported by great characters like Uncle Phil (James Avery) & Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro), this show is what made Smith a star & is still a bright spot in his career. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/my-2024-film-statistics monthly 0.5 2025-01-04 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-harrison-ford monthly 0.5 2025-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/247d79bb-1eab-4922-857f-c16c09d56f81/IMG_4705.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Harrison Ford - Make it stand out Rick Deckard in ‘Blade Runner’- There’s kind of an obvious 1-2-3 here, which is why I saved the not obvious one for last. Also considered one of the all-time film characters (like top 75 probably) in Ridley Scott’s thought provoking sci-fi film, Ford was already a solidified A-list, top tier movie star. This one and the following two feature roles that Ford originated as a young man and would reprise in his older years in ‘legacy sequels,’ but I decided to use younger pictures of them. The police officer protagonist creates one of the biggest debates in film, so let me know, do you think Deckard is a human or a replicant? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/08e4fe33-ce06-409e-a396-c86333e6d550/IMG_4706.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Harrison Ford - Make it stand out Indiana Jones in the ‘Indiana Jones’ franchise- Dun dun dun dun. Dun dun dun. Dun dun dun dun. Dun dun dun dun dun. I think I hit the right number of duns there. ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ is the greatest adventure film that there ever has been. He has reprised the role 4 times each coming with its own adventures & supporting characters that just make Indy even cooler. And perhaps the only thing from the films that’s equally as iconic as the character is John Williams’s theme. Dun dun dun dun. Dun dun dun. Dun dun dun dun. Dun dun dun dun dun. Love it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e62c6987-1412-4b95-a964-d7829b6f94dc/IMG_4707.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Harrison Ford - Make it stand out Han Solo in the ‘Star Wars’ franchise- I tried typing the Star Wars theme as well, but it was making my brain mushy. The biggest franchise ever, Han Solo was considered the breakout character of the original film. He’s cool. He’s daring. & that all is because of Ford. He played Han in the OG trilogy & reprised his role in two of the sequel films as an older man (he also appeared in the holiday special, but we don’t talk about that). I think Solo is probably the best character to come out of a franchise that has also produced the likes of Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker, Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, Yoda, C-3PO, R2-D2, Darth Maul, Boba Fett, Kylo Ren, Finn, Rey, The Mandalorian, & so on and so on. Oh yea, and Jar Jar Binks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/cbde6626-023f-49b4-8dc1-a8ae9b32ca7f/IMG_4708.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Harrison Ford - Make it stand out Dr. Paul Rhoades in ‘Shrinking’- This may come as a shocker. But for the past two decades Ford has elevated from suave actor to grumpy old man (meant as a compliment). He turned all three of the prior roles into grumpy old men & displays that hilariously in every interview he did. But he is at his most old man as an aging therapist dealing with his own health problems while also balancing relationships (mainly with Jason Segel’s Jimmy). This show is brilliant & every line Ford’s character speaks has me belly laughing. Perhaps a controversial pick, I’m standing on it. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-santa-claus-actors-pabe3 monthly 0.5 2024-12-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d4d1e578-c37d-4128-8cc5-3b63168860d6/IMG_4367.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Santa Claus Actors - Make it stand out Ed Asner in ‘Elf’- The most popular Christmas movie there is, ‘Elf’ is known for it’s beloved characters like Buddy, Papa Elf, & of course, Santa. Santa is brought to life in a supporting role by the legendary Ed Asner. He brings a side of Santa as a well-respected boss that knows his way around the world, specifically NYC. He advises Buddy at the start of the film, and people’s belief in him serves as the climax of the movie. Asner has also played the role in an array of TV shows & specials, both in live action and voice roles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a1261d99-8204-4210-b32f-fbbf4d412fa4/IMG_4368.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Santa Claus Actors - Make it stand out Paul Giamatti in ‘Fred Claus’- I’ll admit Giamatti was the 4th edition to this Rushmore, and the reason being over Santa’s like Kurt Russell or Richard Attenborough is due to my own personal love for the film. We get to see a different side of Santa from the point of view of a disdainful relative, namely his older brother, Fred. We also see Nick snap and eventually lose it. We see a stressed out, on the end of his rope, tired Santa, which is definitely a change of pace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/92cf21f1-280e-47de-aae0-fa6bee75406a/IMG_4369.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Santa Claus Actors - Make it stand out Edmund Gwenn in ‘Miracle on 34th Street’- If you’re a Christmas film fanatic like myself, you understand that Gwenn was the longtime GOAT of Santa actors. He plays a man who must porve that he’s Santa both to the characters and the audience, and plays one of more innocent, gentle portrayals of the jolly red man. I feel like what really solidifies Gwenn’s spot here is that he quite literally won an Oscar for his role as Santa. That’s legend behavior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/51964139-5b8c-4c46-84e1-dbffad3c870f/IMG_4370.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Santa Claus Actors - Make it stand out Tim Allen in ‘The Santa Clause’ franchise- Across three films and a two season TV show, Allen has become Santa to a generation. I would highly recommend you go read my article in ‘Other Stuff’ in which I polled people about Christmas movies, but one spoiler is that Tim Allen absolutely ran away with who people loved the most as Santa. Like it’s an astronomical difference between him and second place. He provides us with a look into a man who has the mantle thrust upon him and handles it accordingly. He brilliantly toes the line between Santa Claus & Scott Calvin and deserves all the praise. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/why-die-hard-is-a-christmas-movie monthly 0.5 2024-12-22 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-will-ferrell monthly 0.5 2024-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/0fe6f29b-d57b-4ae9-a5a9-55fb6add2c9a/IMG_4352.JPG Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Will Ferrell - Make it stand out Ron Burgundy in ‘Anchorman’- Ferrell has played the role in two feature films and a direct to DVD companion film. Ferrell embodies the conceited anchorman & his chemistry with every other character in the film works to a tee. Just about everyone line in ‘Anchorman’ has become quotable, as is the case with most of Ferrell’s roles. Stay classy San Diego. