Tag: Based on a True Story
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Tommy Shelby’s Hat In Peaky Blinders Isn’t Exactly Historically Accurate
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but not everything you see in movies or television shows — even historically-based ones — happens to be 100% true to life. Shocking, I know. Director Christopher Nolan invented the pivotal conversation by the water between J. Robert Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein in “Oppenheimer,” the racing movie “Gran…
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“What I Long For in My Work is Self Revelation.” Chris Messina, Back To One, Episode 260
Chris Messina is that rare character actor leading man who is the go-to supporting actor in seemingly everything. From The Mindy Project and Newsroom, to She Dies Tomorrow and I Care A Lot, he handles ultra-serious roles or uproarious ones (such as in this year’s hit Air) with what seems like effortlessness, and now he’s…
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Chris Messina Does This Perfectly in a Nora Ephron Comedy
Although 2023 isn’t even halfway over yet, it seems like no one has emerged as quite a bigger winner than Chris Messina. Messina is a longstanding character actor who’s appeared in countless classics, but it finally seems that he’s getting the recognition that he deserves as a result of his incredible, scene-stealing role in Ben…