{"id":8425,"date":"2016-06-15T19:59:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T23:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=8425"},"modified":"2016-06-15T21:04:02","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T01:04:02","slug":"actors-worth-following-part-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/actors-worth-following-part-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Actors worth following, part 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/actors-worth-following-part-5\/\">part 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Drew Barrymore<\/h2>\n<p>Barrymore first wowed audiences as a kid in <strong>E.T.<\/strong> but has done much more interesting work as an adult. She also directed <strong>Whip It<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>50 First Dates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Charlie&#8217;s Angels<\/li>\n<li>Confessions of a Dangerous Mind<\/li>\n<li>Ever After<\/li>\n<li>Everybody&#8217;s Fine<\/li>\n<li>The Wedding Singer<\/li>\n<li>Whip It<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Batman Forever<\/li>\n<li>Charlie&#8217;s Angels: Full Throttle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mediocre movie, used to be better\n<ul>\n<li>E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ethan Hawke<\/h2>\n<p>Hawke burst on the scene as a student of Robin Williams in <strong>Dead Poets Society<\/strong> &#8212; since then he&#8217;s starred in a variety of movies including 2 brilliant science fiction movies. He&#8217;s directed a couple of movies and a documentary.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Dead Poets Society<\/li>\n<li>Gattaca<\/li>\n<li>Predestination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Lord of War<\/li>\n<li>Reality Bites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movie\n<ul>\n<li>Before Sunrise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Nicholas Hoult<\/h2>\n<p>Hoult dove right into unusual roles as a berserker in <strong>Mad Max: Fury Road<\/strong> and a zombie in <strong>Warm Bodies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>About a Boy<\/li>\n<li>Mad Max: Fury Road<\/li>\n<li>Warm Bodies<\/li>\n<li>X-Men: Days of Future Past<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Dark Places<\/li>\n<li>X-Men: Apocalypse<\/li>\n<li>X-Men: First Class<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"header\">Anna Kendrick<\/h2>\n<p>Kendrick bust on the scene in <strong>Up in the Air<\/strong> with George Clooney, and she&#8217;s used her singing talents in at least 3 of her movies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Mr. Right<\/li>\n<li>Pitch Perfect<\/li>\n<li>Pitch Perfect 2<\/li>\n<li>Rocket Science<\/li>\n<li>Up in the Air<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movie\n<ul>\n<li>Into the Woods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"header\"><span class=\"itemprop\">Michelle Pfeiffer<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Pfeiffer will convince you she&#8217;s Catwoman, a woman who turns into a hawk during the day, or a witch who&#8217;s hundreds of years old.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Stardust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Ladyhawke<\/li>\n<li>People Like Us<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>What Lies Beneath<\/li>\n<li>The Witches of Eastwick<\/li>\n<li>Wolf<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mediocre movies\n<ul>\n<li>Batman Returns<\/li>\n<li>Dark Shadows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sarah Polley<\/h2>\n<p>Polley starred in the first few seasons of the TV show <strong>Road to Avonlea<\/strong>. She&#8217;s also a director, and directed <strong>Take This Waltz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Last Night (1998)<\/li>\n<li>My Life Without Me<\/li>\n<li>The Secret Life of Words<\/li>\n<li>The Sweet Hereafter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movie\n<ul>\n<li>The Adventures of Baron Munchausen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Guinevere<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Nobody<\/li>\n<li>No Such Thing<\/li>\n<li>Splice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Alan Rickman<\/h2>\n<p>Whether he&#8217;s playing a good guy or a bad guy, or a good guy who pretends to be a bad guy for years, Rickman is always mesmerizing. He also directed 2 movies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Galaxy Quest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Love Actually<\/li>\n<li>Quigley Down Under<\/li>\n<li>Snow Cake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movie\n<ul>\n<li>Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great but violent\n<ul>\n<li>Die Hard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Worth watching once\n<ul>\n<li>Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone (+7 more in the series)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Will Smith<\/h2>\n<p>Smith starred in the TV show <strong>The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air<\/strong> and then leapt onto the big screen.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Six Degrees of Separation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Hancock<\/li>\n<li>Hitch<\/li>\n<li>I Am Legend<\/li>\n<li>Men in Black<\/li>\n<li>The Pursuit of Happyness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>I, Robot<\/li>\n<li>Men in Black 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mediocre movie\n<ul>\n<li>Men in Black II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Bad movie\n<ul>\n<li>Independence Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ben Stiller<\/h2>\n<p>Stiller has directed several movies, including <strong>Tropic Thunder<\/strong> and <strong>Zoolander<\/strong>. Not all of his movies are winners, but he&#8217;s still worth paying attention to.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>The Royal Tenenbaums<\/li>\n<li>Tropic Thunder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Reality Bites<\/li>\n<li>Zoolander<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>The Secret Life of Walter Mitty<\/li>\n<li>Starsky &amp; Hutch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mediocre movies\n<ul>\n<li>Mystery Men<\/li>\n<li>Night at the Museum<\/li>\n<li>Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian<\/li>\n<li>The Zero Effect<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ren\u00e9e Zellweger<\/h2>\n<p>Zellwegger&#8217;s most famous role is likely Bridget Jones, whom she&#8217;s going to play for the third time. 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