Top Ten Actresses of the Half-Decade

Hi, this is John Delancey and you are listening

to the Geekcast Radio Network. Today on episode

73 of The Cinema Geeks... We continue our look

at the last half decade. But this time we shift

our attention away from the films and towards

the stars of those films. As we bring you our

top ten actresses of the half decade. All that

and more coming up on episode 73 with The Cinema

Geeks. That's right, it's episode 73 of the cinema

geeks and I am one of your cinema geeks Kevin

optimists solo and joining me as Usual is move

your bolt Dan. Hello. Hey as a guy not too bad

and hard candy Mandy. Hello And not much, and

we're bringing you a special episode. We're back

to our half decade list. You've heard us do a

whole bunch of them throughout the year so far.

We've done all of our genre lists including animation

and science fiction fantasy and comedy and action

and all kinds of different genre lists. And now

we're gonna switch gears for the next couple

episodes and I'm kind of excited about it. I

think it's gonna be kind of... I think it's going

to be some fun. I have no idea how much crossover

we're going to have and how much diversity we're

going to have based on all of the Twitter responses,

which we'll get to later. But today we're talking

about actresses and we're talking about the best

actresses of the half a decade so far. So we're

just looking at 2010 to 2014. We'll kind of get

more into that as we go around and kind of talk

about everybody's criteria. And then we're going

to follow this one up with an episode on the

actors next month. And then we'll be ready for

our finale show in December as we go through

our best actual overall films of the half decade.

And as usual for these lists, we've brought along

special guests each time along the way. And we

have actually returning for his second adventure

in these lists because I believe you were with

us for the science fiction and fantasy films.

And that is Hiro from the True Bromance podcast.

Hello. Hey, what's up, guys? How's it going?

And why don't you let everybody know where you're

at and what time it is. I am in the Middle East

somewhere and it is 5 .30 in the morning. It's

very early. We're late, however you party, however

you do it. So this is how bad both we wanted

Hiro on this record and Hiro apparently wanted

to be on this record is that he's willing to

get up at 5 .30 in the morning to record for

us and we're all Dan's 10 .30 at night and we're

about 9 .30 at night. I'm a lover of hiro. We

appreciate you being back and of course listening

to all your shows throughout the year. I mean

who better to talk about actresses than yourself?

Yes, I will turn this into a disgusting misogynistic

mess here shortly. We actually took bets on how

long it's going to take before Amanda who actually

leaves the recording. Hope you have some tissues,

just saying. Oh man, it's going like that already.

But before we get into that, we do have some

business to take care of because we did make

predictions on our last show that I at least

want to address. Actually, I really don't want

to address them, but I'm sure Dan wants to address

them. So last week we all made predictions. We'll

start with mine because we'll start with the

worst ones first. And my prediction was that

the new releases would go in the following order.

Goosebumps would make more money than Crimson

Peak, which would make more money than Bridge

of Spies. I was incorrect on that because it

was Goosebumps, then Bridge of Spies, and then

Crimson Peak, so I flip -flopped the last two.

