Turistas, let’s take a moment to appreciate the particular charms of Olivia Wilde (above). I’m usually not too big a fan of the overly manufactured/tweezed eyebrow, but here it works. I know the devilish temptress stuff only worked so long for Rose McGowan, but this is totally the niche Wilde should be exploiting, no? She’s younger, and once her teen marriage to flamenco player/documentary filmmaker Tao Ruspoli invariably unravels, she’ll be even hotter. Save Angelina Jolie, is there a better feminine arched brow working in movies today?
Daily Archives: November 29, 2006
On Deja Vu, Denzel Washington and Harrison Ford
Long a very respected actor, 52-year-old
Denzel Washington has seen an interesting thing happen to his career as he’s gotten
older — he’s become more popular and commercially bankable, both at home and
abroad, all without denting his critical notices. What’s at the root of Washington’s burgeoning appeal? Well, for one thing, he’s
very obviously making the sorts of movies that Harrison Ford should be making —
cat-and-mouse-type thrillers and puzzle box mysteries in which Washington serves
as our unflappable guide. For a fuller explication of this theory — and how Washington’s latest, Deja Vu, fits into it — click here for a piece from FilmStew.