Thursday Movie Picks 2021: Oscar Winners Edition – Best Supporting Actor + Best Supporting Actress

The Thursday Movie Picks blogathon was spearheaded by Wandering Through the Shelves Blog. The rules are simple simple: Each week there is a topic for you to create a list of three movies. Your picks can either be favourites/best, worst, hidden gems, or if you're up to it one of each. This Thursday's theme is... …

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DVD Spotlight: 10 Things I Hate About You

I saw this movie not too long ago, roughly around the time of Heath Ledger's passing. I've always been curious about this movie but his phenomenal performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight compelled me to see it even more. It's been more than a decade since 10 Things I Hate About You hit theaters, …

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Heath Ledger’s last film

In the trailer that was released last week, we get a glimpse of the last work of an actor who died way too young and with so much potential for greatness. It's a fantastical morality tale that tells the story of a leader of a traveling troupe, Dr Parnassus, who has an extraordinary gift of …

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Charming bad boys on film

After watching Public Enemies this weekend, it's clear the film portray the dangerous criminal as a charming hero. Obviously his real life story offers a stark contrast to how the film made him out to be. Hollywood does this all the time it seems, making a hero out of otherwise shabby characters. I thought of …

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Ledger had wanted out as Joker?

Well according to the Vanity Fair tribute to the late actor, that's exactly what he wanted. That comes as a surprise to me as his performance was so masterful that you'd think an actor of his caliber would've welcomed the opportunity to play such an outrageous character. But his friend/agent Steven Alexander told Vanity Fair's …

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