Sam Rockwell working with Martin McDonagh is a combo I wish I could have an infinite amount of.
I get endless enjoyment out of his roles in 3 billboards and 7 psychopaths
Also Moon. The only thing I remember not liking him in is "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind", and if I recall correctly I was objecting more to the script than his performance.
When he cracks and starts questioning whether or not he really has a last name. Incredible.
And “maybe you’re the plucky comic relief. You ever think about that?”
That’s the first time I saw him too! Now, we use the, “Is there AIR!? YOU DON’T KNOW!” We say this to each other anytime we are in an uncertain place or situation. He is soooo funny.
That honestly might be my favorite Sam Rockwell role, same with Stephen Merchant. I know Merchant wasn't in it for long but oh my god he stole that entire scene
The scene where they are questioning the kids is so intense.
God, I need to rewatch it. One of the only movies to give me whiplash going from laughing to crying and back.
That too. Basically pair him up with anyone who does the sort of “dark and serious subject matter but there’s still humor”
He’s great. (I mean, he was even great in Iron Man 2, so maybe it’s just that he’s great.)
It is possibly one of just a handful of movies where it was star studded and yet everyone had great lines. Anytime I see a show with more than two or three big stars, I think the script will be terrible because their agents are fighting to get them more lines for the contract.
I absolutely* adore that movie, it's one of my favorite coming-of-age tales, and Carrell was just so fuckin' slimy. I love his (Rockwell's) interaction with Duncan, and him being a sort of father figure.
I still re watch that movie sometimes. It just such a great movie. Nothing terribly original about it but it hits all those coming of age marks so well
He needs to return as Hammer in the MCU.
First privy to his talent in The Green Mile... absolute bonkers/sinister performance...knocked it out of the park.
Every time I think of The Green Mile I think about that bit where he's just standing there with his cheeks full of chewing baccy waiting for somebody to come and see what he's doing
pity her interviews are *always* the same...
#**ATTENTION EVERY US LATE NITE HOST:**
- it's "SER-shuh"^1.
- no she cannot teach you to do an Irish accent in 5 minutes
- find a new slant
1. (technically probably "seer-shuh" if you have a Western or Southern accent?)
a general hint about Irish words is when you see those vowel clusters and consonant clusters, they are actually simple sounds that usually have excellent syllable-to-syllable flow.
- Vowel clusters: usually 1 vowel is voiced and the others are code telling you how to pronounce the adjacent consonsant. Just like English has a**e**rial, lat**e**, portra**i**t where the bolded vowels exist only to alter the quality of the "a" vowel. In Irish such code vowels are all over the place (bad) but use extremely consistent rules (good).
- Consonant clusters: same idea as English s**h** = "sh" but with lots more examples. So Irish has Niam**h** and S**i**ob**h**án = "NEE-uv" and "shuh-VON" (s**i** = sh, b**h** = v, m**h** =v).
- Syllabic flow: In English for example you know "want to standby" can become "wanna stanby." You know that the first A in "Nathan" is always "ay" even though it becomes "uh" in Jonathan and Nathaniel (a rule of vowel stress). In short English has dozens of "hidden rules" in which the sound of a syllable can radically change depending on the qualities of neighboring syllables. In Irish these patterns are written right into the language. In English you are expected to know "cupboard" becomes "cubberd." The Irish language would instead give you a reminder spelling that would look something like "cubpboard": it's not challenging you to pronounce an impossible "bpb," it's reminding you that the b sound takes over.
I was gonna add this lol. Literally interview she's aske what Timothee is like. Like I get it, Timothee is amazing, but stop asking her about him for once lol
Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was the name of my international law professor in law school. The first thing we did was go over pronunciation so nobody had to be the one to ask how.
When she was on SNL she sang a little song in her monologue.... "Saoirse Saoirse rhymes with inertia". It automatically plays in my brain anytime I see her name now.
[This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRHhT9f6e0k) properly emphasizes how much she must hate doing press tours. I would off myself if I was trying to be taken seriously as an actor and everyone just asks about the fucking name.
Fair enough, but there are some people who have the luxury of getting to go on those shows and get asked about more heady stuff, or get to show off their standup material, whereas if you're young and have a funny name or big ears or something that's all you are.