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/9fe6f285-822d-4e23-ad94-a3c3f5e9d6a2/IMG_4353.JPG Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Will Ferrell - Make it stand out Ricky Bobby in ‘Talladega Nights’- If you ain’t first your last. Except right here he’s second. Just like Ron Burgundy two years before, Ricky Bobby is classic one liner after classic one liner. I am personally a big fan of the Shake N Bake, and I love the dichotomy between Ron Burgundy’s mustache & Ricky Bobby’s love patch. It’s poetry in motion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fb056351-5cb6-48a3-9ae7-9cfd7b4ba8b1/IMG_4354.JPG Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Will Ferrell - Make it stand out Brennan Huff in ‘Step Brothers’- Though not Ferrell’s first or last collaboration with John C. Reilly, this is easily the most popular. The two manage to play two men in their 40s who still love with their single parents, but they also manage to play very different characters. ‘Step Brothers’ is just one of those movies that is just so objectively dumb it’s funny, & Ferrell plays a big part in that. And just like the rest, it’s so absurdly quotable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5bd02545-50f5-4b96-af70-464bb05d42d9/IMG_4355.JPG Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Will Ferrell - Make it stand out Buddy the Elf in ‘Elf’- Well duh. I would say this is probably the role that made Ferrell a household name. I’ve talked in every entry about how quotable these roles and films are, but they all pale in comparison to ‘Elf.’ I highly recommend you go read my article in which I conducted a survey about people’s favorite Christmas movies & let’s just say both Ferrell & ‘Elf’ received a ton of praise. Every line Ferrell says is iconic. Every movement he makes is hilarious. There is a reason ‘Elf’ is rewatched by so many people every year, and that reason is Will Ferrell. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/ensemble-exploration-love-actually monthly 0.5 2024-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e59f5f9e-1062-4959-bebf-f0d181890987/1512558668-maxresdefault.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Rowan Atkinson as Rufus- The character that was originally intended to be a Christmas angel & still shows remnants of this design in his interactions with Alan Rickman & Thomas Sangster’s characters, Rowan Atkinson is a household name in the UK known for his titular roles in ‘Blackadder,’ ‘Johnny English,’ and of course, ‘Mr. Bean.’ He has appeared in other roles as well including ‘Never Say Never Again,’ ‘Scooby-Doo,’ ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral,’ ‘Wonka,’ & as the voice of Zazu in ‘The Lion King.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c16b508c-70d3-463b-9d14-37f8e02bda87/MV5BYTRmYTZjODAtMTE3Ny00ZDc0LThmZTEtMjdmZDAwNzFmNzU0XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Elisha Cuthbert as Carol Anne- Playing one of the ‘hot American women’ that Colin meets, the Canadian actress had a starring role in ‘24’ as Jack Bauer’s daughter & has appeared in films such as ‘Old School’ & ‘The Girl Next Door.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b23c7741-17bd-47b1-8a3d-823bcef14b50/chiwetel-2000-117d485cce2a4e1ebe297c75531b6e09.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Chiwetel Ejiofor as Peter- One of the characters who gets done the dirtiest in the film is Peter, whose best friend is secretly in love with his new wife. The actor behind Peter, Chiwetel Ejiofor made his film debut at age 19 in Steven Spielberg’s ‘Amistad.’ Since then has appeared onscreen in ‘Four Brothers,’ ‘Children of Men,’ ‘2012,’ ‘The Martian,’ ‘Doctor Strange’ and its sequel, and had voice roles as Dr. Watson in ‘Sherlock Gnomes’ & Scar in 2019’s ‘The Lion King.’ He also received an Oscar nomination for his lead role in ‘12 Years a Slave’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/13bf50da-f3e7-4bb4-aa78-72a526ccc6b7/MV5BMjY3ZjUxYzAtN2RhMi00Y2Y1LWJkZTItNmM0OTdlOWU4YjQ4XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Shannon Elizabeth as Harriet- Another one of the American women met by Colin, Harriet is dubbed ‘The Sexy One’ by her friends and is played by real life sex symbol, Shannon Elizabeth. Elizabeth has starred in comedy movies, ‘American Pie,’ ‘Scary Movie,’ & ‘Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back’ and had a recurring role in ‘That 70s Show.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/924cbed8-3ac0-42ce-a2b8-ceb1ec152026/love-actually-colin-firth-1575634874.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Colin Firth as Jamie- Playing a man who was cheated on by his girlfriend with his brother and finds love while on holiday, is one of the heavy hitters of British cinema. Firth rose to widespread fame when he starred as Mr. Darcy in the BBC’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and appeared in ‘The English Patient’ & ‘Shakespeare in Love’ in the late 90s. He then starred as a modern day Mr. Darcy in the ‘Bridget Jones’ films, and one of three possible fathers in the ‘Mamma Mia!’ movies. He played an action role as a secret agent in ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ and its sequel, and became an Oscar winner for his role as King George VI in ‘The King’s Speech.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a2623749-2056-4b36-9eeb-31e7877c21a6/MV5BM2UzNTE3YjQtZGMxZS00Njg5LTgwMGYtNDk5MTE5OGM0YzFkXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Gregor Fisher as Joe- The manager of aged rock star, Billy Mack, Joe is under appreciated by his client, but they make up towards the end of the film. Joe is played by Gregor Fisher, a Scotsman, who also appeared in ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four,’ ‘The Merchant of Venice,’ & ‘Whiskey Galore!’ He also has played the titular character of ‘Rab C. Nesbitt’ intermittently since 1988, which is one of Scotland’s biggest sitcoms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3305f5c8-2c1b-40ed-ba4a-061833c13afe/87a7148186a60749151bb4f073161c93.jpeg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Martin Freeman as John- The first big film role for Martin Freeman came in this film as John, who works as a stand in for actors in “intimate” scenes. Though Freeman became an international star in 2012 when he took on the role of Bilbo Baggins in ‘The Hobbit’ trilogy (one of my all-time favorite performances), he was already a star in the UK. He played a lead role in the UK version of ‘The Office’ (he played the character Jim Halpert was based on) & played Watson in ‘Sherlock.’ His other films roles include supporting roles in ‘Shaun of the Dead,’ ‘Hot Fuzz,’ ‘The World’s End,’ & a recurring role in the MCU. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/cc7a99a2-1e8d-4ca8-809d-d8af43c066b7/Hugh-Grant-Says-He-Dreaded-Filming-Love-Actuallys-Now-Iconic-Dance-Scene-112322-46fafdbf69a24667af3f54b997711efd.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Hugh Grant as David, the Prime Minister- My wife & I literally just watched this and I asked her if she thought there was a main character. We agreed there wasn’t, but I said that if I had to pick one it would be David (he’s for sure the best character). I would say this is my favorite storyline due to the dialogus & chemistry between he & Natalie, but his occupation as the Prime Minister makes it even more interesting. One of the GOATs of the rom com scene, he has appeared in films like ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral,’ ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary,’ & ‘Notting Hill.’ He has recently started to break his typecast appearing in silly villainous roles in ‘Paddington 2’ & ‘Unfrosted,’ playing a horror villian role in ‘Heretic,’ & even playing an Oompa Loompa in ‘Wonka.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/dc705fdb-902f-443d-a9f3-8a94d2992959/love-actually-january-jones-1575634876.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out January Jones as Jeannie- Another one of the American beauties Colin meets, Jeannie is played by January Jones who has had other film roles in ‘We Are Marshall’ & ‘X-Men: First Class,’ but is mostly known for her role as Betty Draper in ‘Mad Men.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f080830f-36ee-4ad3-9630-b43362aebbf3/keira-knightley-cdbc054b18f54ddb89c74d7596ba8212.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Keira Knightley as Juliet- This is bonkers to me. Knightley was only 18 when she appeared in ‘Love Actually.’ She had previously appeared in a small role in ‘Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace’ & starred in ‘Bend It Like Beckham.’ And just a few months before ‘Love Actually’ she starred as Elizabeth Swann in the first ‘Pirates of the Caribbean,’ which is a role she would reprise several times. She is also known for her roles in ‘Pride & Prejudice,’ ‘Atonement,’ ‘Anna Karenina,’ & ‘The Imitation Game,’ both the first & last of which earned her Oscar nominations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/02faae8f-20fc-4161-99ba-1d0e3e4d36f7/sub-buzz-616-1670429316-3.png Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Andrew Lincoln as Mark- Hands down the most iconic moment in this film is when Andrew Lincoln’s Mark showed up at the home of his best friend & showed his friend’s wife cue cards declaring his love for her. Which is honestly so weird. What would make Andrew Lincoln a true A-list star was his lead role as Rick Grimes in ‘The Walking Dead’ which was a cultural phenomenon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c8a4a7c0-415b-43a0-ad26-29721d608998/laura-linney-love-actually-1575634795.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Laura Linney as Sarah- Another one of the saddest storylines comes from Sarah, a woman who sacrifices relationships in her own life to be a caretaker for her special needs brother. Sarah is played by Laura Linney who is a 2x Golden Globe winner, 4x Emmy Winner, 5x Tony nominee, & 3x Oscar nominee. She has appeared in shows such as ‘Frasier’ & ‘Ozark,’ and films like ‘Kinsey,’ ‘Congo,’ ‘Primal Fear,’ ‘The Truman Show,’ & ‘Mystic River.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f71fc0a1-4026-4ef6-a95a-da822575dad7/618HMFng7zL._AC_UF894%2C1000_QL80_.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Heike Makatsch as Mia- Serving as the mistress in the storyline between Harry & Karen, Mia is played by German actress, Heike Makatsch. Makatsch has also appeared in ‘Resident Evil,’ ‘The Book Thief,’ & ‘Where’s Wanda?’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b5d3f262-5c77-49c4-9c32-496ca9f4c4b0/1489430237-screen-shot-2017-03-13-at-183640.png Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Kris Marshall as Colin Frissell- Dubbing himself ‘Colin the Sex God,’ Colin is a down on his lucks British man who goes to America to pick up babes with his accent. Classic. Another film role Marshall is known for is ‘The Merchant of Venice,’ though he is mostly known for his TV roles on ‘My Family,’ ‘Citizen Khan,’ & ‘Death in Paradise.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3219db46-c397-4e01-b2b5-ba042fcb5fe8/44df6cced6f2990b74993bdf2940deb7c7c69243-1100x550.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Martine McCutcheon as Natalie- The woman who woos the Prime Minister, Natalie is played by Martin McCutcheon who also starred in ‘EastEnders.’ McCutcheon is also known as a pop singer with her debut album peaking at number two in the UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f61736ac-0e88-4559-8e32-c2c19fb3df1f/e3c2dfa61caa3e7cb5c505f572ec7d73.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Lúcia Moniz as Aurélia- A Portuguese woman who falls for an Englishman despite their language barrier, Aurélia is played by Lúcia Moniz. Moniz is better known as a singer, representing Portugal in Eurovision 1996, with five albums released. Almost all of her other acting credits are in Portuguese productions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/70a8b247-8bde-444f-86a5-d64ed4f48669/Liam-neeson-love-actually.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Liam Neeson as Daniel- The Northern Irish Neeson plays Daniel, a recently widowed man who must now be a single parent to his stepson. Neeson plays the character & his emotions very well. The actor has earned himself nomination for an Oscar, a BAFTA, Golden Globes, & Tonys. He rose to notoriety for his role in ‘Schindler’s List’ and has played bigger budget roles like Qui-Gon Jinn in ‘Star Wars,’ Ras al Ghul in ‘Batman Begins,’ & Aslan in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia.’ He also starred in the ‘Taken’ films, ‘Silence,’ ‘Wrath of the Titans,’ & ‘The Grey.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/fb3960c5-1cc4-44b8-848d-c40e23726390/intro-1574112344.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Bill Nighy as Billy Mack- Nighy rose to stardom with his role in this film, which won him the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor. He also has starred in the ‘Underworld’ series, as Davy Jones in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise, ‘Shaun of the Dead,’ ‘Hot Fuzz,’ ‘About Time,’ ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part One,’ & ‘Living,’ which earned him an Oscar nomination. Nighy has also done narration & voice work, providing his vocal talents in my favorite Christmas flick, ‘Arthur Christmas.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b4d5a3d8-75cc-447f-a91b-1003699b17c7/olivia-olson-photos.