{"id":8378,"date":"2016-06-11T13:28:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T17:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=8378"},"modified":"2017-04-26T22:30:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T02:30:17","slug":"actors-worth-following-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/actors-worth-following-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Actors worth following, part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/actors-worth-following-part-3\/\">part 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>George Clooney<\/h2>\n<p>Clooney was one of the initial stars of <strong>ER<\/strong> and then took off to make movies. He&#8217;s also directed several movies, including <strong>Confessions of a Dangerous Mind<\/strong>. Clooney has the most masterpieces on this part of the list, but doesn&#8217;t come close to Tom Hanks&#8217; total.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>The Descendants<\/li>\n<li>Fantastic Mr. Fox<\/li>\n<li>Gravity<\/li>\n<li>Ocean&#8217;s Eleven<\/li>\n<li>Ocean&#8217;s Twelve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Burn After Reading<\/li>\n<li>O Brother, Where Art Thou?<\/li>\n<li>Out of Sight<\/li>\n<li>Tomorrowland<\/li>\n<li>Up in the Air<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Ocean&#8217;s Thirteen<\/li>\n<li>Solaris<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Johnny Depp<\/h2>\n<p>Depp starred in the TV show <strong>21 Jump Street<\/strong> before Tim Burton picked him to star as Edward Scissorhands. He&nbsp;has had a string of duds lately but he could still return with another winner.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Don Juan DeMarco<\/li>\n<li>Finding Neverland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Benny &amp; Joon<\/li>\n<li>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/li>\n<li>Chocolat<\/li>\n<li>Ed Wood<\/li>\n<li>Edward Scissorhands<\/li>\n<li>Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movie\n<ul>\n<li>Corpse Bride<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mediocre movies\n<ul>\n<li>Alice in Wonderland<\/li>\n<li>Dark Shadows<\/li>\n<li>Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#8217;s Chest<\/li>\n<li>Sleepy Hollow<\/li>\n<li>Transcendence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Bad movie\n<ul>\n<li>Pirates of the Caribbean: At World&#8217;s End<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bill Murray<\/h2>\n<p>Murray is very funny, and the movies he&#8217;s made later in his career have been generally terrific. For one thing, he has had a very fruitful relationship with director Wes Anderson.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Broken Flowers<\/li>\n<li>Groundhog Day<\/li>\n<li>The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou<\/li>\n<li>Moonrise Kingdom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Charlie&#8217;s Angels<\/li>\n<li>Get Low<\/li>\n<li>Lost in Translation<\/li>\n<li>Quick Change<\/li>\n<li>St. Vincent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Ghostbusters<\/li>\n<li>Ghostbusters II<\/li>\n<li>Scrooged<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mediocre movie\n<ul>\n<li>City of Ember<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Jack Nicholson<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I watched a Nicholson movie &#8212; he seems to have retired. He made a bundle of cash for playing the Joker in <strong>Batman<\/strong>. He also directed a few movies, including <strong>Goin&#8217; South<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>About Schmidt<\/li>\n<li>As Good As It Gets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>The Bucket List<\/li>\n<li>Goin&#8217; South<\/li>\n<li>One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest<\/li>\n<li>Something&#8217;s Gotta Give<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Batman<\/li>\n<li>The Witches of Eastwick<\/li>\n<li>Wolf<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good but not my type of movie\n<ul>\n<li>The Departed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Worth watching once\n<ul>\n<li>Mars Attacks!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Not-so-great movie\n<ul>\n<li>Anger Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Brad Pitt<\/h2>\n<p>Whether he&#8217;s stuck in an insane asylum with Bruce Willis, robbing a casino with George Clooney, or being a vampire with Tom Cruise, Pitt will grab your attention.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Interview with the Vampire<\/li>\n<li>Ocean&#8217;s Eleven<\/li>\n<li>Ocean&#8217;s Twelve<\/li>\n<li>Twelve Monkeys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Burn After Reading<\/li>\n<li>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/li>\n<li>Legends of the Fall<\/li>\n<li>Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith<\/li>\n<li>World War Z<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movie\n<ul>\n<li>Ocean&#8217;s Thirteen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Natalie Portman<\/h2>\n<p>Portman was astonishing as a kid in <strong>L\u00e9on<\/strong>. At the time she signed up for the <strong>Star Wars<\/strong> prequels, she could be forgiven for thinking they would be great. Aside from those disasters, she&#8217;s always worth watching. She recently directed her first movie, <strong>A Tale of Love and Darkness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>L\u00e9on: The Professional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Beautiful Girls<\/li>\n<li>Garden State<\/li>\n<li>Thor: The Dark World<\/li>\n<li>V for Vendetta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Closer<\/li>\n<li>Thor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Worth watching once\n<ul>\n<li>Mars Attacks!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Bad movies\n<ul>\n<li>Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Christina Ricci<\/h2>\n<p>Ricci made a splash as Wednesday Addams in 2 <strong>Addams Family<\/strong> movies as a kid. She starred in the TV show <strong>Pan Am<\/strong>, which only lasted one season.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>The Addams Family<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Addams Family Values<\/li>\n<li>Black Snake Moan<\/li>\n<li>Buffalo &#8217;66<\/li>\n<li>The Ice Storm<\/li>\n<li>The Opposite of Sex<\/li>\n<li>Pecker<\/li>\n<li>Penelope<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Not-so-great movie\n<ul>\n<li>Sleepy Hollow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Julia Roberts<\/h2>\n<p>Roberts burst on the scene in <strong>Pretty Woman<\/strong> and has been delighting audiences ever since.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Erin Brockovich<\/li>\n<li>Ocean&#8217;s Eleven<\/li>\n<li>Ocean&#8217;s Twelve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Charlie Wilson&#8217;s War<\/li>\n<li>Conspiracy Theory<\/li>\n<li>Duplicity<\/li>\n<li>Larry Crowne<\/li>\n<li>Mona Lisa Smile<\/li>\n<li>Notting Hill<\/li>\n<li>Pretty Woman<\/li>\n<li>Runaway Bride<\/li>\n<li>Stepmom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movie\n<ul>\n<li>Closer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Saoirse Ronan<\/h2>\n<p>From period pieces to action movies &#8212; whatever kind of movie Ronan is in, you won&#8217;t be able to take your eyes off her.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Atonement<\/li>\n<li>Brooklyn<\/li>\n<li>The Way Back<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/li>\n<li>How I Live Now<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Byzantium<\/li>\n<li>Hanna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mediocre movies\n<ul>\n<li>City of Ember<\/li>\n<li>The Lovely Bones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Winona Ryder<\/h2>\n<p>Ryder starred in some brilliant movies as a kid, including 2 of Tim Burton&#8217;s. The last thing I saw her in was the 2009 <strong>Star Trek<\/strong>, in which she had a small role as Spock&#8217;s mother. But I&#8217;ll still be on the lookout for anything she&#8217;s doing that looks interesting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Edward Scissorhands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Alien: Resurrection<\/li>\n<li>Beetlejuice<\/li>\n<li>Girl, Interrupted<\/li>\n<li>Heathers<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Deeds<\/li>\n<li>Reality Bites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mediocre movie\n<ul>\n<li>Bram Stoker&#8217;s Dracula<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from part 3. George Clooney Clooney was one of the initial stars of ER and then took off to make movies. He&#8217;s also directed several movies, including Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Clooney has the most masterpieces on this part of the list, but doesn&#8217;t come close to Tom Hanks&#8217; total. 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