Word: oscared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...similar, it's the subtle nuances in his eyes which make the differences blossom. His ability to register varying degrees of sorrow, jealousy, giddiness and remorse within those swoon-inducing orbs is amazing. The superb supporting cast in both films adds to the richness of character. Geoffrey Rush, the Oscar winner for best actor from Shine, delivers masterful performances with two very different characters. As the quietly menacing personal servant of Elizabeth, he convincingly radiates a calm, omniscient presence which anchors his queen when all hell breaks loose. As Fiennes' bumbling, clueless theater manager pal with mossy teeth, Rush transforms...
...Oscar nominee Judi Dench makes a turn here as the aged Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love, but her appearance repeats her stubborn curmudgeon act from Mrs. Brown. Incidentally, that film and Elizabeth are eerily similar in their portrayal of the relationship between a queen and her trusted manservant...
...Love is the better deal in the package. Gwyneth Paltrow is simply more engaging than Cate Blanchett is, though perhaps the fault lies with the screenplay and cinematography rather than with the innate abilities of the actresses. Paltrow, Rush, and Dench will compete for the little golden boys on Oscar night. But if pitted against Spielberg and a world war, they would probably have to defer to Goliath this time around...
...learned sufficiently little from his expensive vocabulary to chase his analysis with a request for a blow job. There's Artie (Garry Shandling), Eddie's pal who possesses the almost laudable ability to ignore decades of feminist screaming and offer his friend the sexy runaway (young Oscar-winner Anna Paquin) he's found in an elevator as a `pet.' There's Mickey (Kevin Spacey), Eddie's best friend, whose overtreated platinum blond hair is a testament to the excess that leads him to shag woman after woman...
...time of your life, like the cheesy song goes, and as it plays in CP's head over a drama-drenched montage of Henry Hyde clips, he wonders: Were these The Best Years of Our Lives? (Or 14 months, anyway?) William Wyler's star-stocked 1946 Oscar sweeper -- it's the reason It's A Wonderful Life got shut out -- is about nostalgia earned the hard way, and getting back to real life after the fog of battle clears. Because war tends to leave lots and lots of scars. The House managers are now the ones who need prosthetic hands...