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nytemare

(10,888 posts)
Wed Jul 17, 2013, 05:58 PM Jul 2013

Do you go through phases with having to watch all movies by an actor / actress?

I'm currently on a Dustin Hoffman phase. Just got through watching most films from Kevin Spacey. Peter Lorre was before that. I think Pacino will be next.

I watched Tootsie and The Graduate this week. I'd forgotten how funny Tootsie was.

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Do you go through phases with having to watch all movies by an actor / actress? (Original Post) nytemare Jul 2013 OP
sometimes - Emma Thompson, Meryl Streep are two we've done that with.... NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #1
Meryl Streep nytemare Jul 2013 #2
yes, mine too....Out of Africa....The Hours...so many others. Such a great talent NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #3
Only did it with directors, like Kubrick. Actors get a click on imdb or rottentomatoes and jakeXT Jul 2013 #4
Trevor Eve. GentryDixon Jul 2013 #5
Loved Waking the Dead. Still Blue in PDX Jul 2013 #10
No, but I work pretty hard at learning "new" actors' names... Demoiselle Jul 2013 #6
More for directors... Locut0s Jul 2013 #7
Yes, I go through movie phases. IrishEyes Jul 2013 #8
I've been through a Chaplin phase as well. nytemare Jul 2013 #16
Frequently. Still Blue in PDX Jul 2013 #9
Alan Rickman tavernier Jul 2013 #11
I loved Rickman as the voice of "Marvin" on "Hitchhiker's Guide". nytemare Jul 2013 #17
I had wav files of Marvin for some of the windows sounds on my work PC. Still Blue in PDX Jul 2013 #22
"This will all end in tears, I know it." nytemare Jul 2013 #25
Jenna Jameson Kennah Jul 2013 #12
Sarcasm my ass sharp_stick Jul 2013 #14
It seems she has had a lot of cameo's, but I could only find one leading role jakeXT Jul 2013 #27
I'd call them more ensemble sharp_stick Jul 2013 #28
Sandra Bullock OxQQme Jul 2013 #13
Went through a Nicholson phase in my younger age as well. nytemare Jul 2013 #19
Nope, but doing that with tv series. Denninmi Jul 2013 #15
Mistah Efff! nytemare Jul 2013 #18
netflix is very helpful there yellowdogintexas Jul 2013 #35
Rita Tushingham olddots Jul 2013 #20
Yeppers. Wait Wut Jul 2013 #21
authors definitely I recently went on a binge with the Jack Reacher novels yellowdogintexas Jul 2013 #37
I was interested in trying this earthbot1 Jul 2013 #23
Errol Flynn MadrasT Jul 2013 #24
Currently watching old Tom Selleck on Magnum, PI Generic Brad Jul 2013 #26
No, but my mom does. LWolf Jul 2013 #29
I do that all the time. Mad_Dem_X Jul 2013 #30
Forest Whitaker Ellen Page olddots Jul 2013 #31
Stephen Chow AsahinaKimi Jul 2013 #32
I haven't seen Kung fu Hustle in so long! nytemare Jul 2013 #33
Woody Allen! sammytko Jul 2013 #34
we did a Kenneth Branaugh marathon on NetFlix yellowdogintexas Jul 2013 #36
Not usually HeiressofBickworth Jul 2013 #38

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
4. Only did it with directors, like Kubrick. Actors get a click on imdb or rottentomatoes and
Wed Jul 17, 2013, 06:10 PM
Jul 2013

when something looks interesting I might watch it.

Demoiselle

(6,787 posts)
6. No, but I work pretty hard at learning "new" actors' names...
Wed Jul 17, 2013, 08:04 PM
Jul 2013

Actors who are "new" to me, that is. I like watching good actors' careers take off...So if I see someone I don't know doing a great job in a role, I make my friends sit quietly through the credits until I learn the name...

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)
7. More for directors...
Wed Jul 17, 2013, 09:07 PM
Jul 2013

I've been meaning to watch every Michael Haneke film I can get my hands on since I saw Cache, but his stuff is hard to find.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
8. Yes, I go through movie phases.
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 11:28 PM
Jul 2013

I went through a Charlie Chaplin phase, a Jack Lemmon phase, an Alfred Hitchcock, a screwball comedy phase, James Cagney phase, Cary Grant phase, 1970s disaster movie phase, etc.

Right now, I'm going through a zombie horror film phase.

nytemare

(10,888 posts)
16. I've been through a Chaplin phase as well.
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 04:59 PM
Jul 2013

And Laurel and Hardy.

The Great Dictator is a film I have to watch again at least once a year.

