Joaquin Phoenix won Best Actor for Joker, having lost more than fifty pounds for it, and had previously been nominated for Gladiator, Walk the Line and The Master.
The Master is the better performance, playing a damaged veteran whose physical posture is contorted throughout, and the jail cell scene is among the most alarming things in recent American film.
He faked a retirement and a rap career for the mockumentary I’m Still Here, sustaining it publicly for a year, which is a genuinely strange thing to have done.
His brother River died in 1993, which he has rarely discussed, and he is a longstanding animal rights activist.
Amy Morton8MM (1999) rates 5 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Joel Schumacher directing Andrew Kevin Walker's script about a private investigator tracing a snuff film, with Nicolas Cage restrained and Joaquin Phoenix excellent, undone by a third act that…
Ginnifer GoodwinJames Mangold's 2005 Johnny Cash biopic. Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as Cash and June Carter.
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Amy AdamsSpike Jonze's 2013 near-future drama. Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson as voice.
Connie NielsenGladiator is the film that revived the Hollywood epic. The 9 rating is honest evaluation.
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