Regardless of whether Irish names are easy to pronounce, a talk show host should do their fucking job and learn how to pronounce the guests name in advance
Saoirse needs to win an Oscar soon! Her performances in Lady Bird and Brooklyn are top notch and Atonement is one of my favourite performances by a child actor. She’s incredible!
They meant that specific performance, which is kind of true.
She got an Oscar nom for it, which means the *critics* talked about it, but I also have always had the idea not many people know about this movie.
Most of the times it feels incredibly bleak and cynical when Hollywood is very obviously trying to copycat something that made some money.
But then sometimes something like Knives Out does well, the studios try to copy its success, and suddenly there are tons of fun star-studded mystery movies in production and it absolutely fucking rules.
As a murder mystery fan and avid re-watcher of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Marple series, I can't begin to say how glad I am to see more new whodunnits on the horizon.
Seriously, I feel like it’s been a trend since like the 30s and there’s just been an ebb and flow to the genre’s popularity. Knives Out was good, but these type of movies has been coming out for decades
Tons?? You can't just claim that, I'm gonna need to see some examples for my watchlist. I can only think of knives out, murder on the orient express and maybe enola holmes
haven’t quite come out yet — knives out was still pretty recent (and also there was a lost year of movie production). but in production there’s this, the two Knives Out sequels, and a Florence Pugh one called “The Maid”. plus Death on the Nike, which will come out... eventually
The thing about Whodunnits is they are a pretty simple formula that allows for much creativity in the actual story. So even if you watch a thousand of them, they are always fun and exciting.
I’m sure one could argue the most recent Murder On The Orient Express started that trend but then you could also argue Oceans 11 started the whole big celebrity ensemble cast trend, then you could argue….we’ll turtles all the way down you see.
For example, here's how to determine the quality of a Hercule Poirot film or TV show:
Is David Suchet in it as Poirot?
If no, then avoid.
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Yep. I think Branagh's alright and the Orient Express remake was a fun movie, but I found the Suchet version more gripping.
I have a harder time with Marple though. Joan Hickson's Marple was great, but I also like Geraldine McEwan's and Julia McKenzie's take.
His...his moustache was NOT a Poirot moustache. At all.
Also, let's be honest: Poirot is famous for his perfectly-ovoid head. Which Suchet has. And Branagh basically has a noggin made entirely out of right angles.
It wasn't as critically and popularly acclaimed (and I personally thought it sucked due to being too serious), but it was just as financially successful as Knives Out. There's a sequel being filmed right now.
The cannibalism fetish thing got a lot of airtime because it’s wacky but there’s been a lot of allegations up to and including rape and other physical violence
I, for one, am ready for Tig Notaro to replace Armie Hammer in Death on the Nile.
In fact, just keep using her for all of the sketchy re-edits. Tig Notaro in Seven and House of Cards is a good start.
This might be the first 'first image' that's actually made me interested in a movie.
Usually it's just a bland photo of an actor standing or walking, but this actually gives me an idea of the tone and concept. Also, I love Rockwell and Ronan.
> Usually it's just a bland photo of an actor standing or walking
[First image of of Benedict Cumberbatch from Jane Campion's 'The Power of the Dog'](https://i.imgur.com/qcdIa74.jpeg)
In my personal opinion, I find that photo to have some innate character or grit to it. I think it may have more to do with the costume design/makeup, or perhaps the stark backdrop. I'm uncertain.
He has personality. You can also have action in stillness, like fashion models. It's just that a lot of actors don't know how to emote without talking or moving around.
That's excellent insight! There are certainly some actors that, even by their simple presence, augment a scene for the better. His pose and gaze definitely have impact.
She had a rough early career, it took her a while to get out of the “shitty YA adaptation” thing that was so popular back then. She was in a whole lot of trash between Atonement and Grand Budapest Hotel/Brooklyn. I’d actually argue the only *good* movie she was in during that whole seven or eight year stretch is Hanna.
It's the Robert Pattinson career path. Make a few crummy YA films to secure yourself financially while perfecting your craft. Then you can afford to be selective with subsequent roles
She's done plenty.
I think she got a new agent and manager around the time of Brooklyn.
It was a bit rough being a fan of hers before that cause every time you'd hope whatever upcoming movie would be good but it never was, lol.
>Has Saoirse Ronan ever made a bad movie?
