Tag Archives: James Woods
Against All Odds
Against All Odds (dir. Taylor Hackford, 1984) “If you’re playing a king in a movie and nobody treats you like a king, well, then you ain’t a king. Same goes for being an alien in a movie too.” – Jeff Bridges on acting “A righteously generically American film movement that exposited one great theme, and […]
James Woods as Lester Diamond
Mission Accomplished: James Woods as Lester Diamond in Casino (dir. Martin Scorsese, 1995) “A friend once told me, “People who live in bad neighborhoods love James Woods.” – Gavin Smith writing in Film Comment Casino, Martin Scorsese’s 1995 Las Vegas opus, recounts the rise and fall of Ace Rothstein (Robert Deniro). It’s the story of a […]
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