Wallace Shawn is a serious playwright whose work includes Aunt Dan and Lemon and The Designated Mourner, and the acting career runs alongside it.
The Princess Bride gives him Vizzini, whose repeated inconceivable became a permanent cultural fixture. He voices Rex across the Toy Story films, and My Dinner with André, which he co-wrote, is a two-hour conversation over dinner that should not work as cinema and does.
Dwayne JohnsonSouthland Tales (2006) rates 5 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Richard Kelly took an unfinished cut to Cannes because nobody turns down a competition slot, was booed, recut it, and watched it earn under four hundred thousand dollars.…
Albert BrooksSidney Lumet's 1997 medical satire. James Spader as resident in end-of-life care system.
Don RicklesToy Story is the foundational achievement in feature-length computer animation. Seen all three more than five times across decades.
Cary ElwesThe Princess Bride is one of the most quoted films in American popular culture and one of the most enduring family films of the past forty years. The Princess Bride extended his range into family adventure territory that his previous…
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