A Good Thriller discussion

Here name as many as you want, 1 or 100 !

name any of your favourite actors

Johnny Depp! For many reasons lol.

Harrison Ford.

And Matthew McConaughey in The Lincoln Lawyer. Other than not being built the way I envisioned Mickey Haller from the books, he nailed the part.

My favourites are:

Matthew McConaughey
Gabriel Macht (his portrayal of Harvey Specter in Suits is awesome)
Jim Broadbent
Bill Nighy (his Christmas song in Love Actually will forever be imprinted in my brain!)
Steve Carrell
Will Smith
Anthony Head (Giles from Buffy was THE man)

Benedict Cumberbatch, Anthony Hopkins,Johnny Depp, Matthew McConaughey,Idris Elba,Morgan Freeman and Tom Hiddleston.

Johnny Depp
Charlie Hunnam
Leonardo DiCaprio
Gary Oldman
Brendan Frasier
Will Smith
Kevin Costner
Morgan Freeman
Steve Carrell
Harrison Ford
Nicholas Cage

Liam Neeson... particularly in Schindler's List

I watched The Imitation Game last night (utterly wonderful), and I have to say that Mr Cumberbatch is a superb actor.

YEs Liam Neeson, who I think even he is suprised how he has become an action star in his 60's !!

Sean wrote: "YEs Liam Neeson, who I think even he is suprised how he has become an action star in his 60's !!"

Sean. I've seen him in Both Taken 1&2 and though he is good in harder action films, I hold a fondness for him in earlier roles... Michael Collins, Jean Val Jean etc. What say you?

I agree he acting was better, but I do enjoy a good action film, seen Taken 1,2 and 3.

Looking forward to Run All Night.!

I just love Christoph Waltz! He takes his roles to the next level and hits it spot on every time!

A great actor

Jensen Ackles
Jared Padalecki
Robert Redford
Paul Newman
Johnny Depp

Sir Anthony Hopkins
Kerry Washington
Jamie Foxx

Andrew wrote: "I watched The Imitation Game last night (utterly wonderful), and I have to say that Mr Cumberbatch is a superb actor."

I totally agree.

My Favourites...

Brad Pitt (Go see "Fight Club")
Hugh Jackman ("The Prestige" , "Prisoners")
Jake Gyllenhaal ( "Enemy" , "Zodiac" , "Prisoners")
Christian Bale ( " The Machinist" "The American Psycho")
Matt Damon ( " The Bourne Series" )
Russell Crowe (" A Beautiful Mind" )
Robert Downey Jr. (any movie he is in)
and of course..
the phenomenal,
one of the BEST.. "Benedict Cumberbatch"

Sir Anthony Hopkins, I do enjoy.

Robert Redford, still going strong with some great roles.

Colin Firth
Christopher Lee
Peter Cushing
Peter Lorre
William Powell
Richard Carlson
Tom Hanks
Gary Sinise

Good mixture Kirsten.

Gary Oldman in the remake of Tinker, Tailer ....
And Jean Reno. in The Professional, with Natalie Portman

He was superb in Tinker Tailor! Also his performance in The Fifth Element!

Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "He was superb in Tinker Tailor! Also his performance in The Fifth Element!"
I haven't seen The Fifth Element. Did you see The Professional? Oldman plays a psycho cop/slash drug lord. Very scary!

He can do scary very well. Like Widmark in that movie with Victor Mature.

Kiss Of Death, Kirstin, one of my all time favourites.

Here's a newsflash for anyone in the Cambridge MA area. The Brattle theater is running a great series of noir films during July and August. You might be able to find it online if you google it. They're featuring femme fatals on Tues-Wednesdays. I'm very excited. A double feature with Robert Mitchum! Angel Face and Out of the Past. Double Indemnity and Detour in August!

When can I fly over ?

I am surprised I have never commented on this (unless I am somewhere waaaay back in the beginning; I didn't bother checking).
But Hugh Jackman is my favorite because his portrayal of my favorite comic book character, Wolverine, has in my humble opinion been perfection.
Then of course I really like Christian Bale as Batman, and I love Russell Crowe mainly for Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind and Cinderella Man. And Mel Gibson in BraveHeart and The Patriot...these are hard roles to picture anyone else filling. I watch so many Netflix TV series now, too, so I'd probably want to put some of the guys in there whom for some reason I can't place the names.

On this day in 1984 Richard Burton, renowned Welsh actor of stage and screen noted for his brilliant acting talent and his mellifluous baritone voice, died. Also well known for his relationship with Elizabeth Taylor.