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Olivia Olson as Joanna- The American actress who played the apple of young Sam’s eye, Olivia Olson would go on to become a popular voice actress, with her most well known roles coming as Marceline the Vampire Queen in ‘Adventure Time’ & Vanessa Doofenshmirtz in ‘Phineas and Ferb.’ Vanessa serves as the love interest to Ferb, who we will get to in a bit… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/6828c614-e813-42af-9213-7bdd04218ac7/joanna-page-love-actually-1575634794.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Joanna Page as Judy- The other half of the couple who meets will serving as doubles in explicit scenes, ‘Just Judy’ is played by Joanna Page. The Welsh actress is known for her titular role in ‘Gavin & Stacey,’ playing Dora Spenlow in 1999’s ‘David Copperfield,’ and has joined the talk show ‘Loose Women’ as a regular panelist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ec8eaf2b-4f14-4c1a-9181-28f29d910eeb/l-intro-1670780597.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Alan Rickman as Harry- Of all the detestable character that Alan Rickman played, this may be his most loathsome. Though this storyline is incredibly sad, it’s very emotional and well executed, making you truly upset at Harry. Rickman’s other credits include the Sheriff of Nottingham in ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’ (for which he won a BAFTA), ‘Galaxy Quest,’ ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,’ ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ & his villainous role in another Christmas film, Hans Gruber in ‘Die Hard.’ Oh yes! He also played Severus Snape in ‘Harry Potter.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/356700ca-3b1d-41e8-8a16-dc516658bb39/denise-richards-84da0cc1d6314dd390b55173b1bbfa4a.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Denise Richards as Carla- In what is really more a cameo role as the final hot American girl that we meet in the epilogue, Carla is played by actress & model, Denise Richards. Richards has also appeared in ‘Starship Troopers,’ ‘Wild Things,’ & ‘The World Is Not Enough’ as Bond girl, Christmas Jones. She also has made TV appearances in ‘Blue Mountain State,’ ‘Twisted,’ & ‘The Bold and the Beautiful.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/10d49b00-1a8f-4d59-9b83-28fdf7404e99/maxresdefault.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/60e0185c-126d-4a4c-ba2c-da775ca21a14/Love-Actually-021423-5a9fb1e765d34220a529482ee8aafdbb.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Rodrigo Santoro as Karl- Rodrigo Santoro, the Brazilian actor who played Karl, has appeared in many Brazilian productions, but is known around the globe for his role as King Xerxes in ‘300’ & appearances in ‘Che,’ ‘Rio,’ & the TV show, ‘Lost.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a2ebf8b4-a0ee-4d79-9fbd-72190eec3118/18fedb868c5f9532a2f5fd0a17e82e44.jpeg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Claudia Schiffer as Carol- Liam Neeson’s character jokes that the only way romance is on the horizon for him is if its with Claudia Schiffer. Then what happens as a very meta joke is that he meets Carol, played by Schiffer. Schiffer is mostly known as a model for Vogue & Cosmopolitan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/235d8837-fb6e-47d6-9240-af993cd5f084/MV5BMjM3NDkxN2UtZWE5Mi00YTNkLWIyOWUtMTdlNjY2ZGViOGUzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTc5MDI5NjE%40._V1_.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Emma Thompson as Karen- Receiving a BAFTA nomination for her role as a woman who discovers her husband’s infidelity was the legendary Emma Thompson. Thompson won the Oscar for Best Actress in ‘Howards End,’ in 1993 was nominated for both ‘The Remains of the Day’ & ‘In the Name of the Father,’ and also won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ making her the only person to ever win an acting & writing Oscar. She has also appeared in ‘Henry V,’ ‘Much Ado About Nothing,’ ‘Saving Mr. Banks,’ ‘Stranger than Fiction,’ ‘Men in Black 3,’ ‘Brave,’ the ‘Harry Potter’ films, & the titular role in ‘Nanny McPhee.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2e21e8d9-bacb-4aaf-9a84-dc4f766c8de0/love-actually-was-a-horror-movie-for-billy-bob-thornton-1639596105.jpg Other Stuff - Ensemble Exploration- Love Actually - Make it stand out Billy Bob Thornton as POTUS- Making a small appearance in this film & rounding us out today is Billy Bob Thornton, who plays the sleazy President of the United States. Thornton won an Oscar for writing for ‘Slingblade,’ in which he also starred, and has also appeared in ‘Tombstone,’ ‘Armageddon,’ ‘Monster’s Ball,’ ‘A Simple Plan,’ and another rated-R Christmas film, ‘Bad Santa.’ https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-jim-carrey monthly 0.5 2024-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a2978fde-4d6f-41b0-b0cc-b37aa0d25063/IMG_4506.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Jim Carrey - Make it stand out Stanley Ipkiss in ‘The Mask’- Can we talk about how in 1994 Carrey has this, the following film, & ‘Dumb and Dumber’ all released? That’s legendary. This superhero comedy let Carrey run wild with his signature slapstick comedy as Stanley, a man who dons the title mask to become a loud, rambunctious, fourth-wall breaking trickster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7a9c2931-8410-424a-84df-4c827ccb2344/IMG_4507.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Jim Carrey - Make it stand out Ace Ventura in ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’- This is another film that just lets Carrey run wild with his signature comedic style. He’s over the top and wild as the titular pet detective investigating the disappearance of the Miami Dolphins porpoise mascot. This film helped garner a huge following for Carrey, specifically in the young male demographic. Carrey also starred in the ‘95 sequel, ‘Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/35d0e54a-d70d-4349-8b97-c8b359989123/IMG_4508.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Jim Carrey - Make it stand out The Grinch in ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’- Some may find it crazy that I put this over Carrey’s other ‘94 role of Lloyd in ‘Dumb and Dumber’ or his 2004 role as Joel in ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.’ Those people need to go watch the Grinch again. Like many Christmas movies that have reached the level of love/rewatch that this one has, just about every line is quotable. Carrey is still able to display his signature body language & facial expressions under pounds of make up, making this one of his most iconic roles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b54215b8-73ea-46f6-8bfa-1f786aa88d3c/IMG_4509.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Jim Carrey - Make it stand out Truman Burbank in ‘The Truman Show’- Last, but not least, we have what I consider Carrey’s best role. ‘The Truman Show’ is an absolutely stellar film, in large part to the concept, and in just as large of a part to Carrey’s performance. This is a more subdued performance than others on this list (& most of the actors filmography), but nonetheless just as impactful, if not more so on the emotional side. