Great Performances – Foote & Friends on Film https://footeandfriendsonfilm.com Any film you haven't seen -- is a new experience! Wed, 29 Apr 2020 23:47:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.3 /wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-FF-1-32x32.png Great Performances – Foote & Friends on Film https://footeandfriendsonfilm.com 32 32 PODCAST #016 – GREAT PERFORMANCES (LEAD ACTOR) /2020/04/29/podcast-016-great-performances-lead-actor/ /2020/04/29/podcast-016-great-performances-lead-actor/#respond Wed, 29 Apr 2020 23:47:28 +0000 /?p=13660 By Nick Maylor On this episode of the podcast, John and I count down the fifteen greatest performances by a male actor in a leading role throughout cinematic history. Be sure to check out our official YouTube channel for all episodes of our podcast. Nick MaylorNick is an actor/writer/comedian/musician from Hamilton, ON Canada. Having been…

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]]> /2020/04/29/podcast-016-great-performances-lead-actor/feed/ 0 PODCAST #014 – GREATEST PERFORMANCES (BEST ACTRESS) /2020/04/25/podcast-014-greatest-performances-best-actress/ /2020/04/25/podcast-014-greatest-performances-best-actress/#respond Sat, 25 Apr 2020 08:07:36 +0000 /?p=13555 By Nick Maylor On this episode of the podcast, John and I discuss the 15 greatest performances by a female actor in a leading role. Check out our official YouTube channel for all of our podcasts. Nick MaylorNick is an actor/writer/comedian/musician from Hamilton, ON Canada. Having been a film nut since the early days of…

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]]> /2020/04/25/podcast-014-greatest-performances-best-actress/feed/ 0 ROCK HUDSON’S COMPLICATED LEGACY /2020/02/19/rock-hudsons-complicated-legacy/ /2020/02/19/rock-hudsons-complicated-legacy/#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2020 00:14:29 +0000 /?p=12880 By Alan Hurst Rock Hudson is one of those rare movie stars whose death and the revelations that came afterward diminished their legacy as a star and performer. It happened to Joan Crawford with the accusations of child abuse in her daughter Christina’s best selling “Mommie Dearest”. And it happened to Rock Hudson in 1985…

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]]> /2020/02/19/rock-hudsons-complicated-legacy/feed/ 0 SALLY FIELD’S BEST PERFORMANCES /2020/01/28/sally-fields-best-performances/ /2020/01/28/sally-fields-best-performances/#respond Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:24:30 +0000 /?p=12637 By Alan Hurst Sally Field was one of the Kennedy Centre honorees last month, a deserved accolade for one of the best actresses of the last 50 years. I’m old enough to remember Sally Field from the initial runs of Gidget (1965-66), The Flying Nun (1967-70) and the short-lived The Girl with Something Extra (1973-74).…

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]]> /2020/01/28/sally-fields-best-performances/feed/ 0 Great Performances: TARON EGERTON in ROCKETMAN (2019) /2019/12/07/great-performances-taron-egerton-in-rocketman-2019/ /2019/12/07/great-performances-taron-egerton-in-rocketman-2019/#respond Sat, 07 Dec 2019 12:28:44 +0000 /?p=12098 By Nick Maylor As the end of the year approaches and Oscar nominations are right around the corner, I cannot help this unpleasant premonition I am having: Taron Egerton will likely be snubbed for a Best Actor Oscar nomination. As we’ve discussed, the competition for the Best Actor statue is some of the stiffest in…

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]]> /2019/12/07/great-performances-taron-egerton-in-rocketman-2019/feed/ 0 GREAT PERFORMANCES: Michael Parks in RED STATE (2011) /2019/10/29/great-performances-michael-parks-in-red-state-2011/ /2019/10/29/great-performances-michael-parks-in-red-state-2011/#respond Tue, 29 Oct 2019 20:56:04 +0000 /?p=11519 By Nick Maylor Kevin Smith took a brief sabbatical from filmmaking after the perceived failure of Zack & Miri Make a Porno (2008), a film that saw the worst box office opening for star Seth Rogen. With Zack & Miri, Smith was clearly trying to make a film that would play to a certain type…

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]]> /2019/10/29/great-performances-michael-parks-in-red-state-2011/feed/ 0 GREAT PERFORMANCES: Michael Fassbender in ALIEN: COVENANT (2017) /2019/10/25/great-performances-michael-fassbender-in-alien-covenant-2017/ /2019/10/25/great-performances-michael-fassbender-in-alien-covenant-2017/#respond Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:18:01 +0000 /?p=11428 By Nick Maylor Since Ridley Scott’s original Alien (1979), “synthetic” characters (androids/robots) have been a tradition in the franchise, starting with Ian Holm’s character Ash. In Aliens (1986), it was Bishop (Lance Henriksen) and so on. These characters are seen as virtually (if not totally) indistinguishable from humans. In Prometheus (2012), Ridley Scott sought to…

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]]> /2019/10/25/great-performances-michael-fassbender-in-alien-covenant-2017/feed/ 0 GREAT PERFORMANCES: Tom Hanks in BIG (1988) /2019/10/22/great-performances-tom-hanks-in-big-1988/ /2019/10/22/great-performances-tom-hanks-in-big-1988/#respond Tue, 22 Oct 2019 05:01:44 +0000 /?p=11262 By Melissa Houghton Do you remember the ABC TV comedy Bosom Buddies? It was my introduction to actor Tom Hanks as Kip Wilson, a struggling New York City ad writer who resorts to cross-dressing alongside his buddy to live at the only apartment they can afford, the female-only Susan B. Anthony Hotel. The series aired…

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