Forgotten Great Film Performances
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Rob Reiner - 📽️ Sleepless in Seattle (Nora Ephron, 1993)
“You say, come, let’s get together. We’ll look at swatches.”
I felt compelled to do a second Reiner post for this winter holidays-related classic. He’s the ideal funny friend as Jay, telling Tom Hanks about tiramisu and how cute his butt is.
“You say, come, let’s get together. We’ll look at swatches.”
I felt compelled to do a second Reiner post for this winter holidays-related classic. He’s the ideal funny friend as Jay, telling Tom Hanks about tiramisu and how cute his butt is.
Rose Byrne - 📽️ The Meddler (Lorene Scafaria, 2016)
As the screenwriter daughter of overbearing protagonist Susan Sarandon, Byrne is so deft hopping comedy and drama as each scene demands. Her consistency guarantees more interesting roles to come forever, and she lands every single joke in anything.
As the screenwriter daughter of overbearing protagonist Susan Sarandon, Byrne is so deft hopping comedy and drama as each scene demands. Her consistency guarantees more interesting roles to come forever, and she lands every single joke in anything.
January 23, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Rose Byrne - 📽️ The Meddler (Lorene Scafaria, 2016)
As the screenwriter daughter of overbearing protagonist Susan Sarandon, Byrne is so deft hopping comedy and drama as each scene demands. Her consistency guarantees more interesting roles to come forever, and she lands every single joke in anything.
As the screenwriter daughter of overbearing protagonist Susan Sarandon, Byrne is so deft hopping comedy and drama as each scene demands. Her consistency guarantees more interesting roles to come forever, and she lands every single joke in anything.
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Congrats to Kylie Minogue’s daughter, Rose Byrne, on her Oscar nomination
January 22, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Congrats to Kylie Minogue’s daughter, Rose Byrne, on her Oscar nomination
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the entire timeline has spoken with one voice. and they're saying "Delroy Lindo"
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 PM
the entire timeline has spoken with one voice. and they're saying "Delroy Lindo"
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Roger Allers, the co-director of ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Open Season’, has sadly passed away at the age of 76.
He also directed The Prophet, the Oscar-nominated The Little Matchgirl, was a storyboard artist on The Little Mermaid, Head of Story on Beauty and the Beast and more.
He also directed The Prophet, the Oscar-nominated The Little Matchgirl, was a storyboard artist on The Little Mermaid, Head of Story on Beauty and the Beast and more.
January 18, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Roger Allers, the co-director of ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Open Season’, has sadly passed away at the age of 76.
He also directed The Prophet, the Oscar-nominated The Little Matchgirl, was a storyboard artist on The Little Mermaid, Head of Story on Beauty and the Beast and more.
He also directed The Prophet, the Oscar-nominated The Little Matchgirl, was a storyboard artist on The Little Mermaid, Head of Story on Beauty and the Beast and more.
Eva Mendes - 📽️ Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012)
I miss Mendes acting, but at least she got to shine in a film this good, as the kidnapped model. Carax’s surrealist masterpiece has nothing but perfect performances from the likes of Édith Scob, Kylie Minogue, Michel Piccoli, and the great Denis Lavant.
I miss Mendes acting, but at least she got to shine in a film this good, as the kidnapped model. Carax’s surrealist masterpiece has nothing but perfect performances from the likes of Édith Scob, Kylie Minogue, Michel Piccoli, and the great Denis Lavant.
January 18, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Eva Mendes - 📽️ Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012)
I miss Mendes acting, but at least she got to shine in a film this good, as the kidnapped model. Carax’s surrealist masterpiece has nothing but perfect performances from the likes of Édith Scob, Kylie Minogue, Michel Piccoli, and the great Denis Lavant.
I miss Mendes acting, but at least she got to shine in a film this good, as the kidnapped model. Carax’s surrealist masterpiece has nothing but perfect performances from the likes of Édith Scob, Kylie Minogue, Michel Piccoli, and the great Denis Lavant.
Roger Allam - 📽️ Speed Racer (Lana and Lilly Wachowski, 2008)
The always underappreciated Allam (V for Vendetta, The Queen) manages to be a cartoon villain come to life in the Wachowskis’ pretty delightful bomb turned cult movie. Few play pompous entitlement quite so naturally and entertainingly.
