If you are anything like me, you have some actors whose projects really entertain you. But sometimes those actors come together to star in a film. So for instance what’s better than seeing Michelle Pfeiffer acting with Robert De Niro? Adding Mark Strong to the list. And you provide the comic relief with Ricky Gervais. Beauty? Siena Miller. New talent? Charlie Cox. Before you know it, you have one hell of a cast. Here’re my 6 favorite ensemble casts:
1) STARDUST
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Claire Danes, Siena Miller, Charlie Cox, Ben Barnes, Ricky Gervais, Mark Strong and Henry Cavill.
Magical, thrilling, romantic and visually wonderful story of a young man (Charlie Cox) after a star (Claire Danes), the star co-operating so that she can go home, princes after a crown necklace and the witches after the star’s heart. For many more details, photos and trailer of Stardust:
https://pinartarhan.com/blog/20-reasons-to-love-stardust/
2) Playing By Heart
Starring:Angelina Jolie, Sean Connery, Dennis Quaid, Madeleine Stowe, Jon Stewart, Gillian Anderson, Gena Rowlands, Ellen Burstyn, Jay Mohr, Ryan Phillippe.
It is romantic, sweet and at times really funny. You can check out the plot here.
3) The Air I Breathe
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Forest Whitaker, Julie Delpy, Brendan Fraser, Andy Garcia, Emile Hirsch, Sarah Michelle Gellar.
If you like any of these actors and enjoy intersecting stories, you will enjoy this one. Sure, the undertone is very dramatic and it is slightly depressing but it is hopeful. Love, hatred, depression, anger, revenge, fun, loyalty,….. You name the emotion and you will find the story. No event is unrelated here. Andy Garcia is the villain. Kevin Bacon plays a really nice guy. Refreshing, right?
4) The Good Shepherd
Starring: Matt Damon, Robert De Niro, Angelina Jolie, Lee Pace, William Hurt, John Turturro, Billy Crudup and Alec Baldwin.
1960s. CIA agent Edward Wilson (Matt Damon) is faced with a crisis as some crucial information might be leaked to enemies. As the agents try to figure out who is responisble and who the info was given to, we start learning about Edward’s past with flashbacks going into the late 30s. We learn about what made he who he is from his childhood to his days at Yale, from the ww2 and onward. The cast is by far one of the most impressive I’ve ever seen. It might be due to the fact that De Niro is the director. Great film. It is a drama thriller.
5) He’s Just Not That Into You
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Bradley Cooper, Scarlett Johannson, Drew Barrymore, Justin Long
Don’t wait by the phone, don’t make excuses. If he is not calling you, he is just not that into you. Based on the refreshing relationships book by Greg Behrendt & Liz Tuccillo. Extendend review for both the movie and the book can be found here.
6) Hairspray
Now, you may have watched an Hairspray film made in 1988, written and directed by John Waters. And it is not that its cast is unknown, featuring names like Sonny Bono and Deborah Harry. However, you might realize that it was rated 6.8 votecd by over 8.000 people. However the Hairspray film that I’ll brag about I from 2007 and it is rated 7.2, voted over 40.000. So yes, we are facing a remake rated higher than the original.And I have no intentions of seeing the original.
Because John Travolta is a terrific actor and a singer and he is playing a woman! The wife of Christopher Walken! Absolute hilarity! And you have seen the cast, right? Yes, Michelle Pfeiffer makes a kick-ass bitch. James Marsden is a great actor, yeah- but here he shows us that he is an amazing singer too. And br ready to forgive Zac Efron for the Highschool Musical series. Yeah he still plays a guy in high school but the guy can sing rocknroll. Just forget about his pop idol/teenage-girl magnet reputation. If a guy can sing rocknroll well, he will have my respect. I also vote for the jet black hair.
If you aren’t entertained by this film-regardless of how you feel about musicals- I am sure what will put a smile on your face. Directed by Adam Shankman (A Walk to Remember).
Feel free to add your favorite ensembles. In the meantime, here’s a list of posts on these actors:
ANGELINA JOLIE:
Lara Croft Tomb Raider The Cradle of Life
The Most Gorgeous Women in Haollywood
Lee Pace:
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
James Marsden:
Julie Delpy:
Bradley Cooper:
Yes Man
Zac Efron:
i like stardust alot. claire danes is very pretty! great movie which not many people seems to heard of though. how about big fish, do you like that movie? i think its somewhat similar to stardust haha.
and i love hes not that into you, great movie, great theory. if hes not calling you, hes really NOT into you. girls out there should just heed this and move on man.
Yep, love Big Fish. Magical and really sweet.
Did you check the other 4 out on this list? Pretty decent movies.
Yep, he is just not that into you is all we ever need to know about dating men. Perfect romcom.
i watched hairspray too but found the movie kind of annoyingly noisy, probably cos i was in a lousy cinema with bad sound systems and i was exhausted too. lol. but i know john.t was hilarious inside, no doubt. i kind of like christopher walken too, lol, so used to him playing bad guys!
well im actually quite interested in the good shepherd but i hate matt damon though. hope hes not one of your favourite. hahaha.
ha ha. nope, matt is not one of my favorites. I watched the movie because of lee pace actually. everybody else was a bonus;)
how about playing by heart?