Blustery character actor David Huddleston, whose career peaked with his performance as testy Republican philanthropist Jeffrey Lebowski in Joel and Ethan Coen‘s The Big Lebowski (’98), died two days ago at the age of 85. Huddleston’s career began around ’70 or thereabouts. He acted in many films and TV shows, but I honestly don’t remember any stand-outs except for the Lebowski thing. Sorry.
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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Two days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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