Amanda, your prediction was the top three at

the box office for last weekend would be Martian,

then Crimson Peak, and then Goosebumps. That

was also wrong, which means that Dan actually

is the winner, because Dan predicted not only

the top three, Dan, you predicted the top four,

and you had Goosebumps coming in at one, Martian

at two, Bridge of Spies at three, and Crimson

Peak at four. You even added the fourth one as

a kicker, and you get all four of them correct,

sir. Yeah, that was... Oh, luck, I guess. I don't

know. I should have put the par ball last week,

I guess. Yeah, I'm sure there's a DraftKings

out there for what we're doing here with the

box office predictions. You could have made at

least a quarter. I was at the radio station,

and I saw the box office results, and I was like,

God damn it, Dan! And I had to text Kevin right

away. I was like, fucking Dan got it right. So

mad. So you can tell, though, where there's no

shared love here for anybody else getting it

right. I'm just happy that we all three didn't

get it wrong again so that's the biggest thing

but we won't make any predictions for next week

because we got a lot of stuff to go over so we're

gonna get right into it so we're gonna start

just kind of going around the horn here and getting

people's criteria things they were thinking about

as they were making the list because I think

you know we shot this out to Twitter the Twitter

world and asked people what their picks would

be we asked them for their top five and it was

interesting to see their responses and when i

talk about my criteria it's probably explain

why some of the response that they had don't

make my list but i'm interested to see kind of

how you guys form this obviously we're only looking

at two thousand ten to two thousand fourteen

dan let you go first uh... what kind of things

were you thinking about what weighed heavier

than other things when you're trying to formulate

list i don't like it combination of quality and

quantity so for example you know you have those

actresses or actors that they may have like one

Greek performance but that's all they do for

five years like Daniel Day -Lewis he shows up

once in every five years but don't speak foul

of the man he's the greatest he is he is he you

know he only shows up when it matters I guess

you know it's like the guy that just shows up

for the playoffs or something like that but not

the coach no Yeah. Burn. So I was looking at

both the combination of quality and quantity,

so they had to have multiple good performances.

And although I have exceptions to this role,

I did also look for actresses that kind of became

popular or they really became known within this

last five years. So there are a few of mine that

were well -known beforehand, but I did kind of

try to highlight those, you know, kind of looking

at the actresses that became... stars within

the last few years. And we'll also end this conversation

actually kind of looking ahead to the the last

five years of the decade one of which we're almost

all the way through already to kind of see what

our predictions are kind of what our outlook

is for maybe some people that might be added

to the conversation over the course of the next

five years or Which ones are the ones that we're

talking about? Maybe we'll drop out so we'll

kind of get into a little bit of that I'll go

next because you kind of stole the words right

out of my mouth I was gonna say this was like

my my Daniel Day Lewis rule for this list which

was basically the same thing like if you only

had one or two three great for performances you

probably aren't gonna make my list because we're

talking about five years and who's the Who's

the biggest star out there or the unnecessarily,

you know star like in the popular? You know,

I'm famous type of way, but the biggest from

a film critic standpoint who are the biggest

names out there for the whole five years so you

had to come out with more than four or five films

for my list so it is a kind of a balance of quantity

and quality because there is a couple people

that came out with like 15 films over the five

years that doesn't necessarily mean you're going

to make my list if they're all crap so it definitely

is a balance of quality and quantity a little

bit. Amanda, how about you? I think my criteria

surrounds my views on potential and what they've

given in performances. Not necessarily quantity,

but definitely the quality of the performances,

also if they play characters that I like. So

that's about it. All right, Hyra, what about

you? I know you talked a little bit about some

diversity you try to infuse into your list. So

for me, they all have to be under a deuce and

a half. No, I'm just kidding. They only eliminated

one person. Oh, two. You're two favorite people.

Well, I don't know, because it's kind of short.

But no, honestly, my number one and number two

were immediate. Just, OK, those are the two I've

just penciled right into the top two. And then

everybody else, like three through ten, they're

all interchangeable. They're like a smorgasbord.

Maybe three. But I did the same thing. So I looked

at... The quality of the movie that they were

in but also the performance of the like they

might have been in a stinker But I saw the movie

and I thought that they were fantastic in it.

So and there's some like Really great actresses

that during this time period put out a bunch

of junk man So I don't care what they did for

the most part in 2009 and before or you know

Maybe like going to the future just right there

in that window. I stuck with it. So I stuck with

your criteria Excellent, I like it. We like it

when people follow the rules and that's always

helpful. I tried. Yeah, and I think that's another

thing that's hard for people to separate is,

you know, when you ask people, there's certain

names that you think... You know, they come to

your mind right away. And what I found is that,

you know, I was jotting a bunch of names down

first before I ever started looking things up.

And then as I'm looking stuff up, I'm like, well,

this person really didn't do that much in that

five year period, even though you think they

do. So kind of as we were, as I was doing the

research, it kind of eliminated a lot of the

names that came to my mind right away. But I

am, I am worried that I'm going to get a lot

of hate because like I said, we put that tweet

out there and we got at least 17 or 18 names

thrown different names thrown out by the various

responses and None of them Included a half of

my list. I don't know how much people are gonna

like my list But maybe you guys will have more

in conjunction with with the masses or with the

responses that we got on Twitter So higher, why

don't you go for go ahead and break the seal

for us? What is your number ten? Wow on the ladies

list I get to go first. Okay, cool Number ten

I have Carrie mulligan So, Carey Mulligan is

an actress that, for some reason, she doesn't

seem to hit the front page of the U .S. Weekly

or the People magazine a lot, but she gives a

solid performance all the time. And even in films

that aren't exactly, widely critically regarded

as being fantastic, like Wall Street Money, Another

Sleeps, she still gives a really strong performance.

