Crystal Clear

I've heard Christian Bale is getting lots of buzz for playing Dick Cheney in VICE I've always been a big fan of his and admired his unique ability to physically/emotionally transform for strikingly different roles in such short spaces of time. I think Best Actor win is long overdue for him. It feels criminal that he wasn't nominated for American Psycho (I think it was a simple case of The Academy disrespecting the horror genre. )

Mi||iê Måë

^^ Have you seen Christian as Dick? He's unrecognizable! Almost like Gary Oldman was as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.

Crystal Clear

I've seen pictures

Incredible transformation. Amazing how Christian commits to roles by fully embodying these people in both an emotional and physical way.

Although, I often worry about his health with all these weight gains/losses of his

Mi||iê Måë

^^ I agree about the strain his drastic weight changes can cause, but I think they have professionals to help them lower or higher their weight, muscle mass, so it's done in the safest way they can.

Crystal Clear

There should be some type of special award created for Christian in relation to his body transformations for movies It's just so unique, how far he's willing to take it.

Mi||iê Måë

^^ The Bale award for physical transformation!

Johnny Depp is the top pick for that one for me. Yes Christian has changed his weight a lot but Depp has had so many looks, he's unrecognizable in some!

Crystal Clear

My two favorite Actors of all time, other than Al Pacino.

Johnny deserved an Oscar nod for EDWARD SCISSORHANDS. It annoys me that people in recent years have been nominated for a lot less than the variety he put into that role.

GardenSirens

if he can survive it'll be great. he goes so extreme. The Machinist would have been just as good if he didn't almost kill himself.

Crystal Clear

Would it, though? I totally agree that he pushes the boundaries to worrisome levels, but I think the realism of his extremely thin body shape in that movie really gave it the shock factor that it needed.

Mi||iê Måë

I agree. Some are getting nods for acting when I think, what was so special about that?

He was so scary skinny, the first time I saw it I honestly wondered if there had been any CGI done on him.

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I recently watch some pretty obscure movies that probably nobody knows about. and here is the list of some of them.

1. Dance Movie - Honey: Rise Up and Dance

Movie Synopsis : Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship.

Teyana Taylor as Skyler, Bryshere Y. Gray as Tyrell, Sierra Aylina McClain as Tosha, and Kwajalyn Brown as April.

2. Volley Ball Movie - The Miracle Season

Movie Synopsis : After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline "Line" Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hopes of winning the state championship.

This film is starred by Helen Hunt as coach, the main character. It also starred by a lot of young talented actresses such as Danika Yarosh as Caroline Found, Erin Moriarty as Kelley Fliehler, and Nesta Cooper as Lizzie Ackerman the cast also including Helen’s daughter Makena Lei Carnahan who acts as Ruby.

3. British Movie - London Road

Synopsis : London Road is a musical drama that documents the events of 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. The residents of London Road had struggled for years with frequent soliciting and kerb-crawling on their street. When a local resident was charged and then convicted of the murders, the community grappled with what it meant to be at the epicentre of this tragedy.

Starring : Olivia Colman as Julie, Clare Burt as Sue, Rosalie Craig as Kelly McCormack, Anita Dobson as June, and Hal Fowler as David Crabtree.

The musical stage has been made into a big-screen adaptation (same title) with Tom Hardy and Olivia Colman as the headline.

4. A Musical Philippines Movie - Bakwit Boys

Movie Synopsis : A supertyphoon ravages the hometown of a family band composed of four boys, putting a halt to their musical pursuits. While taking refuge in a distant farmland, they meet a rich girl who offers to help them record their songs and have them played on the radio. Individual interests and trauma caused by the calamity test the unity of the band, as they struggle to make sense of life’s ironies and tragedies.[/i]

Starring : Vence Larena, Devon Seron, Mackie Empuerto, Nikko Natividad, and Ryle Paolo Santiago

5. Turkish Family Movie - Umut apartmani

Movie Synopsis : Arif's father was an orphan, who lost no father before, and grew up without a father. Her mother lives in the neighborhood where she is born, far from the center of the city, with Makbule and her childish love for her neighbors Arzu, who are older than her. The shy child begins to write letters to Arzu. With the return of his grandfather ?hsan, who had abandoned them on time, the life of the little boy would suddenly become confused. ?hsan dede pretends to make paralysis to Makbule by the father, and the only one who knows the truth is Arif. The duo did not get along very well at first, because Arif was mature at the young age with the return of his fatherlessness. But things change when his grandfather discovers Arif's love for Arzu. Arif started to write more beautiful letters with the help of his grandfather. Ozan, which is a common loss of both, becomes a bridge that brings together two people, decades ago.

Starring : Ali Ipin as Ihsan dede, Alp özer as Arif, Fulden Akyürek as Makbule, Yasemin Bozdo?an as Arzu, and Ali Yagci as Ömer

6. Political Drama Movie - Affairs of State (2018)

Movie Synopsis : A young campaign aide gets in way over his head when he sleeps with the wife of a presidential candidate, sending him into a downward spiral of corruption and blackmail. He is left fighting not only for his career, but also his life.

Starring : Thora Birch as Callie Roland, Mimi Rogers as Judith Baines, Adrian Grenier as Rob Reynolds, David James Elliott as Senator John Boland Baines, and David Corenswet as Michael Lawson.

7. Drag Movie - Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate

Movie Synopsis : After winning over the staff and students of Milford High School, chemistry teacher Richard Martinez aka Bianca Del Rio sent her nemesis Vice Principal Deborah “Debbie” Ward to jail in a flawlessly executed plan. When Debbie is released from jail, she conjures up a scheme to do away with Bianca Del Rio once and for all, by luring her on a dangerous journey to Russia to accept a teaching award and cash prize.

Starring : Roy Haylock as Bianca Del Rio, Alicia Goranson as Angela Jo, Kristen Johnston as Roksana, Dot Jones as Svetlana, and Doug Plaut as Rex.

8. Suspense Japanese Movie - Recall

Movie Synopsis : A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight company which owns the truck becomes the target of the public and the media’s wrath, Tokuro Akamatsu, the president of the freight company, realizes that a structural defect within the truck itself may have been to blame. A conspiracy of the wheel manufacturer's attempts to cover up a defective product is uncovered.

Starring : Tomoya Nagase as Tokuro Akamatsu, Dean Fujioka as Yuta Sawada, Issey Takahashi as Kazuaki Izaki, Kyoko ***ada as Fumie Akamatsu, and Joji Kokubo as Kodo Kimoto.

9. Malaysian Movie - Hilang Akal

Movie Synopsis : Desperate to find a dowry, a man stubbornly kidnaps a dictator to get a ransom. The situation became chaos when the kidnapped girl was her mother-in-law!

Starring : Farid Kami, Tiz Zaqya, Jasmin Hamid, dan Zaki Azeman.

Do you have any obscure movies that you want to share? any favorites?

Mi||iê Måë

Thanks for sharing your interest in these rarely seen films but please don’t create new threads without viewing the board guide, which is always one of the first three threads on the board. I have merged your post with the general discussion thread where others can review your recommendations.

Crystal Clear

Here's an interview I think fans of SPEED will enjoy

Mi||iê Måë

Thanks for that Gwen!

Crystal Clear

The late, great Burt Reynolds was very proud of Deliverance