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/shanes-christmas-movie-survey-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-12-07 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-robert-pattinson monthly 0.5 2024-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/5f0c5c82-db87-4307-911d-68489fa71846/IMG_4466.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Robert Pattinson - Make it stand out Batman in ‘The Batman’- Spoiler, pretty much every actor who has played Batman will have Bruce Wayne on their Mt. Rushmore (there are a few exceptions cough cough Clooney). Batman is just one of those roles that is instantly iconic due to the history & notoriety of the character. And when you do it well, like Pattinson, its one of those roles that will always follow you. Director Matt Reeves & Pattinson teamed up to take on a more grounded version of the character that earns the moniker of ‘World’s Greatest Detective.’ With a sequel on the way in 2026 (as well as several spinoffs) Pattinson is always a welcome bearer of the cowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/6f8647db-a330-4e13-832c-5272604602ef/IMG_4467.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Robert Pattinson - Make it stand out Ephraim Winslow in ‘The Lighthouse’- AKA Thomas Wake, this is one of those freaky little weirdo roles I was referring to. With the entire film taking place at a lighthouse with Pattinson’s character and another lighthouse keeper (Willem Dafoe) slowly going insane in their four weeks of isolation. This movie is strange, peculiar, and artsy, but quite good. In part to the cinematography and filmmaking & in part due to the two performances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7276576c-3725-43df-9454-54812d48efab/IMG_4468.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Robert Pattinson - Make it stand out Cedric Diggory in ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’- This one may be a hot take to some people, but it’s Harry Potter y’all. It doesn’t get much bigger than that. Cedric Diggory is a character whose SPOILERS death is more impactful than anything else, and his legacy is felt throughout the sequels. This was Pattinson’s debut film role & he brings an incredibly likable character from page to screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/666b49dc-b1cd-48b8-bce9-590b8153cd3a/IMG_4469.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Robert Pattinson - Make it stand out Edward Cullen in ‘The Twilight Saga’- Well. People that do like Pattinson’s more recent arc may be upset by this. The actor himself might be upset at this. But he will always be synonymous with his role as the sparkly vampire. And I think that’s okay. He doesn’t need to be defined or contained by the role, but it is really what made him the movie star he is today. He played Edward in 5 awfully cheesy films (I personally enjoy them), playing one part of film’s most infamous love triangle. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/shanes-ultimate-guide-to-christmas-movies monthly 0.5 2024-11-29 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-tom-hanks monthly 0.5 2024-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/6a3fb09d-5ef2-4aca-b8f5-35fcc922308c/IMG_4491.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Tom Hanks - Make it stand out Robert Langdon in ‘The Da Vinci Code’ & sequels- This may come as a shock over some of Hanks’s Oscar-nominated & even winning roles. But I think reprising a role can be a valuable mark of iconicity. This is one of only two roles that Hanks has played more than once, playing the character thrice in ‘The Da Vinci Code,’ ‘Angels & Demons,’ & ‘Inferno.’ The films are collectively known as the Robert Langdon series, tell the story of the professor of Religious Iconology & Symbology, & grossed $1.5 billion combined. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3036f175-bf46-4e27-ab94-2e681f224163/IMG_4492.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Tom Hanks - Make it stand out Chuck Noland in ‘Cast Away’- This 2000 role won Hanks a Golden Globe and got an Oscar nomination as well. I would personally say of Hanks’s performances that I’ve seen this is his second best performance since most of it is him acting alone, or with a volleyball. He goes through an array of emotions all of which Hanks brings to the screen brilliantly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c0e0d3ab-5d4f-4a6d-a3c4-abd15a84a526/IMG_4493.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Tom Hanks - Make it stand out Woody in the ‘Toy Story’ franchise- I talked about reprisal and Hanks has played Woody in four films (at least one more on the way) & three shorts. Woody is easily the most recognizable character on this list from a multi-billion dollar franchise. When people think Pixar they think Toy Story and when they think Toy Story they think Woody. I think this was really a no brainer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3f8375af-4dc7-430d-90a5-c690dc74f87e/IMG_4494.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Tom Hanks - Make it stand out Forrest Gump in ‘Forrest Gump’- Well of course. If you’ve been here a while you know I think this is the greatest film there is, in large part to Hanks. Forrest is an iconic character for a reason, he’s lived through most major events of the 20th century, and left his mark on all of them. I think I’d say this is the best acting performance I’ve seen & recently I’ve seen many people that are cinephiles like myself trying to dog on this movie and I personally just don’t get it. I think it’s well praised for a reason, and Gump will always have a place here. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-jk-simmons monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f844139c-e3f1-470c-a34b-73e5d5cf2d1e/IMG_4395.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- J.K. Simmons - Make it stand out Terence Fletcher in ‘Whiplash’- The merciless jazz instructor at Shaffer Conservatory who bullies and mentally abuses Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller), as well as the other students who study under him. This role won Simmons the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2015. Simmons displays a more brutal side, but in a psychological since, not a physical one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/326c2e99-2731-4edf-a418-249f73bde918/IMG_4392.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- J.K. Simmons - Make it stand out J. Jonah Jameson in ‘Spider-Man’- Few actors have become as synonymous with a comic book role as Simmons & JJJ. First playing a supporting role in Sam Raimi’s Tobey Maguire led trilogy, Simmons has reprised the role in live action in various forms. He has appeared in two of the MCU Tom Holland led films, had a cameo in two of Sony’s films (‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ & a deleted cameo in ‘Morbius’), and appeared in a 12 episode web series entitled ‘The Daily Bugle.’ As a voice actor he has played the role in one of the Spider-Verse films, and the TV series, ‘The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes,’ ‘Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload,’ ‘Avengers Assemble,’ ‘Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.,’ & ‘Ultimate Spider-Man,’ and in two Spider-Man video games. He has made himself the go-to actor for Jameson, in any medium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/0f08be3e-d5e7-4740-a695-0611176ba995/IMG_4393.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- J.K. Simmons - Make it stand out Yellow M&M- This may be a crazy take to some. Many of you probably didn’t realize this peanut flavored candy was the Oscar winner. But I think this is one of his most prominent voice roles. From ‘95-’96 the character was voiced in commercials by John Goodman, but Simmons took over in ‘96 and has voiced the character ever since. I would guess (literally no stats behind this), that Simmons has reached more people and airtime with this role than any other. The red & yellow M&M are two of the most iconic brand mascots there are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/b5e46703-1f55-477a-b059-6426f1a9cd1d/IMG_4394.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- J.K. Simmons - Make it stand out Omni-Man in ‘Invincible’- I mean come on. I strongly believe Simmon’s best voice role is that of the Viltrumite Nolan Greyson, known as the superhero Omni-Man. He plays a different take on the Superman mold of character is a great foil to his son, Invincible (Steven Yeun). He plays a cold, cruel, but utterly powerful character that is one of the greatest animated villains in recent history. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore monthly 0.5 2024-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c11e57e4-7437-42c2-9235-c72fe65e419b/IMG_4316.JPG Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Matt Damon - Make it stand out Linus Caldwell in the Ocean’s trilogy- First appearing in 2001’s ‘Ocean’s Eleven,’ before appearing in the ‘04 & ‘07 sequels, Caldwell is a pickpocket who is scouted out by Danny Ocean (George Clooney) & Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) because they see the potential he has to be so much more. Well, more of a criminal. He plays a vital part in the elaborate scam & is definitely the #3 man in the plan behind Ocean & Ryan (at least in the first film). In the second film he takes on more of a leadership role & Damon brings that aforementioned cynicism to every scene. He had a cameo in ‘Ocean’s 8’ that was cut, meaning he’s played this role three times which puts it right behind… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/92ca4e72-9f25-4153-a4ce-9f258bba3b65/IMG_4317.JPG Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Matt Damon - Make it stand out Jason Bourne in the Bourne franchise- This was personally my introduction to Matt Damon. He has played the role four times, making it his most reprised role. The first role elevated Damon to legit action star status and he continued on with that bringing more in each outing. Through Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum, and Jason Bourne, Damon created one of the all-time cinema spies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4a78e847-e2e4-4520-bfa3-07a8e2b8daf9/IMG_4318.JPG Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Matt Damon - Make it stand out Will Hunting in ‘Good Will Hunting’- The movie that made the man. I stand on the fact this is one of the greatest films ever made. It is highly emotional, extremely intelligent, & incredibly relatable. Will evolves drastically through the film & the bond he has with Sean Maguire (Robin Williams) is so heartwarming. The writing in this film is some of the best I’ve ever witnessed (which can also be credited to Damon & won him and his Benny boy their Oscars) & Damon’s line delivery hits every mark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/7a691ca6-9d4f-4037-942b-58b1ebc07f6f/IMG_4319.JPG Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Matt Damon - Make it stand out Dr. Mark Watney in ‘The Martian’- One of my top 5 favorite films of all-time and perhaps my favorite performance ever. Andy Weir’s book is my favorite novel & I think the film does it absolute justice. Damon has me hanging on every word he delivers as Watney and every one liner is perfect to a tee. The fact most of his scenes are between him and just him. Just sheer, utter brilliance. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmore-andy-serkis monthly 0.5 2024-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ba907993-73ae-4109-bf29-79850799aeb2/IMG_4016.JPG Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Andy Serkis - Make it stand out Caesar in the 'Planet of the Apes' trilogy- Starting off strong we have the leader of the ape revolution. Serkis's Caesar starts off as a fairly normal chimpanzee with high intelligence but gains the ability to speak, think, & lead and he leads a revolution of apes over humankind that leads to a rise, a dawn, and a war. Despite him being directly responsible for the fall of mankind, Caesar is by no means a villain, and actually never wanted to eradicate humanity, just coexist with them. Serkis brings perfect movements to the character and also does a great job showing the character's evolution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/a0c6ac70-2ea5-463f-96aa-1b8d4337ab7f/IMG_4015.JPG Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Andy Serkis - Make it stand out King Kong in 'King Kong'- From one ape to another, Peter Jackson's 'King Kong' came out in 2005 with Serkis taking on the title role. This s another example of Serkis acting with his body more than his face or voice, executing realistic ape movements for the gigantic gorilla. Serkis also has a cameo role as Lumpy, the expedition's cook, in a role in which his face can be seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/c5df938c-e732-471d-9ab9-85cbe7cbaee6/IMG_4014.JPG Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Andy Serkis - Make it stand out Supreme Leader Snoke in the 'Star Wars' sequel trilogy- Though many fans feel that Snoke's arc is ultimately disappointing (just like the films themselves), Serkis brings a great performance. In 'The Force Awakens' we first see Snoke as a massive, mysterious hologram that leads the First Order and has an intriguing relationship with Kylo Ren. In the second film his connection to the dark side is expounded upon and though he is ultimately killed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/30cdf54f-9ab2-44b2-9d47-4162736f673c/IMG_4012.JPG Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Andy Serkis - Make it stand out Gollum in 'The Lord of the Rings'- Serkis played his most iconic role in four different outings. Each film in the LOTR trilogy and in the first of 'The Hobbit' films. The character and Serkis not only brought a popular book character to life, but also completely redefined CGI & motion capture. Serkis brings the physicality, facial expressions, and vocal tendencies of the creature formerly known as Smeagol brilliantly in what is one of the best acting jobs in Middle-Earth. Serkis also has done audio book recording of the the four books that I would highly recommend. