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Skip: You gotta approach every day as if it’s your last, alright?

Tags: 2005, A Year With Women, Catherine Hardwicke, Heath Ledger, Lords of Dogtown, Stacy Peralta.

Movie Quote of the Day – The Dark Knight, 2009 (dir. Christopher Nolan)

Gambol: Give me one reason why I shouldn’t have my boy here pull your head off.
The Joker: How about a magic trick? [beat] I’m gonna make this pencil disappear. [beat] Ta-daa! It’s. . .it’s gone.

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Tags: 2009, Bob Kane, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Heath Ledger, Jonathan Nolan, Michael Jai White, The Dark Knight

Movie Quote of the Day – A Knight’s Tale, 2001 (dir. Brian Helgeland)

Oct 27

Posted by Marya E. Gates

Wat: You have been weighed.
Roland: You have been measured.
Kate: And you have absolutely…
Chaucer: Been found wanting.
William: Welcome to the New World. God save you, if it is right that he should do so.

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Tags: 2001, A Knight's Tale, Alan Tudyk, Brian Helgeland, Heath Ledger, Laura Fraser, Mark Addy, Paul Bettany

20 Years of Best Supporting Actor nominees

Jan 20

Posted by Marya E. Gates

This will conclude my posts featuring my favorite Academy Award nominated performances from the last 20 years. Just like my post dedicated to Best Actor nominees I couldn’t narrow it down to ten, so there are fifteen again. I guess I tend to like actors more than actresses. If you’re interested in buying any of the films discussed below, click here.

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Tags: A Few Good Men, Adaptation, Apollo 13, As Good As It Gets, Babe, Benicio Del Toro, Billy Crystal, Braveheart, Bullets Over Broadway, Catch Me If You Can, Chazz Palminteri, Children of Men, Chris Cooper, Christine Cavanaugh, Christopher Walken, City Slickers, Clive Owen, Closer, Cuba Gooding Jr., Diane Weist, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, George Clooney, Gladiator, Heath Ledger, I Heart Huckabees, Jack Nicholson, Jack Palance, James Cromwell, Jaye Davidson, Jerry Maguire, Joaquin Phoenix, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Matt Damon, Natalie Portman, Robert Downey Jr., Shane, Star Wars, Stargate, Stephen Rea, Steven Speilberg, Syriana, The Crying Game, The Dark Knight, The Departed, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Tom Cruise, Traffic, Tropic Thunder, Woody Allen