Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value,’ Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ and Olivier Laxe’s ‘Sirat’ are among the nominees for Europe’s top film prize.
High Sierra (1941): Making of Crime Melodrma that Made Bogart a Star
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Raoul Walsh tried to persuade George Raftto play the lead, but Raft did not want his character to die at the end of the film.
Movie Stars: Calhoun, Rory–B Level Actor, Second Banana (“Bad Boy” Image)
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The conviction disclosure had no negative effect on Calhoun’s career; it served to solidify his “bad boy” image.
Oscar Actors: Cruise Accepts Honorary Oscar with Emotional Speech
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Making Films Is Not What I Do, It Is Who I Am–Tom Cruise
Gladiator II: Ridley Scott’s Vigorously Violent but Emotionally Hollow Spectacle (Sequel to his 2001 Oscar Winner)
In the end, Gladiator II reaffirms Scott’s natural tendency toward grandiosity, but seldom justifies its very existence.