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The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Jonathan Demme

Posted 9 years ago

Chris Jonathan Demme Jonathan Demme’s death is a huge loss – both to us film fans, as well as those who knew him personally. In the days since his death, former colleagues, assistants, friends, family, etc, all came forward with...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Scott Glenn

Posted 9 years ago

Chris Scott Glenn Scott Glenn has been in some pretty outstanding films. One of his earliest was Robert Altman’s NASHVILLE, and he also turned up in a small (but important) part in Francis Ford Coppola’s APOCALYPSE NOW, leading to his...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Helen Mirren

Posted 9 years ago

Chris Helen Mirren With a career going back nearly fifty years, it's no exaggeration to say Helen Mirren ranks among one of our most iconic living actresses. Always known for her sharp wit, which has decimated many a poorly prepared...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Michael J. Fox

Posted 9 years ago

Chris Michael J. Fox Being a bad ass is about more than just brawn. Courage is a lot more bad ass than muscles, and Michael J. Fox, who’s struggled publicly with Parkinson’s Disease for twenty years, is an inspiration to...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Bill Paxton

Posted 9 years ago

Chris Bill Paxton While the flub heard around the world dominated headlines the morning after Oscar Sunday, earlier that day the news broke that Bill Paxton, one of Hollywood’s most beloved character actors, had passed away. At only sixty-one, this...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Laurence Fishburne

Posted 9 years ago

Chris Laurence Fishburne Laurence Fishburne has been a badass for longer than I’ve been alive. I mean, as far as subjects of this column go, it doesn’t get much cooler than the fact that Fishburne, at fourteen, lied about his...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: John Hurt

Posted 9 years ago

Chris John Hurt I was at Sundance when I heard that John Hurt had passed on. Being a long-time fan of one of Britain’s truly great actors, I was surprised that I’d never written him up for this column. Maybe...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Ben Affleck

Posted 9 years ago

Chris In our last column, we examined the career of actor Brian Cox. This week’s subject is one of the biggest actor/directors of our era, but a controversial figure to be sure…  Ben Affleck For some reason, people seem to...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Brian Cox

Posted 9 years ago

Chris  Last week, we took a look at the career of character actor Brendan Gleeson, so this week, we owe it to another of his prolific peers to highlight his mighty accomplishments in front of the camera…  Brian Cox Brian...

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