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The DVD of the movie has proved to be the most durable and best used of my two children's many Christmas presents by a long way.
Peter Boyle was always a great actor and he proved it by his performance as a gun-ho Bigot, making me hate him everytime he used the "N" word, I watched him and his big mouth and wanted to punch his lights out.
The vampire "craze" has, in my opinion, actually proved its worthiness of such infamous categorization.
I had always wanted to see this film and the first three-fourths proved I hadn't waited in vain.
The lady (Madge) has proved my initial assessment of her so very wrong!!
Just as Emma Thompson's hugely well-deserved Oscar for her portrayal of Margaret Schlegel in "Howard's End" proved that one of the hardest things that an actor can do is make the portrayal of "goodness" involving, so Binoche's win proved that it could be that - and seriously sexy.
This was also the first time I could appreciate Debbie Reynolds; she proved that she can be funny.
He proved this with films as The Fly, Naked Lunch, Crash and eXitenZ (capital X, capital Z) and more recently, Spider.
Sam Waterson proved himself to be a great actor.
Although Robert Young (playing an easy-going, methodical and very likable cop) and Robert Mitchum (who actually does have the occasional throwaway witty remark) are the nominal stars of the film, it's Oscar nominees Robert Ryan and Gloria Grahame - as well as Paul Kelly, in the small but pivotal role of Grahame's pathetic husband - who give the film's most memorable characterizations; Ryan proved so convincing as a homicidal racist that he was eventually typecast for a while, excelling in equally villainous roles in such films as ACT OF VIOLENCE (1948), CAUGHT (1948), THE RACKET (1951), CLASH BY NIGHT (1952), THE NAKED SPUR (1953) and BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955).
He proved once and for all that he does not need to be holding a gun to be a great actor in a movie.
The documentary proved extra interesting when it analyzed the often censored "Emmanuelle In America".
This is proved when he says "Out of this chaos, we're all trying to create order.
Expecting the worst, "Hitch" proved to be a pleasant experience because of the three principals in it.
For those with access to the BBC or the CBC, this has proved to be spectacular.
I did not expect too much from a musical documentary but the movie proved to be much more than that.
It only further proved what I already knew, that she is one of the greatest actresses of all time.
It's two great actors, each playing a basic type of role that they have proved at other points in their careers that they can manage remarkably well, and with a magnificent director at the helm.
Macchio turned out what proved to be the best movie in the series, and look where his career is now!
Rajkumar Santoshi's writing and direction proved that he is one of the best directors in the industry.
The final proof is that despite Letterman's early lead, possibly because of the hype that emerged from the battle for Tonight Show succession, Leno's show has consistently proved to be the more popular, thus, in my mind at least, refuting Letterman's claims to be unfairly robbed of his rightful inheritance.
He often portrayed spies and foreign agents as nice upper-class folk who at the same time sneered at democratic values and concepts such as guilty until proved innocent.
Sad is the looming psychiatric ending... how could she be committed at a time when she has proved an important responsibility?
I comment on the bawdiness - most men have watched it for that - proved to be a main talking and selling point when originally advertised.
but i was proved wrong when i actually sat down to watch this.
The correlations of those who vote who do not matter is so proved in the machines that end of voting a comedian to the oval office.
There have been several animated features (only one of them, The Twelve Tasks of Asterix really capturing the wit and spirit of the books despite being an original screen story) before a perfectly cast Christian Clavier and Gerard Depardieu took the lead roles in two live action adaptations that proved colossally successful throughout Europe but made no impression whatsoever in the English-speaking world.
As much as any film can be, "Everything Is Illuminated" has proved to be like a fine wine that sweetens with time.
Homicide: The Movie proved to be a good wrap-up to a well-written, well-directed, and well-acted series.
True to tradition, the budget proved way too tight to realize the director's vision entirely.
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