Do you have a favorite performance?

Where Eagles Dare...

Night of the Iguana and Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf

though maybe best of all, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "On this day in 1984 Richard Burton, renowned Welsh actor of stage and screen noted for his brilliant acting talent and his mellifluous baritone voice, died. Also well known for his relationship wit..."
Burton was great in so many films. Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf, Spy Who Came in From the Cold are my favs

I've always felt James Woods was very good at doing menacing. But according to this article, the REAL James Woods is just as good at it:

http://gizmodo.com/james-woods-says-h...

Kiefer Sutherland
Harrison Ford
Tom Selleck
Nicholas Cage
Pierce Bronson
Kevin Costner
Tom Hanks
Bruce Willis
Sean Connery
Hugh Jackman
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Slyvester Stallone

Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "I've always felt James Woods was very good at doing menacing. But according to this article, the REAL James Woods is just as good at it:

http://gizmodo.com/james-woods-says-h......"

Dang, don't wouldn't want to have that guy mad at me

Alicia Vikander has been in a few good movies I've watched recently and Ryan Reynolds just seems to get better and better, but Daniel Day-Lewis has to epitomise acting in its purest form...

In the past I would have had to say James Stewart and Audrey Hepburn, with Sean Connery getting a big mention...

I came into a new appreciation of Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe after seeing them in The Nice Guys:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3799694/

Javier Bardim! Soooo menacing in No Country For Old Men.

James Woods, very well known as NOT a nice guy.

Sean wrote: "James Woods, very well known as NOT a nice guy."

But he did such a great job playing Hades in the animated version of Hercules!

Maybe he was typecast?

M wrote: "Kiefer Sutherland
Harrison Ford
Tom Selleck
Nicholas Cage
Pierce Bronson
Kevin Costner
Tom Hanks
Bruce Willis
Sean Connery
Hugh Jackman
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Slyvester Stallone"

Sylvester Stallone acts? Hmmmmm....

Susan wrote: "Javier Bardim! Soooo menacing in No Country For Old Men."


Absolutely and with a real quiet menace .. no over acting involved

Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "M wrote: "Kiefer Sutherland
Harrison Ford
Tom Selleck
Nicholas Cage
Pierce Bronson
Kevin Costner
Tom Hanks
Bruce Willis
Sean Connery
Hugh Jackman
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Slyvester Stallone"

Sylveste..."


lol - yeah scratch him off - lets replace him with Tommy Lee Jones

M wrote: "Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "M wrote: "Kiefer Sutherland
Harrison Ford
Tom Selleck
Nicholas Cage
Pierce Bronson
Kevin Costner
Tom Hanks
Bruce Willis
Sean Connery
Hugh Jackman
A..." suggests cutting Sylvester Stallone

Um and maybe Arnold Schwarzenegger?

Susan wrote: "M wrote: "Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "M wrote: "Kiefer Sutherland
Harrison Ford
Tom Selleck
Nicholas Cage
Pierce Bronson
Kevin Costner
Tom Hanks
Bruce Willis
Sean Connery
Hugh..."

lol - you all are funny! I am not scratching off Arnold - I have about 20 dvds of him that I collect. He stays - lol

Okay, I'll stir up more trouble. What's Tom Hanks doing on the list? He's so bland and boring. :)

Susan wrote: "Okay, I'll stir up more trouble. What's Tom Hanks doing on the list? He's so bland and boring. :)"

You know that is funny you should say that because at one time I thought the same thing. lol

Then I saw the movie "Castaway" and my opinion changed of him. That is a great movie!

Denzel Washington
Sigourney Weaver
Jodie Foster
Harrison Ford
Samuel L. Jackson
Al Pacino
Robert De Niro
Clint Eastwood

2016-11-08 EDIT: Christopher Walken. I can't believe I forgot about him. :(

And for guilty pleasures:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jason Statham
Jean-Claude Van Damme
and Nicolas Cage.

I love Tom Hanks, Susan! :)

Jack Nicholson
Morgan Freeman
Anthony Hopkins
Sean Penn
Edward Norton
Denzel Washington
Kevin Costner
Ryan Reynolds
Will Smith
Richard Gere
Kevin Spacey
Leonardo DiCaprio
Idris Elba
Ryan Reynolds
Christopher Meloni
Peter Gallagher
Steven Yeun
Joe Pesci
Robert DeNiro

So many more...