The always underappreciated Allam (V for Vendetta, The Queen) manages to be a cartoon villain come to life in the Wachowskis’ pretty delightful bomb turned cult movie. Few play pompous entitlement quite so naturally and entertainingly.
January 18, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Roger Allam - 📽️ Speed Racer (Lana and Lilly Wachowski, 2008)
The always underappreciated Allam (V for Vendetta, The Queen) manages to be a cartoon villain come to life in the Wachowskis’ pretty delightful bomb turned cult movie. Few play pompous entitlement quite so naturally and entertainingly.
The always underappreciated Allam (V for Vendetta, The Queen) manages to be a cartoon villain come to life in the Wachowskis’ pretty delightful bomb turned cult movie. Few play pompous entitlement quite so naturally and entertainingly.
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Lili Taylor - 📽️ Say Anything… (Cameron Crowe, 1989)
This would be less of an enduring classic without such a funny supporting character as Taylor’s Corey. She has attitude for days, and an endless trove of songs about her ex (Loren Dean). Taylor can deliver any barb so satisfyingly.
P.S. Joe lies!
This would be less of an enduring classic without such a funny supporting character as Taylor’s Corey. She has attitude for days, and an endless trove of songs about her ex (Loren Dean). Taylor can deliver any barb so satisfyingly.
P.S. Joe lies!
December 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Lili Taylor - 📽️ Say Anything… (Cameron Crowe, 1989)
This would be less of an enduring classic without such a funny supporting character as Taylor’s Corey. She has attitude for days, and an endless trove of songs about her ex (Loren Dean). Taylor can deliver any barb so satisfyingly.
P.S. Joe lies!
This would be less of an enduring classic without such a funny supporting character as Taylor’s Corey. She has attitude for days, and an endless trove of songs about her ex (Loren Dean). Taylor can deliver any barb so satisfyingly.
P.S. Joe lies!
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Keira Knightley - 📽️ A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, 2012)
Knightley’s leading role is one of her best performances. As psychiatric hospital patient Sabrina, her interactions with Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) are the kink-infused highlights of the picture.
Knightley’s leading role is one of her best performances. As psychiatric hospital patient Sabrina, her interactions with Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) are the kink-infused highlights of the picture.
December 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Keira Knightley - 📽️ A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, 2012)
Knightley’s leading role is one of her best performances. As psychiatric hospital patient Sabrina, her interactions with Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) are the kink-infused highlights of the picture.
Knightley’s leading role is one of her best performances. As psychiatric hospital patient Sabrina, her interactions with Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) are the kink-infused highlights of the picture.
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Charles Durning - 📽️ Home for the Holidays (Jodie Foster, 1995)
Foster stacked the cast of her Thanksgiving family ensemble film. None of them is as fun as king character actor Durning, who gets all the best lines as the tired patriarch. He also gets a love triangle and climactic emotional speech.
Foster stacked the cast of her Thanksgiving family ensemble film. None of them is as fun as king character actor Durning, who gets all the best lines as the tired patriarch. He also gets a love triangle and climactic emotional speech.
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Charles Durning - 📽️ Home for the Holidays (Jodie Foster, 1995)
Foster stacked the cast of her Thanksgiving family ensemble film. None of them is as fun as king character actor Durning, who gets all the best lines as the tired patriarch. He also gets a love triangle and climactic emotional speech.
Foster stacked the cast of her Thanksgiving family ensemble film. None of them is as fun as king character actor Durning, who gets all the best lines as the tired patriarch. He also gets a love triangle and climactic emotional speech.
Little Children. And the film is great.
What movie trailer do you think is better than the actual film?
Ill start:
Mandy (2018)
Ill start:
Mandy (2018)
January 18, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Little Children. And the film is great.
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Farewell to John Cunningham.
January 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Farewell to John Cunningham.
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We lost a true king today. Rest in peace to the great Marcus Gilbert, aka Lord Arthur from Army of Darkness.
January 13, 2026 at 11:11 PM
We lost a true king today. Rest in peace to the great Marcus Gilbert, aka Lord Arthur from Army of Darkness.
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Evening viewing recommendation? Watch Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles's blistering sci-fi thriller BACURAU (2019) — an audacious, furiously entertaining model of genre art as a vehicle for political resistance.
