A few years back the American Film Institute released one of their 100 Years countdowns that presented the 50 best movie heroes and 50 best movie villains of all time. Topping the villain list was Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lambs. That choice presents the movie fan with two problems. In the first place, ...
Anthony Hopkins needs no introductions, I believe most people will agree that he is an excellent actor. Roles he has played are amazing in their variety and depth of performance. Below is my list of five Anthony Hopkins movies that I feel are unduly forgotten or underrated. I will begin with my favorite one, Shadowlands ...
Anthony Hopkins may just unwillingly and quite paradoxically become the leading justification for actors going to extreme lengths to reinvent their body in order to make it more suitable for a role. The year 2012 has witnessed actors indulging in extreme dieting and massive number of hours spent pumping weight. These measures have raised the ...
The movie Proof is based on David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name which also won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play. The film is less about the discipline of mathematics than about family and collegial relationships. The unique premise opens with Catherine (Gwyneth Paltrow) caring for her father Robert (Anthony Hopkins), ...
Suffering from a bout of insomnia recently, I caught an old movie entitled “Guilty Conscience,” starring the incomparable Anthony Hopkins as a rich lawyer who is plotting to do away with his wife, played by Blythe Danner. Hopkins’ character has every reason, in his own mind, to kill his wife. The wife is on the ...