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmores-emma-stone monthly 0.5 2024-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3f7c0dae-7aef-4e5c-b404-17e6b5d4f63c/IMG_3826.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Emma Stone - Make it stand out Olive Penderghast in 'Easy A'- Perhaps this is a controversial pick, especially in comparison to some of Stone's more acclaimed roles. But I think her first leading role deserved its spot here. Partially inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter,' Stone portrays a teenage girl who lies about losing her virginity and has to deal with the repercussions this has on the way the students at her school view her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2027a075-3815-42ba-8008-d5488b797d28/IMG_3824.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Emma Stone - Make it stand out Gwen Stacy in 'The Amazing Spider-Man'- The Gwen to Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man, this is Stone's biggest blockbuster role & helped familiarize wider audiences with her. She portrays the police captain's daughter & love interest of Peter Parker in both the 2012 film and its sequel. This is also notable for being one of the only roles in which she has her natural blonde hair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/87461dac-7086-4181-911b-ee791ab2662f/IMG_3823.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Emma Stone - Make it stand out Bella Baxter in 'Poor Things'- The film that won Stone her second Oscar, she stars as a woman who committed suicide and is reanimated by a mad scientist (Willem Dafoe). She at first has the mind of a baby and quickly matures, with Stone playing the character's various ages. She goes on various adventures & learns what it means to be a free, independent person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/be4dac28-80a8-41cf-bfd7-025a2cae135f/IMG_3822.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Emma Stone - Make it stand out Mia Dolan in 'La La Land'- Now her first Oscar-winning role, as a woman trying to make it as an actress in Hollywood. Stone has fantastic onscreen chemistry with Ryan Gosling's Seb (go check out his Mt. Rushmore) & brings a very emotionally real character to audiences. Considered one of the best musicals, romances, & all around films of the 21st century, Stone solidified herself as one of the best in the biz with 'La La Land.' https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmores-adam-sandler monthly 0.5 2024-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/ddf70782-4e81-47c5-b4a9-2ba15abbd7e5/IMG_3813.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore-Adam Sandler - Make it stand out Happy Gilmore in 'Happy Gilmore'- The first spot has got to go to one of Sandler's first two big roles. The failed hockey player turned golf pro is known for his iconic slapshot drive, one liners, & quick temper. While I'm sure real golfers probably aren't a fan, I really do think the film helped a fair few people care about golf for the first time and I hope the upcoming sequel can recapture the humor of the first. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/03fafd1b-0f48-4961-9b01-723480a625b8/IMG_3810.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore-Adam Sandler - Make it stand out Billy Madison in 'Billy Madison'- Sandler's production company isn't called Happy Madison Productions for nothing. The Sandman's first starring role came in 1995 as this man child who must quickly repeat school to inherit his father's Fortune 500 company. Fresh off SNL, Sandler quickly made a name for himself in the film world with this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/29b6a01e-97b8-4aee-a34e-06ad70771485/IMG_3812.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore-Adam Sandler - Make it stand out Bobby Boucher in 'The Waterboy'- To complete the 90s trifecta of Adam Sandler characters, we have the greatest foosball player to ever grace South Central Louisiana State University. I personally would say Boucher is the greatest fictional football player due to his sheer dominance on the field. Side note, Sandler is so relatable always making his characters cool, or tremendous athletes, like I'd do the same thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/77eb2aa0-a060-40c2-bcbb-45bbaad9c07e/IMG_3811.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore-Adam Sandler - Make it stand out Howard Ratner in 'Uncut Gems'- While Sandler's career was consistently financially successful for him, he went a long while without receiving praise for his acting. Although he had done more dramatic roles before that did get him some credit (e.g. 'Punch-Drunk Love') many people learned that if he wanted to he really could deliver a good dramatic performance from this film from the Safdie brothers. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmores-brad-pitt monthly 0.5 2024-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/0dc95217-5786-4441-8044-ff16785aba70/IMG_3800.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Brad Pitt - Make it stand out Tyler Durden in 'Fight Club'- 1999's 'Fight Club' originally failed at the box office & received mixed reviews, but very quickly became a cult classic and one of the most talked about films of the 90s. A large element in that comes from Pitt's performance as the psychotic Tyler Durden. I want to say more about 'Fight Club,' but I'm already breaking a couple rules with how much I've said so far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/d429fb63-6020-4dd8-8be3-a47e5ed27bbf/IMG_3799.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Brad Pitt - Make it stand out Jeffrey Goines in '12 Monkeys'- Pitt's first Oscar nomination came from his role as mental patient & leader of the Army of the 12 Monkeys. In this role Pitt's character is deranged & silly, yet intimidating. While Goines isn't the villain we assume he is, he is a great character and the most memorable from the 1995 film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/cdee687a-3d83-41b6-b1fe-f5d0b369dc74/IMG_3798.