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Cloud Atlas – Myriad Characters from Multiple Periods in The Past, Present and Future
04/06/2013 – 8:00 am | Comments Off
Cloud Atlas – Myriad Characters from Multiple Periods in The Past, Present and Future

The transformative power of special makeup effects – the ability to alter an actor’s appearance by implementation of prosthetic materials, careful facial painting, and the addition of hair pieces – is on full display with the myriad characters brought to life in the currently released film Cloud Atlas, starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, and Jim Sturgess, all in multiple roles. Sectioned off into six intertwined storylines, the enormity of the film warranted its division into two independently functioning crews: one on a team led by the American Wachowski directors, and the other manned by German director Tom Tykwer.

This Means War!
11/30/2009 – 6:59 pm | Comments Off
This Means War!

Apparently I found the only 1950s dating website on the internet.

Antonio Banderas is Laura Linney’s Dirty Little Secret
10/14/2009 – 8:16 pm | No Comment
Antonio Banderas is Laura Linney’s Dirty Little Secret

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: The Other Man features Laura Linney as Lisa, the apex of a delicious love triangle between husband Peter …