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Dkmuto
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 Best performances of the year so far More than half way through the year, what are your picks for the best performances thus far?
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Keri Russell, Waitress
Seth Rogan, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, & Kristen Wiig in Knocked Up
Chris Cooper, Breach
Margo Martindale, Paris, Je T'aime
Irfan Khan & Tabu in The Namesake
Christina Ricci, Black Snake Moan
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Excel
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christian bale - rescue dawn for sure
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
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Robert Downey Jr. in Zodiac
Simon Pegg/Nick Frost in Hot Fuzz
Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz
Evanna Lynch in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Kristen Wiig in Knocked Up
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zingy
College Boy Z
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Seth Rogan, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, & Kristen Wiig, Knocked Up
Kevin Costner & William Hurt, Mr. Brooks
Chris Cooper, Breach
Christina Ricci, Black Snake Moan
Robert Downey Jr., Zodiac
Anthony Hopkins, Fracture
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Box
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Peter O'Toole as Anton Ego in Ratatouille.
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Jmart
Superman: The Movie
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I agree with all the one's I've seen - especially the Zodiac and Knocked Up mentions. To add onto that.....
Richard Gere - The Hoax
Rose McGowan - Grindhouse
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - The Lookout
John Cusack - 1408
Emile Hirsch - Alpha Dog
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Excel
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^ I RECENTLY SAW ALPHA Dog and you know who was damn good in it?
justin timberlake.
_________________Ari Emmanuel wrote: I'd rather marry lindsay Lohan than represent Mel Gibson.
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Darth Indiana Bond
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Peter O'Toole and Ian Holm in Ratatoullie
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publicenemy#1
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As of now...
Just Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci in Black Snake Moan.
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Alex Y.
Top Poster
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Catalina Sandino Moreno was pretty good in The Hottest State.
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Dkmuto
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Excel wrote: ^ I RECENTLY SAW ALPHA Dog and you know who was damn good in it?
justin timberlake. He's better in Black Snake Moan.
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MadGez
Dont Mess with the Gez
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alex young wrote: Catalina Sandino Moreno was pretty good in The Hottest State. How was the film? _________________
What's your favourite movie summer? Let us know @
http://worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=85934
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Libs
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The best performance of the year is Keri Russell in Waitress, easily. I'd like her to get some award consideration.
The entire cast of Knocked Up and Chris Cooper in Breach are also standouts.
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roo
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publicenemy#1 wrote: As of now...
Just Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci in Black Snake Moan. I would agree with this.
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MovieDude
Where will you be?
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Carice van Houten in Black Book was an absolute revelation.
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2001
Another You
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Imogen Poots, 28 Weeks Later
Gerard ButLer, 300
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Cleric
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
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Christian Bale - Rescue Dawn - best of the summer of the movies I have seen.
Chris Cooper - Breach
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Chris
life begins now
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Seth Rogan, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, & Kristen Wiig, Knocked Up
Chris Cooper, Breach
Peter O'Toole, Ratatouille
Evanna Lynch and Imelda Staunton, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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Alex Y.
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MadGez wrote: alex young wrote: Catalina Sandino Moreno was pretty good in The Hottest State. How was the film? It has some very, very good moments but cannot reach overall excellence due to Ethan Hawke's uneven writing/direction. I gave it a B+.
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Dkmuto
Forum General
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I'll add...
The cast of Hairspray
Patton Oswalt & Peter O'Toole in Ratatouille
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Jim Halpert
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Chris Cooper - Breach
Ryan Gosling - Fracture
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