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Before They Were Stars: Jude Law on “The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXepSrAV5zo Believe it or not, playing Dr. Watson in two blockbuster movies is not Jude Law’s first experience with Sherlock Holmes. From 1984 until 1994, a Sherlock Holmes series was broadcast on ITV in the UK with Jeremy Brett playing … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Shia LaBeouf on “ER”
The highly anticipated gangster film, Lawless, has just opened up in cinemas this weekend and given the quality of the rest of the cast, I’ve heard more than one person say they’d be happy if the movie shocked everyone by killing … Continue reading
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Robin’s Underrated Gems: Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
On our 100th episode of Shouts From the Back Row, we each picked a personal favourite movie for our fellow podcasters to watch, so that we could analyze and discuss it. I did not let Gill and TK off easy … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Jim Carrey in “The Sex & Violence Family Hour”
Don’t worry, I haven’t uncovered a secret S&M tape that Jim Carrey did early in his career. In 1983, Carrey was still making the rounds as a stand-up comedian and decided to put together this ultra-obscure VHS release called The … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Ryan Gosling Tours Cornwall, Ontario on “The Mickey Mouse Club”
A friend of mine who works in promotions for the town of Cornwall, Ontario led me to this clip, which may be the most exposure Cornwall has ever gotten on an American TV show. For those of you who don’t … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Tobey Maguire on “Roseanne”
When Tobey Maguire was a kid, he had to start off his career by working a few uncredited gigs as an extra in such projects as The Wizard. He eventually graduated to small bit parts where he would actually get … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Kate Winslet on “Get Back”
Before her breakthrough role in Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures, Kate Winslet spent her teen years acting in a couple of British TV series. At the age of 17, she joined the cast of a short-lived sitcom called Get Back about … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 12-Year Old Aaron Johnson as Charlie Chaplin in “Shanghai Knights”
Aaron Johnson has been acting since the age of six, but long before he was Kick-Ass, one of his first major roles was alongside Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson in Shanghai Knights. 12-year old Aaron plays a street urchin named … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Chuck Norris in “The Wrecking Crew”
To celebrate Chuck Norris’ mega-awesome return to the screen in The Expendables 2 last weekend, here’s his film debut in a 1969 spy comedy called The Wrecking Crew.The clean shaven Norris has a very small role as a henchmen and … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 12-Year Old Jennifer Connelly in “Once Upon a Time in America”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Ry0mNkCjw To commemorate our 100th episode of Shouts from the Back Row, we each selected a movie for our fellow podcasters to watch and review and I decided to choose Sergio Leone’s four-hour gangster epic, Once Upon a Time in … Continue reading
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