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Sam Rockwell: Film By Film - 17/7/2009 11:52:16 AM

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Don't forget about the TMNT movie. - 17/7/2009 11:52:16 AM

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He was in that. Couldn't put a percentage on how much he improves the film by being in it though, it was already off the charts awesome before he showed up.

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The Joker - 17/7/2009 12:55:30 PM

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If they recast that role in a potential 3rd Batman film - Sam gets my my vote!

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Did the reviewer actually watch Lawn Dogs? - 17/7/2009 1:16:35 PM

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One of my favourite films ever, and the reviewer claims Mischa Barton was "extra annoying"? What a load of shit.

Barton's performance in Lawn Dogs is one of the single best child performances, and she was certainly less annoying than Dakota Fanning in most roles.

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- 17/7/2009 2:16:48 PM

Old_Pyrate

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And if the role of Murdoch is still up grabs...

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Assassination of Jesse James - 17/7/2009 2:20:05 PM

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Fantastic in that.

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Don't Forget . . . - 17/7/2009 2:22:02 PM

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I'm going out on a limb here but he was the best thing in Charlie Angels. . . . . .apart from Cameron Diaz in her pants.

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Box of Moonlight? - 17/7/2009 2:26:49 PM

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A very early roll for Sam... and one of his absolute best. Stole the show from John.

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Box of Moonlight? - 17/7/2009 2:42:06 PM

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A very early roll for Sam... and one of his absolute best. Stole the show from John.

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Charlies Angel's - 17/7/2009 2:46:32 PM

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I totally agree with kinobick - love the little dance he does when he's doing the "I'm evil" transformation, which is a cliche classic btw...

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Ever seen this? - 17/7/2009 4:40:34 PM

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Rockwell as Batman, and a bit of an asshole. Hilarious.
Clearly this is his finest hour, not to mention Justin Long:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOmPK13TeJs

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Jesse James - 18/7/2009 2:10:11 AM

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What ricman said.

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RE: The Joker - 18/7/2009 2:57:20 PM

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YES! Was just thinking this too. Was thinking the other day about people that could replace him, and had thought Johnny Depp because he could pull off the insanity pretty well, but Sam Rockwell, yes yes yes! I only watched the Green Mile a month or so ago, and was blown away by his performance. Yes he's funny but he pulls off the evil insanity perfectly. Chris Nolan, give the man a call.

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Confessions of a Funky Mind - 19/7/2009 10:38:41 AM

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His an awesome actor, and like Tim pall, ay Winstone, William H Macy and a few others, anything is watchable by Sam being in it.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (if I just say Confession people may be confused with it it being one of trhe shite Robin Askwith sex comedies) is a brilliant debut by Clooney and whats making it even better is the DVD extra of Sam's audition tape. Great bass beat and he's got some funky moves. I can just imagine a brilliant dvd extra for Moon:: Sam strutting his funky stuff all around the Moonbase set. How cool would that be.

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Hitchhiker's Guide - 20/7/2009 2:18:06 PM

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Normally I love a bit of Sam, but he irritated me in this one. Zaphod is meant to annoy the living hell out of the other characters, but Mark Wing-Davey managed to make him charming. Sam seemed to just run around screaming. I thought Mos Def was the best thing about this film. A genuinely new take on a well-established character that worked perfectly.

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The 27%ers - 20/7/2009 11:24:09 PM 1 votes

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Dear Empire, dear, dear Empire... no matter how many times you ram this particular conceit down our throats at every available opportunity, it isn't going to catch on. You're not going to get a warm glow in your bellies when you pass a group of young children welcoming a new friend into their gang whilst shouting "he's a 27%er!" to each other, because it isn't going to happen.

It was a tired contrivance when you first thought of it, and your relentless flogging of this particular wannabe catchphrase is quite tedious. It's not cute, it's not zeitgeist, it's a bog-standard symptom of journalists with their self-satisfied heads stuck up their own arses. Pull them out and start writing proper articles again, and not just filling half a magazine with descriptions of "moments" from films, you lazy hacks.

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There's one missing … - 21/7/2009 12:26:48 PM

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What about The Hobbit, which HE HAS TO BE CAST IN AS BILBO BAGGINS ASAP?

Sorry. Just had to get that off my chest.

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Left Out - 21/7/2009 8:07:16 PM

sandiesel

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how can they leave out
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
??

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Left Out - 21/7/2009 8:27:41 PM

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how can they leave out
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
??

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Rockwell vs Cage - 21/7/2009 11:26:23 PM 1 votes

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It bothers me beyond belief that a talentless, ridiculously coiffered human black-hole of an actor like Nicholas Cage has been a part of the 'A-list' for the best part of 15 years, whereas a super-cool, super talented (as in the best actor of his generation), scruffy haired dude such as Sam Rockwell is part of this 27%-ers club (although I agree with thehedgehogfromhell down there that Empire should let this go, it's not doing anything for me). There truly is no justice in the world.

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I agree what about Jesse James? - 23/7/2009 9:46:19 AM 1 votes

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this list is redundant

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I agree what about Jesse James? - 23/7/2009 11:02:29 AM

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this list is redundant

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Frost / Nixon - 24/7/2009 1:23:47 PM

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All the support in this film were excellent particularly Kevin Bacon. But Rockwell's turn as spiky historian James Reston Jr gave this film the emotional heart that it needed. It's difficult to say how much better this film was with him in it but I just can't see anyone else being able to play that character the way it was written without coming across like a complete arsehole.

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Pennywise - 29/7/2009 5:45:07 PM 1 votes

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Sam should definatly get the role of pennywise in the stephen Kings IT remake and also if there is a beetlejuice remake in the future put Sam down as a possible beetlejuice

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Sexy from Ebys - 4/8/2009 9:19:31 PM

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RE: Pennywise - 6/8/2009 8:54:30 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Hamsterwalt

Sam should definatly get the role of pennywise in the stephen Kings IT remake and also if there is a beetlejuice remake in the future put Sam down as a possible beetlejuice

That is friggin' genius! Could see him as Pennywise for sure, he just needs to be cast in every film cus even if its a shitty flick he makes it tolerable.

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Caffe is made now by Ebys - 20/11/2009 7:31:42 AM

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I am thirsty, and my Caffe is made for me & Endre

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Thanks' Chief's - 20/11/2009 7:48:28 AM

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