Predicting future Oscar winners
Which not-quite-famous actor do you think has an Oscar in his
future? My pick is Jeffrey Wright -- Jeff Littleton
You couldn't have chosen better: If HBO's ''Angels in America'' had
been a theatrical movie, Wright might already have a golden boy
on his shelf. I'd add Mark Ruffalo to the Oscar runway; he's
soon to be seen personifying sensitive ambivalence -- his
specialty -- in ''We Don't Live Here Anymore.'' And I'll place
long-shot bets on ''The Station Agent'''s Bobby Cannavale and
veteran Brian Cox, currently going ''grrrrr'' as Agamemnon in ''Troy.''
When you like a movie that every other critic hates, do you think,
''I'm right and they're wrong''? -- John Heering Jr.
Something like that. Actually, I begin by thinking ''Huh??? Was I
the only connoisseur who properly appreciated Lisa Kudrow's fine
work in 'Marci X'?'' Then I reread the criticism of my nay-saying
colleagues with reverence and respect. And only then do I
conclude, ''Nah. I'm right. They're wrong.''
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