The character: Long John Silver The actor: Tim Curry The movie: Muppet Treasure Island (1996) So maybe this isn’t our best use of time, but let’s take a walk together, go through some Muppet movies, and decide which human actors from each movie deserved Oscar nominations for their time. I’ve done a variation of this… Read More Better than AFI’s Heroes and Villains: Villain #39
The character: Annie Johnson The actor: Juanita Moore The movie: Imitation of Life (1959) “Annie” is a common first name, the diminutive of “Ann.” Not so Annie Johnson of Imitation of Life, whose given name must have been “Antigone.” The commitment to principle which leads to immuration befits Annie, who denies herself in front of… Read More Better than AFI’s Heroes and Villains: Hero #39
The character: Count Dracula The actor: Gary Oldman The movie: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) “I have crossed oceans of time to find you,” Dracula tells Mina. It’s been more than four centuries since he lost Elisabeta to suicide, and now he sees her, her face and body restored, something of the Romanian noblewoman within the… Read More Better than AFI’s Heroes and Villains: Villain #40
The character: Mary Stevens The actor: Kay Francis The movie: Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933) Maybe it’s romantic to think so, but it seems to me that for beliefs or ideas to change, there have to be people who are willing to spill their own blood on the altar of convention. Someone has to starve to… Read More Better than AFI’s Heroes and Villains: Hero #40
Seeing Things Secondhand 