Joan just wouldn't let go. But she should have.

Promo shot of Joan Crawford for the film 'Strait-Jacket' (1964). Joan just wouldn't let go. But she should have.

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It was a labor of love for Kevin Spacey, but BEYOND THE SEA (2004) was pure labor for anyone watching.

It was a labor of love for Kevin Spacey, but BEYOND THE SEA (2004) was pure labor for anyone watching.

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Daniel Day-Lewis in NINE (2009), a great actor's nadir. His idea of playing Italian was to walk around hunched over, not shave and smoke constantly.
And he didn'teven sound Italian. He sounded, actually, a lot like Bela Lugosi. less

Daniel Day-Lewis in NINE (2009), a great actor's nadir. His idea of playing Italian was to walk around hunched over, not shave and smoke constantly.
And he didn't even sound Italian. He sounded, actually, ... more

Paul Newman, with Liz Taylor, in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. Newman was lost, possibly because of censorship, which transformed his character's crippling gay panic into anger that his wife may have almost cheated on him years before. He just yelled through the movie. less

Paul Newman, with Liz Taylor, in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. Newman was lost, possibly because of censorship, which transformed his character's crippling gay panic into anger that his wife may have almost cheated ... more

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