January 18, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Evening viewing recommendation? Watch Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles's blistering sci-fi thriller BACURAU (2019) — an audacious, furiously entertaining model of genre art as a vehicle for political resistance.
David Tomlinson - 📽️ Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, 1965)
People know the performance, but Tomlinson’s name deserves to be as known for it as his co-stars. George Banks has the film’s biggest emotional arc, and for such a grump initially, his inner child payoff is so riveting and cathartic. 🪁
People know the performance, but Tomlinson’s name deserves to be as known for it as his co-stars. George Banks has the film’s biggest emotional arc, and for such a grump initially, his inner child payoff is so riveting and cathartic. 🪁
January 17, 2026 at 10:19 PM
David Tomlinson - 📽️ Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, 1965)
People know the performance, but Tomlinson’s name deserves to be as known for it as his co-stars. George Banks has the film’s biggest emotional arc, and for such a grump initially, his inner child payoff is so riveting and cathartic. 🪁
People know the performance, but Tomlinson’s name deserves to be as known for it as his co-stars. George Banks has the film’s biggest emotional arc, and for such a grump initially, his inner child payoff is so riveting and cathartic. 🪁
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Rachel McAdams - 📽️ The Family Stone (Thomas Bezucha, 2005)
Released 20 years ago today. Everyone who watches this unhinged comedy seems to mainly agree on McAdams. Amy is the most fun for being simultaneously the heart, the laughs, the attitude, and the best scene partner to the great Diane Keaton.
Released 20 years ago today. Everyone who watches this unhinged comedy seems to mainly agree on McAdams. Amy is the most fun for being simultaneously the heart, the laughs, the attitude, and the best scene partner to the great Diane Keaton.
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Rachel McAdams - 📽️ The Family Stone (Thomas Bezucha, 2005)
Released 20 years ago today. Everyone who watches this unhinged comedy seems to mainly agree on McAdams. Amy is the most fun for being simultaneously the heart, the laughs, the attitude, and the best scene partner to the great Diane Keaton.
Released 20 years ago today. Everyone who watches this unhinged comedy seems to mainly agree on McAdams. Amy is the most fun for being simultaneously the heart, the laughs, the attitude, and the best scene partner to the great Diane Keaton.
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Miguel Ferrer - 📽️ RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)
This is essentially the greatest cheesy sci-fi ensemble of character actors ever assembled: Kurtwood Smith, Ray Wise, Ronny Cox, Paul McCrane, Dan O’Herlihy… Best in show for me is Ferrer as the ladder-climbing, coked-out Bob Morton, a decoy subplot.
This is essentially the greatest cheesy sci-fi ensemble of character actors ever assembled: Kurtwood Smith, Ray Wise, Ronny Cox, Paul McCrane, Dan O’Herlihy… Best in show for me is Ferrer as the ladder-climbing, coked-out Bob Morton, a decoy subplot.
December 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Miguel Ferrer - 📽️ RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)
This is essentially the greatest cheesy sci-fi ensemble of character actors ever assembled: Kurtwood Smith, Ray Wise, Ronny Cox, Paul McCrane, Dan O’Herlihy… Best in show for me is Ferrer as the ladder-climbing, coked-out Bob Morton, a decoy subplot.
This is essentially the greatest cheesy sci-fi ensemble of character actors ever assembled: Kurtwood Smith, Ray Wise, Ronny Cox, Paul McCrane, Dan O’Herlihy… Best in show for me is Ferrer as the ladder-climbing, coked-out Bob Morton, a decoy subplot.
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Willem Dafoe - 📽️ Light Sleeper (Paul Schrader, 1992)
The stylish neo-noir casts Schrader muse Dafoe in the lead as a New York City drug dealer facing a midlife crisis. His conflicted, absorbing performance anchors a strong film opposite Susan Sarandon, Dana Delany, Victor Garber, and Sam Rockwell.
The stylish neo-noir casts Schrader muse Dafoe in the lead as a New York City drug dealer facing a midlife crisis. His conflicted, absorbing performance anchors a strong film opposite Susan Sarandon, Dana Delany, Victor Garber, and Sam Rockwell.