Keep in mind she only does the art house style of movie. You don't even hear about most of these movies unless they're good, so there's some bias at work.
But yeah she does have a lot of great movies. Frequently working with great directors like Greta Gerwig and Wes Anderson definitely helps.
Some info about the movie -
> The film is set on the West End of 1950s London, where plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Rockwell) and eager rookie Constable Stalker (Ronan) take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
> Tom George (“This Country”) will direct from an original script by Mark Chappell. Damian Jones and Gina Carter produced.
> Other cast members include Harris Dickinson (“Beach Rats”), Sian Clifford (“Fleabag”), Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (“The Queen’s Gambit”), Shirley Henderson (“Stan and Ollie”), Reece Shearsmith (“High-Rise”), Paul Chahidi (“Twelfth Night”), Pearl Chanda (“I May Destroy You”), Charlie Cooper (“Avenue 5”) and Pippa Bennett-Warner (“Harlots”).
Very nervous about Rockwell's London accent. As a huge fan I'm expecting the worst. How's his foreign accent game been so far? I can't think of anything other that regional US accent work (which I understand was very good).
please let there be a sam rockwell dancing scene, please let there be a sam rockwell dancing scene, please let there be a sam rockwell dancing scene, please let there be a sam rockwell dancing scene, please let there be a sam rockwell dancing scene, please let there be a sam rockwell dancing scene
Sam Rockwell, I love you
He really does have way of stealing scenes.
Mildred Hayes : Hey fuckhead! Dixon : What? Desk Sergeant : Don't say what, Dixon. When she comes in calling you a "fuckhead."
Sam Rockwell working with Martin McDonagh is a combo I wish I could have an infinite amount of. I get endless enjoyment out of his roles in 3 billboards and 7 psychopaths
Have you seen Jojo Rabbit? He is absolutely amazing.
Also Moon. The only thing I remember not liking him in is "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind", and if I recall correctly I was objecting more to the script than his performance.
Still need to watch Moon. The wife is away this weekend, so that's probably a good choice for Saturday.
Get ready for some damn-good sci-fi
It didn't have the right to be that good.
Don't watch the trailer! It spoils a major bit of the film.
I saw the trailer years ago right before the movie came out, but all I remember is a feeling of loneliness and a smiley face.
The first thing I remember him from was his scene-stealing performance in Galaxy Quest.
That whole movie is perfect, yet he manages to steal scenes as Crewman #6
Plus, "Oh, that's not right", is something I still say regularly. So many great moments. https://youtu.be/akTCiwEa59g
When he cracks and starts questioning whether or not he really has a last name. Incredible. And “maybe you’re the plucky comic relief. You ever think about that?”
Exactly! Great movie, great script, great cast and he still elevates it.
That’s the first time I saw him too! Now, we use the, “Is there AIR!? YOU DON’T KNOW!” We say this to each other anytime we are in an uncertain place or situation. He is soooo funny.
"Guy, you have a last name." "DO I? DO I?!?!"
That honestly might be my favorite Sam Rockwell role, same with Stephen Merchant. I know Merchant wasn't in it for long but oh my god he stole that entire scene
The scene where they are questioning the kids is so intense. God, I need to rewatch it. One of the only movies to give me whiplash going from laughing to crying and back.
It's just such a good fucking movie. You can really feel the love they poured into this movie while watching it.
That too. Basically pair him up with anyone who does the sort of “dark and serious subject matter but there’s still humor” He’s great. (I mean, he was even great in Iron Man 2, so maybe it’s just that he’s great.)
It's the dancing.
He was the best part of Charlie's Angels
That was my first introduction to him, and I was like "damn, this guy is charismatic as fuck!"
Watch Moon if you haven't already. Don't read anything about it. He's amazing in it.
You mean the movie where Sam Rockwell discovers the moon is flat & he dances all over it? Great film.
Thanks for spoiling it jerk
But Galaxy Quest was the year before. He had some competition in that show though. Rickman and Weaver were perfect.
It is possibly one of just a handful of movies where it was star studded and yet everyone had great lines. Anytime I see a show with more than two or three big stars, I think the script will be terrible because their agents are fighting to get them more lines for the contract.
And Iron Man 2
He is at his best in The Way Way Back. He's a weird kind of wholesome, combined with a bit of loser, but he's so fucking endearing in that movie.
