My Favorite Actors

In another interactive blog section started by Nathaniel over at The Film Experience, I've carefully created this Bingo board of my all-time 25 24 favorite actors. I cheated a little though and included not only screen actors but stage actors as well- I just can't let Patrick Wilson and Matt Cavenaugh fly by when there's a Peterio's Favorite Actors list involved. Yes, they're a bit vanilla and a bit Yankee, but I can't help who I love. So in no particular ranking order... who wants to play Bingo? There's no losing here.

My Ten Best Performances of This TV Season

Inspired by both Rant of a Diva and Oscar Tracker's Top 25 Performances of the TV Season lists, I went ahead and did my own- only scaled down to a top 10. Also, my love for rankings couldn't resist making a list. So here it goes: 

10. 

Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)

Immensely underused, but steals every scene she's in.

9.

Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live)

The declining show's MVP for the third season in a row.

8.

Stark Sands (Generation Kill)

Moral dilemmas on the battlefields never looked so good.

7.

Drew Barrymore (Grey Gardens)

Career best gracefully exceeded everyone's expectations.

6.

Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreations)

Storms out of the gate with heart and hilarity.

5.

Hugh Jackman (The 81st Annual Academy Awards)

Redefining hosting criteria while not hogging all the attention.

4.

Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)

Nearly impossible to take your eyes off his charismatic charm.

3.

Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)

Never resorting to the easier desperate housewife route.

2.

Jim Parson (The Big Bang Theory)

Humanizing an inhuman with impeccable comedic timing.

1.

Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men)

Brewing the perfect storm for Draper's ultimate nemesis. 

My Open Letter to Ewan McGregor

Yes, you should look pissed off, Ewan. You should be mad no one is offering you the leading roles you deserve these days but instead you're stuck in what appears to a complex one that only concludes to waffle thin material. I've seen your career go through song-and-dance, a galaxy far, far away, a literal toilet and 1950s Art Deco New York. I know you've got the chops! Let's hope your upcoming role in Amelia is not just the suffering lover but something more- because, Ewan... dude, I love you but don't you think it's time to do independent films again where you've excelled? I'm sure you'll find the characters you get to play will be more to your liking as well.

Big fan,

Peter

P.S.- I love that you also predict the Oscars. 

My Future Movie Stars

I love it when New York Times makes short films like this. In the most recent entry to their ongoing 'Screen Test' series, NYT interviews five current television actors the publication deemed will be film stars in the near future. While Joshua Jackson (Dawson's Creek) and Bill Hader (Saturday Night Light) have already ventured into the film world on multiple occasions, their other choices are poised to hit it big. It also doesn't hurt that two of the five actors were regulars on 'Friday Night Lights' that had me agreeing. They're greedy with their videos, so all I can do is link you there.