December 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Willem Dafoe - 📽️ Light Sleeper (Paul Schrader, 1992)
The stylish neo-noir casts Schrader muse Dafoe in the lead as a New York City drug dealer facing a midlife crisis. His conflicted, absorbing performance anchors a strong film opposite Susan Sarandon, Dana Delany, Victor Garber, and Sam Rockwell.
The stylish neo-noir casts Schrader muse Dafoe in the lead as a New York City drug dealer facing a midlife crisis. His conflicted, absorbing performance anchors a strong film opposite Susan Sarandon, Dana Delany, Victor Garber, and Sam Rockwell.
Bruce Willis - 📽️ The Fifth Element (Luc Besson, 1997)
Sure, it’s a hit modern classic. Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and Chris Tucker distract a lot memorably with their flashy and loud performances. But Korben Dallas deserves credit as one of Willis’ most gripping roles, selling the bizarre world.
Sure, it’s a hit modern classic. Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and Chris Tucker distract a lot memorably with their flashy and loud performances. But Korben Dallas deserves credit as one of Willis’ most gripping roles, selling the bizarre world.
January 17, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Bruce Willis - 📽️ The Fifth Element (Luc Besson, 1997)
Sure, it’s a hit modern classic. Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and Chris Tucker distract a lot memorably with their flashy and loud performances. But Korben Dallas deserves credit as one of Willis’ most gripping roles, selling the bizarre world.
Sure, it’s a hit modern classic. Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and Chris Tucker distract a lot memorably with their flashy and loud performances. But Korben Dallas deserves credit as one of Willis’ most gripping roles, selling the bizarre world.
Toshiro Mifune - 📽️ Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa, 1949)
It’s hard to call anything from the legendary actor-director collaboration forgotten. But Stray Dog gets too little credit as a contender for their very best. It’s a sweaty heatwave mystery with a riveting Mifune spiraling into consumed obsession.
It’s hard to call anything from the legendary actor-director collaboration forgotten. But Stray Dog gets too little credit as a contender for their very best. It’s a sweaty heatwave mystery with a riveting Mifune spiraling into consumed obsession.
January 16, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Toshiro Mifune - 📽️ Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa, 1949)
It’s hard to call anything from the legendary actor-director collaboration forgotten. But Stray Dog gets too little credit as a contender for their very best. It’s a sweaty heatwave mystery with a riveting Mifune spiraling into consumed obsession.
It’s hard to call anything from the legendary actor-director collaboration forgotten. But Stray Dog gets too little credit as a contender for their very best. It’s a sweaty heatwave mystery with a riveting Mifune spiraling into consumed obsession.
James Badge Dale - 📽️ 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (Michael Bay, 2016)
“You’re in my world now.”
Dale played the late Tyrone Woods in this film—which contends as the best, grittiest, and most coherent in Bay’s oeuvre. The movie works because you buy his innate gravitas and authority.
“You’re in my world now.”
Dale played the late Tyrone Woods in this film—which contends as the best, grittiest, and most coherent in Bay’s oeuvre. The movie works because you buy his innate gravitas and authority.
January 16, 2026 at 6:45 AM
James Badge Dale - 📽️ 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (Michael Bay, 2016)
“You’re in my world now.”
Dale played the late Tyrone Woods in this film—which contends as the best, grittiest, and most coherent in Bay’s oeuvre. The movie works because you buy his innate gravitas and authority.
“You’re in my world now.”
Dale played the late Tyrone Woods in this film—which contends as the best, grittiest, and most coherent in Bay’s oeuvre. The movie works because you buy his innate gravitas and authority.
Holt McCallany - 📽️ Shot Caller (Ric Roman Waugh, 2017)
Waugh’s best films (Felon, Snitch) never seem to get credit in their time. McCallany always rules, but as Aryan Brotherhood shot caller The Beast, he steals the movie in a scant few scenes. It’s sheer presence sizing up Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
Waugh’s best films (Felon, Snitch) never seem to get credit in their time. McCallany always rules, but as Aryan Brotherhood shot caller The Beast, he steals the movie in a scant few scenes. It’s sheer presence sizing up Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
January 16, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Holt McCallany - 📽️ Shot Caller (Ric Roman Waugh, 2017)
Waugh’s best films (Felon, Snitch) never seem to get credit in their time. McCallany always rules, but as Aryan Brotherhood shot caller The Beast, he steals the movie in a scant few scenes. It’s sheer presence sizing up Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
Waugh’s best films (Felon, Snitch) never seem to get credit in their time. McCallany always rules, but as Aryan Brotherhood shot caller The Beast, he steals the movie in a scant few scenes. It’s sheer presence sizing up Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
Nicole Kidman - 📽️ The Others (Alejandro Amenábar, 2001)
Big at the time and discussed too little since, The Others holds up even better than I recalled. It’s also a peak showcase for Kidman doing movie star shit, a wartime drama smuggled inside a horror movie, as she spars with Fionnula Flanagan.