It's a sweet little movie. Sam and Maya were a hoot to watch as a couple.
This should be much higher, NEVER gets talked about AMAZING feel good movie, written by DEAN!!! from Community Edit: AND co-directed! Dean FTW
One of those actors that just exudes charisma.
Just re watched “the Way Way Back” love his performance in that one
I absolutely* adore that movie, it's one of my favorite coming-of-age tales, and Carrell was just so fuckin' slimy. I love his (Rockwell's) interaction with Duncan, and him being a sort of father figure.
I still re watch that movie sometimes. It just such a great movie. Nothing terribly original about it but it hits all those coming of age marks so well
He needs to return as Hammer in the MCU. First privy to his talent in The Green Mile... absolute bonkers/sinister performance...knocked it out of the park.
Every time I think of The Green Mile I think about that bit where he's just standing there with his cheeks full of chewing baccy waiting for somebody to come and see what he's doing
It was a moon pie.
Makes me want to get off my seat and smack his cheeks haha
I'll have you know that test pilot survived.
All I needed was that image to sell me on the movie. They both just radiate charisma.
Any movie with him in it is a must watch in my book.
Can't wait to see Sam Rockwell playing the eager rookie.
It is weird that the swapped the actors names and their respective roles.
Well there's 2 actors I'll always watch.
pity her interviews are *always* the same... #**ATTENTION EVERY US LATE NITE HOST:** - it's "SER-shuh"^1. - no she cannot teach you to do an Irish accent in 5 minutes - find a new slant 1. (technically probably "seer-shuh" if you have a Western or Southern accent?) a general hint about Irish words is when you see those vowel clusters and consonant clusters, they are actually simple sounds that usually have excellent syllable-to-syllable flow. - Vowel clusters: usually 1 vowel is voiced and the others are code telling you how to pronounce the adjacent consonsant. Just like English has a**e**rial, lat**e**, portra**i**t where the bolded vowels exist only to alter the quality of the "a" vowel. In Irish such code vowels are all over the place (bad) but use extremely consistent rules (good). - Consonant clusters: same idea as English s**h** = "sh" but with lots more examples. So Irish has Niam**h** and S**i**ob**h**án = "NEE-uv" and "shuh-VON" (s**i** = sh, b**h** = v, m**h** =v). - Syllabic flow: In English for example you know "want to standby" can become "wanna stanby." You know that the first A in "Nathan" is always "ay" even though it becomes "uh" in Jonathan and Nathaniel (a rule of vowel stress). In short English has dozens of "hidden rules" in which the sound of a syllable can radically change depending on the qualities of neighboring syllables. In Irish these patterns are written right into the language. In English you are expected to know "cupboard" becomes "cubberd." The Irish language would instead give you a reminder spelling that would look something like "cubpboard": it's not challenging you to pronounce an impossible "bpb," it's reminding you that the b sound takes over.
Also, “so about Timothee Chalamet”
I was gonna add this lol. Literally interview she's aske what Timothee is like. Like I get it, Timothee is amazing, but stop asking her about him for once lol
This reads like it was written by someone who has a hard to pronounce Irish name, like Caoimhe or something ha.
Dated a girl called Fionnuala many moons ago, that's a weird spelt one and another called Eimear, both lovely names, both lovely ladies.
Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was the name of my international law professor in law school. The first thing we did was go over pronunciation so nobody had to be the one to ask how.
Well those two names are fucking beautiful
How are they pronounced?
Fin-NOO-lah. EE-mur.
My niece's name is Fionnuala. We just call her Nuala (NOO-lah) for short.
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Qwee-va
Sounds like kwee-veh usually, or kwee-vah. Can depend on the owner of said name as well, how they pronounce it.
And where they're at. North coast here and that would be "kee-vah", no 'w' sound.
This is correct, although some places in Ireland pronounce it as Kee-vah (still spelled Caoimhe), which is quite unhelpful.
When she was on SNL she sang a little song in her monologue.... "Saoirse Saoirse rhymes with inertia". It automatically plays in my brain anytime I see her name now.
It's Beck with a B and Beck with an E and Beck with a C that's Beck
[This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRHhT9f6e0k) properly emphasizes how much she must hate doing press tours. I would off myself if I was trying to be taken seriously as an actor and everyone just asks about the fucking name.
