Hugo Weaving played Agent Smith, Elrond and V within a few years, which is three enormous franchises at once and three completely different registers.
Agent Smith is the best of them, with a delivery that separates every word as though the language itself is distasteful.
The Australian work is where the acting is: Proof, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert and The Interview. He declined to return as Red Skull, and has been consistently more interested in Australian theatre than in franchise work.
Carrie-Anne MossThe Matrix sequels rate 5 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Shot back to back and released six months apart, they answer questions the first film was stronger for leaving open, and they contain two of the best action…
Chris EvansThe 1940s adventure that built the franchise's moral foundation. The 9 reflects honest evaluation of the most disciplined origin film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the entry that gave the franchise its moral center.
Andy SerkisPeter Jackson's three films, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, are the best fantasy adaptation ever made and among the best films ever made in the genre. The extended editions are the…
Carrie-Anne MossThe Wachowskis accomplished something that almost never happens in blockbuster cinema: they made a philosophy lecture into one of the most viscerally entertaining action films ever made, and the philosophy and the action are the same thing. This review is…
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