Still Blue in PDX

(1,999 posts)
9. Frequently.
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 11:39 PM
Jul 2013

Both movies and TV. My Alan Rickman and Jason Isaacs marathons were particularly fun.

After my stint as an extra on Leverage I became a bit obsessed with Christian Kane and watched everything I could find that he appeared in, including some episodes of Angel.

In a Doctor Who and Masterpiece Mystery mashup, there's an Inspector Morse DVD waiting for me at the library that Patrick Troughton appeared in.

tavernier

(12,401 posts)
11. Alan Rickman
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 11:56 PM
Jul 2013

I've seen every one, and saw him on stage in NYC and Dublin. What most people don't realize is that he is a fantastic comic actor (huge shame that The Search For John Gissing never got into theaters) and a brilliant director. Also stunning in person.

nytemare

(10,888 posts)
17. I loved Rickman as the voice of "Marvin" on "Hitchhiker's Guide".
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 05:01 PM
Jul 2013

I can't think of a role I didn't like Rickman in, but that voice was so hilarious and understated.

Still Blue in PDX

(1,999 posts)
22. I had wav files of Marvin for some of the windows sounds on my work PC.
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 06:13 PM
Jul 2013

You just brought back a great memory. I had forgotten all about that!

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
14. Sarcasm my ass
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 09:31 AM
Jul 2013

c'mon dude...own the post.

Although it would take a long time to go through the entire career of Jenna.

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
27. It seems she has had a lot of cameo's, but I could only find one leading role
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 08:39 AM
Jul 2013


In a near future, President George Bush has been just elected for the fourth time with his vice Arnold Schwarzenegger and the USA is in war against many nations, among them Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Venezuela, France and Alaska. In order to compensate the loss of soldiers, the government is researching a virus to reanimate the dead tissue of deceased soldiers and reactivate their brains, to form a powerful army of undead. When the experiment goes wrong and gets out of control in a facility in Sartre, Nebraska, the efficient Z Squad is summoned to destroy the zombies. However, the soldier Byrdflough (Zak Kilberg) is bitten by a zombie and afraid of being killed, he escapes to the underground Brademus strip-club owned by the greedy Ianna Esco (Robert Englund). Byrdflough bites the star Kat (Jenna Jameson) and the stripper spreads the virus, turning her colleagues into zombies and eating the flesh of their clients.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960890/

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
28. I'd call them more ensemble
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 10:11 AM
Jul 2013

roles than cameos and think they should count in any "I've seen everything by" announcement.

In the case of Jenna Jameson you'd need to only see a one or two of them to have "seen everything" however.

nytemare

(10,888 posts)
19. Went through a Nicholson phase in my younger age as well.
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 05:06 PM
Jul 2013

A curious thing with Jeff Bridges, how he was Starman, then the shrink for Kpax in a later movie. I liked that.

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
15. Nope, but doing that with tv series.
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 09:36 AM
Jul 2013

Recently worked my way through the 2000's version of Battlestar Galactica, then Arrested Development, currently had way through That 70's Show.

yellowdogintexas

(22,270 posts)
35. netflix is very helpful there
Sun Jul 21, 2013, 10:25 PM
Jul 2013

Currently working through 30Rock been through How I Met Your Mother, Bones, Burn Notice, A Gifted Man, Arrested Development, The Guardian, Monk, Psych, The Glades all in the background while I work at home

yellowdogintexas

(22,270 posts)
37. authors definitely I recently went on a binge with the Jack Reacher novels
Sun Jul 21, 2013, 10:28 PM
Jul 2013

and I binged on Daniel Silva also.

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)
26. Currently watching old Tom Selleck on Magnum, PI
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 10:54 PM
Jul 2013

I am priming myself for a return visit to Hawaii. When I moved there in the 1980's Magnum was still filming. I even met Tom Selleck on a beach my first full day on Oahu. Ah, memories.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
29. No, but my mom does.
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 11:23 AM
Jul 2013

She cares more about who is "in" the movie than the plot.

She has to see every movie by her favorites, no matter what.

Which is why I'll be seeing Lone Ranger this afternoon; she can't miss a Depp movie.

Mad_Dem_X

(9,568 posts)
30. I do that all the time.
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 11:26 AM
Jul 2013

Mostly older actors, like Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. But, I went through a Kevin Spacey phase, too.

HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)
38. Not usually
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 01:29 AM
Jul 2013

However, I've enjoyed movies with Mads Mikkelsen and will see more when I can. I've already seen Royal Affair, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky and Flame & Citron. One coming up is The Hunt. Oddly enough, I haven't watched him in Hannibal the TV series.

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