Top 5 Most Underappreciated Hollywood Actors

I’ve been clearing out some of my old drafts and came across one that for one reason or another never got posted. As a huge movie buff, I’ve seen my fair share of actors over the years. Of course, there are the A-list superstars, the Will Smiths, the Brad Pitts and the Tom Cruises (before
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Recently for class I had to experience Lolita in its three most popular forms — the original 1958 novel by Vladimir Nabokov and the two film adaptations, the 1962 version directed by Stanley Kubrick and the 1997 version directed by Adrian Lyne. Novel The 1958 novel doesn’t really need any introduction from me. It’s considered
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Actors shortlisted for Jeremy Lin biopic

[Updated to include latest info on Landry Fields and Lin's love interest] Avid New York Knicks fan and filmmaker Spike Lee has announced a shortlist of actors to play Jeremy Lin in his upcoming sports biopic based on the life of the Asian-American superstar who has taken the basketball world by storm. The film, which
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Cliches in Fantasy Writing

I haven’t done a post today yet, so I thought I would bring up something that’s been on my mind ever since I started working on my fantasy novel – the dreaded fantasy cliche. Just to start things off, here are a few lists of fantasy cliches I found on the Internets: The Grand List
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