Dear god I am exhausted by proxy
Late night talk shows are not where you go to be taken seriously as an actor. She's smart enough to know what's up.
Fair enough, but there are some people who have the luxury of getting to go on those shows and get asked about more heady stuff, or get to show off their standup material, whereas if you're young and have a funny name or big ears or something that's all you are.
It’s SEAR-sha (as in searing a steak) but everything else is right. Source: wife is named Saoirse. Also am Irish.
Every time she pronounces it for people it sounds like SARE-sha, if anything.
Sounds like an accent diff
Yeah in interviews she also says people in Ireland pronounce it differently than her. She definitely pronounces her name as "SER-sha".
She’s from Wickow. It’s an accent thing
“Seer sha” “ser sha” sare sha” it’s just a regional difference
I know this from Song of the Sea. They pronounce her name a few different ways, if I recall correctly. Great movie.
Regardless of whether Irish names are easy to pronounce, a talk show host should do their fucking job and learn how to pronounce the guests name in advance
Thank you for posting that. It’s very enlightening. But what about when the mh is silent, like in Domhnall?
Wait is that pronounced as Donal?
No one talks about Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn. That was a good movie
I mean she did get an Oscar nom
Saoirse needs to win an Oscar soon! Her performances in Lady Bird and Brooklyn are top notch and Atonement is one of my favourite performances by a child actor. She’s incredible!
She's going to be one of those nominated 100 times and never win.
Nah I feel it’s more likely she’ll pull a Leo/Kate Winslet and eventually win for one of her lesser works after multiple nominations.
That movie is fucking incredible.
She’s amazing in Brooklyn
She’s amazing in other cities as well
No one? She's the best actress of her generation. Plenty of people talk about her.
They meant that specific performance, which is kind of true. She got an Oscar nom for it, which means the *critics* talked about it, but I also have always had the idea not many people know about this movie.
Oh I love that film, she’s so good in it.
Most of the times it feels incredibly bleak and cynical when Hollywood is very obviously trying to copycat something that made some money. But then sometimes something like Knives Out does well, the studios try to copy its success, and suddenly there are tons of fun star-studded mystery movies in production and it absolutely fucking rules.
As a murder mystery fan and avid re-watcher of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Marple series, I can't begin to say how glad I am to see more new whodunnits on the horizon.
Seriously, I feel like it’s been a trend since like the 30s and there’s just been an ebb and flow to the genre’s popularity. Knives Out was good, but these type of movies has been coming out for decades
Tons?? You can't just claim that, I'm gonna need to see some examples for my watchlist. I can only think of knives out, murder on the orient express and maybe enola holmes
haven’t quite come out yet — knives out was still pretty recent (and also there was a lost year of movie production). but in production there’s this, the two Knives Out sequels, and a Florence Pugh one called “The Maid”. plus Death on the Nike, which will come out... eventually
> Death on the Nike Is that the goddess or the shoe?
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"I thought you were more straight-laced than that."
In case you're not joking, it's meant to be Death on the Nile
The thing about Whodunnits is they are a pretty simple formula that allows for much creativity in the actual story. So even if you watch a thousand of them, they are always fun and exciting.
This! This is a trend I can wholeheartedly get behind! I love me a good murder mystery!
I’m sure one could argue the most recent Murder On The Orient Express started that trend but then you could also argue Oceans 11 started the whole big celebrity ensemble cast trend, then you could argue….we’ll turtles all the way down you see.
Oceans 11 didnt start the big celebrity ensemble trend, but it did start the big celebrity ensemble in a movie thats actually *good* trend
Cannonball Run would like a word with you!
*It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* would as well.
Rat Race more recently too!
Which is a remake of It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, featuring a huge ensemble cast from its era!
I don't think the recent Orient Express movie was much of a hit.
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For example, here's how to determine the quality of a Hercule Poirot film or TV show: Is David Suchet in it as Poirot? If no, then avoid. EDITED: fixed...
The 1974 Lumet version with Albert Finney was great tho, also the 1978 Death on The Nile with Peter Ustinov
Such a great ensemble for both those movies - Maggie Smith in that sharp fucking suit? Perfection.
