It´s been forever since the last time I updated this blog, but hopefully it´ll kick back into gear these next few days/weeks. Anyway, here´s a short little trip down memory lane to when MTV showed music videos (and I taped them on VHS)... Have a nice Weekend:
Marcy Playground - Sex And Candy
Everlast - What It´s Like
Semisonic - Closing Time
White Town - Your Woman
The Cranberries - Zombie
Fugees - Fu-Gee-La
Da Brat - Sittin´ On Top Of The World
TQ - Bye, Bye Baby
Memory lane is one of my favorite lanes. True story.
A while back I was watching the Pilot of the new Tv-Series "Touch", and as Titus Welliver's character appeared, I realized this is an actor I really appreciate, although I've never really thought about it much. Here's a man who's appeared in numerous movies and tv-shows, but never really been the star of the movie (please correct me if I'm wrong).
Although never having a huge lead role, I'm always amazed by his intensity, and often find myself loving the characters he plays. Just a few days later, I was watching an old episode of X-Files (well, they're all old by now, but a really, really old one) and there he was again. So here's a list of a few movies/tv-shows he's appeared in that I'd recommend taking a look at. I emphasize that this post is about underrated actors, so my recommandations are solely based on the actors parts in the movies/tv-shows:
Titus Welliver
as Randall Meade in "Touch"
Appeared in two of the episodes, and has been one of the highlights of the show for me so far. Still too early for me to make a verdict of the show on a whole, but love his scenes in it.
as Jimmy O'Phelan in "Sons of Anarchy"
As one of the Irish bad guys in the FX hit show Sons of Anarchy, Titus has probably pissed off a lot of people, but still gotta love the part.
as Officer Jake Lowery in "Brooklyn South"
The first show I can remember him from, this cop-drama from... you guessed it, Brooklyn, was cancelled after one show. Still one of my fave cop shows, though.
as Doug Spinney in "The X-Files: Darkness Falls (Episode 1.19)"
Poor special effects aside, a very good episode of X-Files. One of those episodes I still remembered bits and pieces from still many, many years after watching it for the first time.
Besides these few examples, he's also taken part in a lot of quality stuff, such as "Gone Baby Gone", "The Town", episodes of "Third Watch" and "Life"... He also played the character of Redneck in Bar in the 1990 movie Navy Seals... right.
As a little bonus, here's a clip where Titus is having some fun with Kevin Pollak:
Hopefully this'll be the first of more posts on underrated actors. Stay tuned
As the nominations for this years Oscars are drawing closer, here's a look at some of the movies and tv-shows that were in the spotlight at the Golden Globes. Obviously some of those films/actors/actresses will also be among the favorites for nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards.
First of all, Morgan Freeman won the Cecil B. DeMille award, an honorary award given out for outstanding achievement in the entertainment-industry. The man with a voice which will make you believe just about anything he says joins other acclaimed entertainers such as last years winner Robert De Niro, Sean Connery, Clint Eastwood, Walt Disney, Alfred Hitchcock and Frank Sinatra.
Movies:
The Descendants, starring George Clooney and Shailene Woodley, won the award for the Best Motion Picture (Drama), ahead of movies such as Moneyball, The Help and The Ides of March.
In the category Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) the winner was The Artist, which beat competition from Bridesmaids, 50/50, Midnight in Paris and My Week with Marilyn.
Actors/Actresses:
As actresses go, Meryl Streep is one of the best, and it was no surprise that she took home the award for best actress in a motion picture drama for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the Iron Lady. She beat one of my personal favorites Glenn Close (nominated for Albert Nobbs), as well as Rooney Mara, Viola Davies and Tilda Swinton. In the award for best actress in a motion picture musical or comedy another favorite of mine, Michelle Williams, won the award for her role in My Week with Marilyn. The other nominees were Jodie Foster, Charlize Theron, Kristen Wiig (!) and Kate Winslet.
George Clooney won the award for best actor in a drama for his performance in The Descendants. He beat the competition from Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt and Michael Fassbender. For his role in The Artist, Jean Dujardin won the award for best actor in a comedy or musical, beating Brendan Gleeson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Gosling (nominated in both categories drama and musical/comedy this year) and Owen Wilson.
The Iranian movie A Seperation (Original title: Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) won the award for Best Foreign Language Film, whereas Martin Scorsese took home the award for Best Director (Hugo).
The awards for best supporting actor and actress went to Christopher Plummer (Beginners) and Octavia Spencer (The Help), respectively. Woody Allen won the award for Best Screenplay (Midnight in Paris).
TV:
The competition was very strong for this years award for Best Television Series (Drama), with shows like Boardwalk Empire, Homeland and Game of Thrones. Homeland, starring Damian Lewis and Claire Danes, won the award, and the latter also won the award for Best Actress in a Television Series (Drama). Well-deserved, I might add, as her portrayal of Carrie Mathison was an amazing performance from a talented, and still young, actress. Or is that just me becoming older talking? Kelsey Grammer won the award for Best Actor in a Television Series (Drama) for his character in Boss, beating Damian Lewis, Jeremy Irons, Steve Buscemi and Bryan Cranston.
One of my personal favorites, Modern Family, won the award for Best Television Series (Comedy or Musical), and although I'd like to see Ty Burrell win the award every year for his portrayal of Phil Dunphy, the awards for best actor/actress in this category went to Laura Dern (Enlightened) and Matt Leblanc (Episodes).
Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) won the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, which is funny, because the name of the award is basically longer then the man himself.
On Tuesday the nominations for the Academy Awards will be released, and I'll be back with an update as soon as I can following that event.
