Natalie Portman debuted at thirteen in Leon: The Professional, a role that has generated a great deal of discussion since about what the film asks of a child performer.
She completed a psychology degree at Harvard while working, which she has said was a deliberate decision to have something other than acting.
Black Swan won her Best Actress, requiring a year of ballet training and a performance of psychological disintegration that is physically punishing to watch.
Jackie is the better performance, playing Jacqueline Kennedy in the days after the assassination, and she directed A Tale of Love and Darkness in Hebrew.
Ahmed BestStar Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999) rates 4 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Lucas had not directed a film in twenty-two years, owned the company outright, and answered to nobody. The result opens with a trade dispute, gives…
Justin TimberlakeFriends with Benefits is one of two romantic comedies released in 2011 with the same premise. Mila Kunis plays Jamie, a corporate.
Danny AielloSeen it four times across decades. The 10 rating is honest evaluation.
Al Pacino
Chris HemsworthThe completion of Thor's degradation from Shakespearean prince to comedic buffoon. Mjolnir transfers to Jane Build, Christian Bale's Gorr wasted.
Anthony HopkinsThe MCU mythological foundation. The 8 reflects honest evaluation of the film that gave the MCU its mythological foundation and the entry that Kenneth Branagh directed with sustained Shakespearean theatrical attention.
Anthony HopkinsChristopher Eccleston wasted as Malekith. The first MCU film that feels like industrial franchise routine.
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