A Salute to the Little Tramp – Charlie Chaplin Tribute by Conor Holt

A Tribute to Charlie Chaplin By Conor Holt April 16th marked the 125th birthday of Charlie Chaplin, and this year is the 100th anniversary of the 1st appearance of Chaplin's Little Tramp character (in Mable's Strange Predicament or Kid Auto Races at Venice, depending on who you ask). Chaplin was one of the first true superstars …

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Character Actor Spotlight: Powers Boothe – Setting a Foundation

Greetings and all sundry! Having taken advantage of a welcome break in the weather and adjusting to more than a few days of temperature above 45 degrees. I've allowed my mind to roam and return to the idea of multi guest posts "arcs". Regarding the well established career of a possibly second tier actor, who …

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An appreciation + belated birthday tribute to Toby Stephens

Ok, here we go again. Some of you who follow me on Twitter might've already known about my new crush but I want to make it official here that I've been suffering from Toby-itis. This kind of *infection* happens once in a blue moon... the last time this happened was with Gregory Peck nearly three years ago. …

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Spin-Off Blogathon: 5 minor/supporting characters I want to see a spin-off on

Thanks to Margaret aka Lady Sati over at Cinematic Corner for this awesome blogathon idea. Here's the gist: Choose a [supporting] character (Movie or TV) that you love and would like to see as a leading character in the movie and write why you chose this character and what that movie would be like. Don't choose leading characters …

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Wordless Wednesday: 5 Clips with Emma Thompson

Hello everyone! I'm not the best person to keep up with blog series, but I'm hoping to try do this once a month. As a respite from blogging five days a week, I'll choose a random Wednesday of the month to shine a spotlight on or pay tribute to something/someone with clips and/or gifs I …

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Top 10 Favorite Irish Actors working in Hollywood today

Happy St Patrick's Day everybody! According to this Guinness Store House sign, everyone's Irish today 😀 I hope you don't mind me resurrecting this oldie-but-goodie list I did a while back, but I've been meaning to update 'em for some time. This list is limited to performers born and bred in Ireland (at least for …

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Divergent interview with author Veronica Roth & cast member Ansel Elgort

It's always fun when as a blogger I get to talk to some of the talents involved in a movie. I think it's especially awesome when I get to chat with an author of a best-selling series like Divergent. As part of the press tour nationwide, author Veronica Roth and cast member Ansel Elgort (who …

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