Big at the time and discussed too little since, The Others holds up even better than I recalled. It’s also a peak showcase for Kidman doing movie star shit, a wartime drama smuggled inside a horror movie, as she spars with Fionnula Flanagan.
January 16, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Nicole Kidman - 📽️ The Others (Alejandro Amenábar, 2001)
Big at the time and discussed too little since, The Others holds up even better than I recalled. It’s also a peak showcase for Kidman doing movie star shit, a wartime drama smuggled inside a horror movie, as she spars with Fionnula Flanagan.
Big at the time and discussed too little since, The Others holds up even better than I recalled. It’s also a peak showcase for Kidman doing movie star shit, a wartime drama smuggled inside a horror movie, as she spars with Fionnula Flanagan.
Dorothy Malone - 📽️ The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946)
This scene is legendary in its way for many, but still in the spirit of this account. It might be the smallest role to steal a great, classic film. Her unnamed clerk’s instant steamy flirtation with Humphrey Bogart must be seen to be believed.
This scene is legendary in its way for many, but still in the spirit of this account. It might be the smallest role to steal a great, classic film. Her unnamed clerk’s instant steamy flirtation with Humphrey Bogart must be seen to be believed.
January 14, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Dorothy Malone - 📽️ The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946)
This scene is legendary in its way for many, but still in the spirit of this account. It might be the smallest role to steal a great, classic film. Her unnamed clerk’s instant steamy flirtation with Humphrey Bogart must be seen to be believed.
This scene is legendary in its way for many, but still in the spirit of this account. It might be the smallest role to steal a great, classic film. Her unnamed clerk’s instant steamy flirtation with Humphrey Bogart must be seen to be believed.
Brendan Fraser - 📽️ Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon, 1998)
It’s a simple task: hold your own opposite Ian McKellen as he gives perhaps the performance of the 1990s. McKellen was rightly celebrated, but there were too few shouts for Fraser as essentially the insecure, stoic POV of this great film.
It’s a simple task: hold your own opposite Ian McKellen as he gives perhaps the performance of the 1990s. McKellen was rightly celebrated, but there were too few shouts for Fraser as essentially the insecure, stoic POV of this great film.
January 13, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Brendan Fraser - 📽️ Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon, 1998)
It’s a simple task: hold your own opposite Ian McKellen as he gives perhaps the performance of the 1990s. McKellen was rightly celebrated, but there were too few shouts for Fraser as essentially the insecure, stoic POV of this great film.
It’s a simple task: hold your own opposite Ian McKellen as he gives perhaps the performance of the 1990s. McKellen was rightly celebrated, but there were too few shouts for Fraser as essentially the insecure, stoic POV of this great film.
Antonio Banderas - 📽️ Interview with the Vampire (Neil Jordan, 1994)
Banderas’ rendition of Armand is vital for leaning more into the intended homoeroticism of Anne Rice’s books than anyone else in the cast. There’s not enough of him, but his seductive camp take playing with the candle really pops.
Banderas’ rendition of Armand is vital for leaning more into the intended homoeroticism of Anne Rice’s books than anyone else in the cast. There’s not enough of him, but his seductive camp take playing with the candle really pops.
January 12, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Antonio Banderas - 📽️ Interview with the Vampire (Neil Jordan, 1994)
Banderas’ rendition of Armand is vital for leaning more into the intended homoeroticism of Anne Rice’s books than anyone else in the cast. There’s not enough of him, but his seductive camp take playing with the candle really pops.
Banderas’ rendition of Armand is vital for leaning more into the intended homoeroticism of Anne Rice’s books than anyone else in the cast. There’s not enough of him, but his seductive camp take playing with the candle really pops.