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Karen Black (1939-2013) 9 Aug 2013 | 07:08 am
Throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, Karen Black occupied a singular place in movies, hovering in that rarefied atmosphere that placed her somewhere between character actress and star. It landed...
Eileen Brennan (1932-2013) 31 Jul 2013 | 01:53 am
Eileen Brennan, one of our most treasured character actresses, particularly when it came to roles with a comic spin, lost her battle with bladder cancer Sunday at 80. Her death was announced today. Th...
Dennis Farina (1944-2013) 23 Jul 2013 | 12:29 am
Dennis Farina tended to be typecast as a cop or a crook — and having served 18 years on Chicago's police force before turning to acting had a lot to do with that, but like so many who come to performi...
What he really wanted to do was be an actor 16 Jul 2013 | 01:32 pm
BLOGGER'S NOTE: This post is part of The Sydney Pollack Blogathon occurring through July 22 at Seetimaar — Diary of a Movie Lover By Edward Copeland For 40 years, from 1965 to 2005, Sydney Pollack d...
Summer of '88: Die Hard 14 Jul 2013 | 10:26 pm
NOTE: Ranked No. 47 on my all-time top 100 of 2012 “People get involved here, and that’s the thing. If people are patronized, if a film is geared toward a short attention span, then it’ll have a shor...
What acting is all about — unemployment 1 Jul 2013 | 09:40 pm
NOTE: Ranked No. 58 on my all-time top 100 of 2012 BLOGGER'S NOTE: This post originally appeared Dec. 17, 2007. I'm re-posting it as part of The Sydney Pollack Blogathon occurring through July 22 at ...
Different ways of playing 'Cards' 27 Jun 2013 | 02:25 am
BLOGGER'S NOTE: This post contains spoilers for the three segment British miniseries House of Cards from the 1990s starring Ian Richardson and this year's 13-episode U.S. version made for Netflix, pro...
James Gandolfini (1961-2013) 20 Jun 2013 | 07:01 am
Sometimes, when the greatest of our artists mark the upper reaches of their golden years or they've announced an ominous health prognosis, I plan in advance what type of appreciation to write. However...
"My Rifle, My Pony and Me" (Rio Bravo tribute, Part II) 4 Jun 2013 | 06:52 am
CONTINUED FROM "A GAME-LEGGED OLD MAN AND A DRUNK. THAT'S ALL YOU GOT?" While Sheriff Chance took on a major task by arresting Joe Burdette and incarcerating him in his small Presidio County jail, wi...
"My Rifle, My Pony and Me" (Rio Bravo tribute, Part II) 4 Jun 2013 | 06:52 am
CONTINUED FROM "A GAME-LEGGED OLD MAN AND A DRUNK. THAT'S ALL YOU GOT?" While Sheriff Chance took on a major task by arresting Joe Burdette and incarcerating him in his small Presidio County jail, wi...