But then there's performances like Never Let

Me Go, Drive, Shame. Even inside Lewin Davis,

which I'm not that big of a fan of, but she's

pretty strong on it. Even up to recently the

Far From The Matting crowd from this year, I

just recently saw that and she gives a really

strong performance in the story that I would

have probably flushed down the toilet. So she's

somebody that is, I think, pretty young and probably

has something to look forward to in the coming

years. Yeah, I think that's a good choice, and

I think a lot of people will agree with that.

That's something that was just on the outskirts

of my list, but I definitely considered it. She

has had a good five -year stretch, and I think

if we're projecting outward, she's probably going

to have even a better next five years, I would

guess. But I think a lot of people will agree

with that one. Sweet. I mean, that's my, like,

high brow pick right there. There we go, you're

pressing the masses. All right, Amanda, how about

you? What's your number 10? Everybody is waiting

with bated breath on the edge of their seats.

What's your number 10? My number 10 is Margot

Robbie. What? Yes. I haven't seen her in a ton,

but I think that most of all, I'm just excited

to see her as one of my favorite villains. uh...

it's just that's what uh... i really did enjoy

her performance of this year because i correct

so i'm kind of holding that in there too but

i think she has potential to do a lot more and

you know focus and you know what wall street

i think she's kind of the same uh... you know

seductress that's about it but i think she has

potential to do a lot more so she's my number

ten all right i don't agree with you there man

uh... i think that she's i kind of a little envious

of your pick there because I didn't even think

of her, but she was really strong in Wolf of

Wall Street. Is it about time where she's kind

of a supporting player? She was pretty good,

and obviously this year in Z for Zachariah, she

was really, really, really strong, but I mean,

I don't think she has that big of a body of work

that maybe that's how I... Right, I think that's

the only thing that held me back a little bit

was her body of work, but I think if you're going

on potential, like Amanda said, I think that's

definitely makes it kind of a worthy pick. I

think she has talent and charisma, so... Yeah,

absolutely I agree with you, but if we're going

with work of body now, we're talking I Will go

next because we'll let Dan be the finale because

I'm sure he's got better picks than mine I said

that every week every time we do a lot of pressure

He does, he kills it with these lists. My number

10 is one of those that nobody on the whole Twitter

world mentions, so maybe I'm way off, but if

you go on just that body of five years, I think

there's potentially, I think she was in six quality

films in that five year period, and she was in

another five or six other ones, and I'm going

with Emily Blunt. Maybe not... Critically acclaimed

like some of the other ones that you'll hear

later on but I think her work in Into the Woods

and Edge of Tomorrow Looper She did some voice

work for a couple films and Nomeo and Julia and

the Wind Rises Five -year engagement Muppets

Adjustment Bureau, which a lot of people didn't

like but I mean, I think she's been there She's

had a presence and especially for her work in

Edge of Tomorrow I think she's someone that's

kind of fits Dan's criteria of someone who's

making a name for herself in that five -year

period that you didn't know before that. Like

I said, maybe her resume at this exact moment

isn't as strong as some other people that will

be mentioned in this record, but I definitely

think she deserves to be in the conversation.

So she just slides in at my number 10, that's

Emily Blunt. And I'm getting a head shake from

Amanda that's not impressed. Why did he put her

so low on the list? Oh, okay. I'm not going to

say anything more right now. Oh, okay. It's a

good offender. A good offender? I guess. Did

you just make that up? I think so. Dan, what

were you saying? I was going to say that she's

not on my list, but I did highly consider her.

Similar to one thing I did look at is diversity

performances, and I do think that she has that

for sure. I mean, from something like Edge of

Tomorrow, like you mentioned, to Your Sister's

Sister, she has... You know, I've done a variety

of films and given a variety of different performances.

So I would say she's deserving for sure. And

even if she's been in films that maybe have not

been received so well, I don't think it's ever

been like a complaint about her performance necessarily

or her acting. I mean, I haven't heard people

talk about every single film she's been in, but

the ones I've heard, I've never really seen people

kind of point her out as, oh, she's the weak

spot or she gave a bad performance in that. So

that's kind of why she made my number 10. So

Dan. Where do you have a number ten? I think

I might actually if anyone is probably gonna

have the weakest number ten Maybe it'd be me,

but I'm not sure My number ten I I went for one.