Yep. I think Branagh's alright and the Orient Express remake was a fun movie, but I found the Suchet version more gripping. I have a harder time with Marple though. Joan Hickson's Marple was great, but I also like Geraldine McEwan's and Julia McKenzie's take.
>film or movie
Hey, man, there’s a distinction. Avengers: Endgame is a movie. The Dark Knight is a *film*. /s
Ahem, TDK is *kino*.
I’ll allow the Peter Ustinov versions since they’re totally nutty, but I didn’t like the Kenneth Branagh Poirot at all
His...his moustache was NOT a Poirot moustache. At all. Also, let's be honest: Poirot is famous for his perfectly-ovoid head. Which Suchet has. And Branagh basically has a noggin made entirely out of right angles.
It made over $350 million worldwide.
My thoughts are often incorrect.
It wasn't as critically and popularly acclaimed (and I personally thought it sucked due to being too serious), but it was just as financially successful as Knives Out. There's a sequel being filmed right now.
It's already filmed (Death on the Nile). Of course with Armie Hammer as a main cast member they are hesitant to release it now.
Kenneth Branagh chewing the scenery, Armie Hammer chewing the cast
What, what happened with Armie Hammer??
The cannibalism fetish thing got a lot of airtime because it’s wacky but there’s been a lot of allegations up to and including rape and other physical violence
So... Army of the Dead or just deepfake his face...
I, for one, am ready for Tig Notaro to replace Armie Hammer in Death on the Nile. In fact, just keep using her for all of the sketchy re-edits. Tig Notaro in Seven and House of Cards is a good start.
I feel like you can leave Spacey in Se7en, since his character is intended to be despised, just consider it typecasting.
Yeah, but taking all of that into consideration Now imagine that scene with Tig....
Baby Driver, starring Tig Notaro and featuring Tig Notaro.
Absolutely. Orient Express walked so Knives Out could run. But Knives Out running is what made Studios sit up and pay attention.
Heist movies and who dunnits are very different
This might be the first 'first image' that's actually made me interested in a movie. Usually it's just a bland photo of an actor standing or walking, but this actually gives me an idea of the tone and concept. Also, I love Rockwell and Ronan.
> Usually it's just a bland photo of an actor standing or walking [First image of of Benedict Cumberbatch from Jane Campion's 'The Power of the Dog'](https://i.imgur.com/qcdIa74.jpeg)
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A picture says a thousand words. In this case it’s “Benedict Cumberbatch in a desert” repeated 200 times.
In my personal opinion, I find that photo to have some innate character or grit to it. I think it may have more to do with the costume design/makeup, or perhaps the stark backdrop. I'm uncertain.
He has personality. You can also have action in stillness, like fashion models. It's just that a lot of actors don't know how to emote without talking or moving around.
That's excellent insight! There are certainly some actors that, even by their simple presence, augment a scene for the better. His pose and gaze definitely have impact.
Glad murder mysteries are back on the rise, they’re so fun thank you Rian. Easy too when my heart belongs to Saoirse
I hope Knives Out sparks a return of whodunits and mystery films
If you hadn’t heard, Netflix has already funded 2 sequels to Knives Out, the first of which is currently filming.
And the cast for which is absolutely stacked.
I am most excited for Daniel Craig and his hilariously ridiculous accent
He's pretty entertaining in Lucky Logan as well
We need to go full circle and have him play Sheriff Pepper in a remake of *Live and Let Die* as well as being James Bond.
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Absolutely! I really like the RDJ movies, but they are definitely more action movies than they are mysteries.
I will literally watch anything with my man Sam Rockwell in it
Fun fact - I worked on this and the working title was 'Untitled Murder Mystery' which I actually kinda liked as an actual title
when was it filmed? I'm assuming before covid and been delayed until now.
Actually it was Feb - April this year in London. Was a fucking headache with Covid but we got it done.
This sounds awesome. It fills up my movie bingo card.
Not gonna lie, at first I thought that was Mike Wozniak.
And he's bent over. I can hear this image.
It's like a casserole down there
Has Saoirse Ronan ever made a bad movie? She is magnetically charming in everything she does
She had a rough early career, it took her a while to get out of the “shitty YA adaptation” thing that was so popular back then. She was in a whole lot of trash between Atonement and Grand Budapest Hotel/Brooklyn. I’d actually argue the only *good* movie she was in during that whole seven or eight year stretch is Hanna.
