I rewatched Jerry Maguire recently and was again struck by his performance. It’s all the more remarkable because I can’t remember the last time I saw an ounce of that in him. He was a student of Paul Newman’s “do one for them, then do one for me” way of choosing work, but has he played a genuine character in the last…

Gretchen, quit trying to make “Powell” happen.

I had no idea on the first two. This is Cumberbatch’s Moriarty and a minor Bond villain, among other things, including dead ringer for Mike Patton.

Hilariously that’s who the internet wants him as in the MCU

He’s an actor’s actor. You’ve probably seen him without realizing it: 1917, His Dark Materials, and of course Ripley. All worth watching.

I think I first read "black hole of charisma" to describe Chris O'Donnell in Batman and Robin

Do yourself a favor and watch Fleabag. Scott is delightful as the Hot Priest. You’ll need to get through season 1 to encounter him but that shouldn’t be a problem. The two seasons are Britishly short with 6 episodes each.

To paraphrase Michael Bluth: Him?

Powell will know he’s taken on Cruise’s legacy when someday some actor who’s playing a psychopathic killer says they based their performance on watching him smile in an interview.

I’d say both that variety of “joke” goes beyond the usual impulse of “ha, the look on their face will be priceless” and into “for a brief second, I will have complete power over this person’s emotions”.

If Glen Powell’s eyes were any closer together, he would be a cyclops

orbital with that awesome saint theme

The Color of Money 2 starring Finn Wolfhard as Jayden, a cocky, up-and-coming pool shark / influencer!

one of the most ‘starring ewan macgregor’ ideas i’ve ever heard.

As a puppet builder myself I will say Benedict Cumberbatch’s desk setup looks perfect. I’m sold.

How about we just start with giving avatars back?

Furiosa is the third prequel in the series. Fury Road was the first, then the canon video game. Beyond Thunderdome is held to be Max’s final adventure chronologically.

I mean, I agree if it’s meant to keep some kind of score about how important the character is or isn’t. I think it’s perfectly helpful to know (and that’s how the info was presented to me; I certainly wasn’t counting lines) for sure that a performance that seems quiet and watchful is actually/literally that. There’s…

It’s great to be back in a bar band, baby.

(Sincerely, thank you! Delighted that new management has made it possible.)

Honestly don’t think order or overall narrative matters for this film series. The post-apocalyptic setting is simply part of the formula used to set up “the game”. The game itself is Mario Mad Max Furiosa getting from point A to point B, while avoiding/overcoming various leather-clad psychos. Sometimes there are…