I was looking I talked about diversity This is

kind of when I went to for this one too. It's

an actress I think that it actually has a lot

of potential. It's gonna be Maybe surprise some

people in upcoming years, but it's an actress

has done comedy and is now kind of getting into

drama And that's question right wig You know

she started the year with the decade with bridesmaids

And I thought of you know she could have easily

just just done bridesmaids two and three and

just stayed in that route But I feel like she's

actually tried to really go into some interesting

interesting directions and really test herself

From the skeleton twins to welcome to me from

earlier this year She's done a lot of voice work

as well. I just think you know being able to

be both really funny and be also a strong dramatic

actress as well. I don't think maybe she gets

enough credit. And I legitimately think in the

next five years she may become even stronger

and maybe even get into that Oscar type of category.

So that's why I went with her for my number 10.

Hey, she was in my first draft as well when the

first time I was writing names down and her name

did appear. So I don't think you're too far off

with that one. I think she's on the cusp of doing

a bunch of good stuff. I think the only reason

I booted her out is because she still has that

stigma of, I don't know if stigma is the right

word of it, but she's kind of colored with that

brush of comedy. still so like when you see her

she kind of like in the martian recently she

stuck out so hard to me like okay where's the

joke coming you know but i mean i i do i did

see uh skeleton twins and love that so i do see

the potential there for you know kind of branching

out and maybe um getting more into some of those

serious roles and and she's pretty good i mean

she's really really good in skeleton twins and

she was even i think she even started with like

uh friends with kid which is a really underrated

movie from 2011 where she's more of a side but

serious role where she's not comedic at all.

So yeah, she does have to get over that stigma,

but I think she's making a lot of smart choices,

at least to try to do that, unlike other comedic

actresses that kind of just stick with what made

her famous. Hi, Ro, that means it's back to you

for your number nine pick. So at number nine,

I went with an old grand dam, and it's Juliette

Binoche. I love this actress. I mean, anytime

she's in anything, she's strong. So in 2010,

she was in a little film called Certified Copy

that I dig. And she's been on a ton of stuff,

and most of it I haven't seen, but the strength

of that movie and her performance in Clouds of

Sils Maria this year just easily propelled her.

And let's be honest, it's kind of what I already

know about her. So every time she's on the screen,

she's fantastic, man. I'm a huge fan of hers.

So yeah, she is my number nine. I thought your

number 10 was your high -brow pic. No, I wasn't

even high -brow. They're all pretty high -brow.

Now that I started looking at it, I was like,

man, I'm so snobby. I gotta admit, I'm just not

as familiar as I probably should be with her

filmography, so it wasn't the name that was on

my radar and it wasn't the name I did the research

on, so I can't say it's a good or a bad pick,

but she's definitely someone who has the critical

acclaim behind her, so. Love her, man. Can't

say anything bad about it. I think she's always

awesome. She sells out for even garbage, you

know, Godzilla, she tries. Yeah. She I there's

the reason I didn't include her like I agree.

She's amazing and certified copy Which is really

the only film within the last decade of this

so far that I've really watched that she's been

in so I I really feel like I can't say but yeah,

she's she's in one of my all -time favorite movies

in blue and she's If she's gonna be in a movie

now, it's gonna be good. So she's money no matter

what Yeah, check out the clouds and Sils Maria

from this year. That was pretty good Oh, I fucking

couldn't even get through that. I hated it. Now

if Melissa McCarthy was in it, I bet you'd be

a big ass fan of it. It'd be a fucking ball of

good time if it was. Literally a ball of good

time. Which brings us to my number nine. Say

what you will. I think this next actress always

puts a ton of heart into what she does. You can't

help but get the feels when you see her get a

little down. Say what you will about her, but

she brought back... The Farley humor, and I love

it. It's Melissa McCarthy at number nine. I'm

actually surprised it's not higher, to be honest.

I thought it was going to be way up there. Everybody

that was waiting for that is disappointed that

it's not higher on your list. That's OK. All

right, so what... Any film in particular that

makes her make your list or just kind of the

overall effort? I think that a ton of her stuff.