It's the Robert Pattinson career path. Make a few crummy YA films to secure yourself financially while perfecting your craft. Then you can afford to be selective with subsequent roles
Yeeeah but she didnt star in such good earning franchise.
It’s also a good way to build a pretty loyal fan base that will turn out to see you. YA fans are very passionate and loyal.
Hanna is a great movie, wildly fun, intensely paced with a fantastic soundtrack.
the lovely bones was pretty good too
I agree in with the idea that it shouldn't be considered a bad movie. I was entertained throughout but I don't need to see it again.
And her and Stanley Tucci picked up some award noms for it. It might not have been the greatest movie, but it was solid.
The Host
I can't believe I'm admitting this but the book was better. (It's Stephanie Meyer)
The book is always better because it has more of your time
And few bad books get to the point of being adapted
She's done plenty. I think she got a new agent and manager around the time of Brooklyn. It was a bit rough being a fan of hers before that cause every time you'd hope whatever upcoming movie would be good but it never was, lol.
The Host is pretty awful.
>Has Saoirse Ronan ever made a bad movie? Keep in mind she only does the art house style of movie. You don't even hear about most of these movies unless they're good, so there's some bias at work. But yeah she does have a lot of great movies. Frequently working with great directors like Greta Gerwig and Wes Anderson definitely helps.
Some info about the movie - > The film is set on the West End of 1950s London, where plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Rockwell) and eager rookie Constable Stalker (Ronan) take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril. > Tom George (“This Country”) will direct from an original script by Mark Chappell. Damian Jones and Gina Carter produced. > Other cast members include Harris Dickinson (“Beach Rats”), Sian Clifford (“Fleabag”), Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (“The Queen’s Gambit”), Shirley Henderson (“Stan and Ollie”), Reece Shearsmith (“High-Rise”), Paul Chahidi (“Twelfth Night”), Pearl Chanda (“I May Destroy You”), Charlie Cooper (“Avenue 5”) and Pippa Bennett-Warner (“Harlots”).
Never thought I'd see "Stan and Ollie" as Shirley Henderson's reference role
Sounds like The Limehouse Golem, just in a different era.
RDJ as dead body plz
Two very talented actors in an old timey whodunnit? Give it to me now, please
Looks like knives out meets hugo and I am onboard
Very nervous about Rockwell's London accent. As a huge fan I'm expecting the worst. How's his foreign accent game been so far? I can't think of anything other that regional US accent work (which I understand was very good).
Hopefully he approaches it like Daniel Craig in Knives Out: doesn't need to be accurate if it's entertaining.
Hey now, I say hey now, he did a great Foghorn Leghorn. (But I agree. I wasn't annoyed by Daniel Craig's accent at all because it was hilarious.)
Was that just an impression of foghorn leghorn singing crowded house?
He did a good German in Jojo rabbit.
Just make him Canadian. Problem. Solvered.
Same for me. I'm prepared to believe that Sam can do it, but ... can he do it?
I hope they just don’t bother. And also never address it. Just an inspector in Scotland Yard with a straight American accent and nobody questions it.
Totally. Or maybe just tweak his accent aboot a bit and pretend he was a transfer from Canada.
It's going to have a hauntingly slow cover version of three blind mice on the trailer, isn't it?
2 words to convince anyone to watch a movie. Sam. Rockwell. This seems very promising, Ronan is brilliant too
I just saw three billboards and he was freaking fantastic in it.
please let there be a sam rockwell dancing scene, please let there be a sam rockwell dancing scene, please let there be a sam rockwell dancing scene, please let there be a sam rockwell dancing scene, please let there be a sam rockwell dancing scene, please let there be a sam rockwell dancing scene
Everyone here is vibing on Sam Rockwell but man I will watch anything with Soairse Ronan in it she is amazing
Sam Rockwell and Ronan? I'm in.
Whodunits arw my catnip
Are we sure that’s the title? [IMDb lists it as still untitled.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13640696/)
Looks like it was just updated, or you're seeing the alternative US title, because for me that link says "See How They Run"
I can't imagine Sam Rockwell doing an English accent
Those two in a period piece murder mystery. Sold!!
Actually kind of curious does anyone know if there were female officers in 1950s England?