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Brad Pitt - Make it stand out Benjamin Button from 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'- Playing the titular character in the 2008 romantic fantasy drama, the character of Benjamin Button is definitely one of Pitt's more well known characters by name. In the film, Button is born as an old man and ages backwards. This causes him to only get to spend a short time with the woman he loves (Daisy played by Cate Blanchett) while they are biologically the same age. An incredibly sad film, Pitt plays the character so well in every stage of his life and garnered himself another Oscar nomination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/e72fb290-085f-452e-9f3f-66c13982eb08/IMG_3797.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Brad Pitt - Make it stand out Cliff Booth in 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'- My personal favorite of Pitt's roles, this role finally got Pitt his Oscar. In the 2019 Quentin Tarantino film Pitt plays the stuntman, chauffeur, and assistant to Leonardo DiCaprio's Rick Dalton. Cliff is an incredibly cool guy and we see him taken on Bruce Lee, the Manson family, & does a bunch of other cool stuff. https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/jodorowskys-dune monthly 0.5 2024-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/3cedc55c-e624-4ed7-8cf8-ffc4dd8f875c/Jodorowsky+Dune+Character+Concepts.jpeg Other Stuff - Jodorowsky’s Dune - Make it stand out The above image is official artwork from pre-production showing various character designs. Some specific ones I’d like to point out include Duncan Idaho (furthest left), Gurney Halleck (the short one second from the left), Paul Atreides (white hair, third from the left), Lady Jessica (fifth from the left in green), Baron Harkonnen (front middle), Reverend Mother (middle back with the staff), & Rabban (in the tall hat back right of the Baron). This site contains more of the official art: https://www.iamag.co/the-art-of-jodorowskys-dune/ https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmores-tom-cruise-29syb monthly 0.5 2024-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/4e5de598-3f06-49ca-8931-7835ae90c0bb/IMG_3784.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Tom Cruise - Make it stand out Joel Goodsen in 'Risky Business'- The first role to earn Cruise a Golden Globe nomination, this film also was Cruise's breakthrough role. Joel is a high school senior home alone while his parents are out of town and has a lot of fun in that time. Now synonymous with the song 'Old Time Rock and Roll' this performance is most famous for Cruise dancing in a button down and his briefs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/090d6072-5291-4262-8adb-a87875f14ee8/IMG_3785.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Tom Cruise - Make it stand out Jerry Maguire in 'Jerry Maguire'- As the titular sports agent in this 1996 film, this film includes some of Cruise's most famous lines like 'Show me the money!' & '... you complete me.' Cruise received an Oscar nomination for his role and the film would become one of the all-time sports movies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/cc7809a7-d848-491e-9997-6b10918918ed/IMG_3786.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Tom Cruise - Make it stand out Ethan Hunt in 'Mission: Impossible'- It's been nearly 30 years since the first MI film and Cruise is still going strong as Ethan Hunt. An agent of the Impossible Missions Force, Cruise has played Hunt 7 times as of 2024 with an eighth (and presumed final) appearance on the way. The actor performs all of his own stunts as Ethan and many of the real videos of him doing the stunts go extremely viral. Hunt has had a significant amount of character growth through the films and has been really the only constant in the action series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/f1e16caa-d4a1-41ea-bc29-c26fddea5831/IMG_3788.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Tom Cruise - Make it stand out Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell in 'Top Gun'- While 'Risky Business' put Cruise on the map, 'Top Gun' made him a movie star. Even though he's played Ethan Hunt so many times, I would say Maverick is the role most synonymous with Cruise. 'Top Gun' is one of the iconic films of the action genre. The role became even more iconic when Cruise reprised his role 36 years later in 'Top Gun: Maverick.' Not only did the film become the best 'legacy sequel' & get several Oscar nominations (including Best Picture), I would argue Cruise almost singlehandedly saved the movie theater going experience after the pandemic. Also I should mention all the iconic lines & moments from the character including 'I feel the need... the need for speed!' https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/actors-nominated-for-the-same-role monthly 0.5 2024-10-09 https://www.showtimewshane.com/other-stuff/mt-rushmores-ryan-gosling monthly 0.5 2024-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/642b4784-8545-4663-a68b-69b0f4c02fbe/IMG_3772.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Ryan Gosling - Make it stand out Seb Wilder in ‘La La Land’- Literally as I started typing this ‘City of Stars’ started playing in my head. Gosling’s Oscar worthy performance (he was robbed) as the male lead in this 2016 film put a lot of people on notice. Although he rose to fame singing and dancing on ‘The Mickey Mouse Club,’ many people learned of his triple threat talent through his role as Sebastian. A cynical man and lover of jazz, Seb is the perfect foil to Emma Stone’s Mia & quickly earned a spot on Mt. Gosling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/eeeae624-9407-4d84-9a83-a573cb7a1f25/IMG_3773.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Ryan Gosling - Make it stand out Noah Calhoun in ‘The Notebook’- Gosling’s star making performance came in the 2004 adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’s book. As Noah Calhoun, Gosling played a flawed man who does whatever it takes to get the woman he loves. His onscreen chemistry with Rachel McAdams’s Allie. Although this isn’t Gosling’s most critically acclaimed role, it being the one that put up on the map is enough to earn it a spot here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/2ecf48f1-f1ae-46b9-bba4-beb2df05455a/IMG_3774.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Ryan Gosling - Make it stand out The Driver in ‘Drive’- Though the character remains unnamed, this is easily Gosling’s coolest role. In 2011’s ‘Drive’ he stars a stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver and I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anyone look so cool while driving. With his signature scorpion jacket, driving gloves, and matter of fact attitude, this is one of Gosling’s most action packed roles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e3e4452144f97b458ca9ab/03ccfa02-fb6a-4042-bdf8-c7f406b6df89/IMG_3775.jpg Other Stuff - Mt. Rushmore- Ryan Gosling - Make it stand out Ken in ‘Barbie’- Come on! Of course Ken gets in! My personal favorite roles of Gosling’s (yeah I’m basic) Gosling sings, dances, & acts his butt off here. 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