The actor: Julia Roberts The character: Erin Brockovich The film: Erin Brockovich The line: “They’re called ‘boobs,’ Ed.” If you go down to about #19 or so on this list (“What’s the most you ever lost on a coin toss?”), every line from there on up is one I considered putting in the top spot… Read More Top 100 American Movie Quotes of the 21st Century: #8
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 40) Jack Lemmon / Key film – The Apartment In American cinema, there are… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 36-40
Dir. Steven Soderbergh. Starring Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart At the end of the movie, two final scenes find an ugliness in this movie’s heart that I’m not entirely sure the movie would think is ugly. In the first, Brockovich (Roberts) receives a check from Masry (Finney) which he “warns” her is not the… Read More Erin Brockovich (2000)
Dir. Herbert Ross. Starring Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton Whaddaya like? You like coming home to a kiss? Somebody with a smile at the door? Whaddaya like? You like indescribable bliss? Then whaddaya wanna get married for? Just as Company makes sense in the New York City of the late ’60s, Steel Magnolias makes sense in… Read More Steel Magnolias (1989)
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