I mean, The Heat, I can watch that over and over

again. I crack the hell up. Even Spy from this

year, right? I thought that was really fun. Dude,

Tammy, whatever. Give her the pies. Give her

the pies. A pie? The pies that she steals from

them. Oh, that's right. I skipped that. I just

think it's funny and she's... super relatable

and I just feel like she's real. As over the

top as her humor is, I feel like me and her should

be besties and we should be talking shit about

people and stealing pies from fast food places.

My only regret is that she could never appear

in a movie with Chris Farley. Yeah, I saw her

actually do Chris Farley though and I was like,

this is so perfect. Alright, so everybody the

moment that you are waiting for has come and

gone that was number nine from Amanda with Melissa

McCarthy It brings me to my number nine, which

again nobody on Twitter set her So apparently

I'm off on this one too. And that is Emma Stone

Chompers Chompers as some people may call her

been in a ton of films already in the half decade

I think there's again about five or six good

ones. You got crazy stupid love. She appeared

in the help Even as much as people hate on Amazing

Spider -Man, I think she was a great casting

in that film, and probably my favorite part of

that film. Gangster Squad, which, you know, has

mixed reviews on that one. Birdman, Magic and

the Moonlight from last year. So, I mean, she's

making around, like Dan said, too, with Emma

Stone. She does have a diverse body of work so

far. She's doing a lot of different types of

films. Serious, funny, a little bit of drama,

et cetera. So... I think she's somebody that

we're only going to hear more from as the decade

continues. So she's strong enough for her to

come in at my number nine. I'm going to hold

off on what I had to say. I thought for sure

she'd be much higher for you, man. Yeah, I did

too originally. And then as I was doing the research,

man, some of these names just I couldn't deny.

So I consider putting her on there as well. I

mean, I thought she's done a lot of good stuff.

As much as I kind of mess with her, to my co

-host Barry, about that, she's always pretty

good in her films. Yeah, and she's even good

in some bad films so Amanda said that I did not

say that folks. I did not say that Amanda said

that We have three birdman haters on the record

today Anyway, just wanted to throw that out there

Dan you got your number nine I do have my number

nine and my number nine is I think an actress

before the year 2010 I Even actually, probably

even sooner than that. I didn't really consider

her a serious actress. I just kind of thought

she was one that was more looks than actually

talent. But I feel like the last few years she's

kind of shown that she's a legit actress. And

I think it started a few years ago or most recently

with Kevin's favorite film, Under the Skin. And

then, of course, I think she's been in the Avengers

films. And I think, though, The one performance

is that she'd maybe be her bestest once she's

not on the screen at all, and that's her. And

of course, I'm talking about Scarlett Johansson.

She, I think, has kind of shown that she has

a bigger range than I ever thought. And I think

with Under the Skin and her, if you look at those

two different performances, vastly different.

One that is, you know, void of really any emotion,

void of talking where it's just her. And then

with her, of course, it's all voice. And the

personality she could portray and the chemistry

she was able to... to manufacture with Joaquin

Phoenix, even though, you know, they would never

really even talk to one another. So I think if

there were, if there were awards given to voice

performances, I think she probably may have been

nominated for that. But I think the, again, someone

who's really become more of an actress and she's

done those action type films as well with Lucy

and being Black Widow and she's fine in those

and I think she can pull those off. But I think

really where she's gonna have a sustainable career

is other films like that of Under the Skin and

Her. Yeah, and we actually did give her an award,

it's just not an official, over at the voice

acting website for last year, amongst all the

different voice roles, or not last year, but

the year that Her came out, because it was so

impressive. But I'll hold most of my thoughts

on Scar Joe. Same for me. I'm going to go ahead

and abstain in this round. All right, that means

higher you can abstain on that one, but you can

talk about your number eight instead Okay, so

my number eight is kind of a little bit of a

cheat and that's Elizabeth Moss she's had really

good performances in the one I love and Listen,

I'll fill up a movie that really didn't resonate

with me, but I thought she was fantastic in it

But I can't help but remember her performances,

Peggy Olsen and Mad Men. So I know that we're

talking movies and stuff like that, but I can't

eliminate all the stuff that she did in that

role. I didn't get to see Queen of the Earth,

but there was a lot of buzz around that performance.

And I think that she's got a real big future

going for her going forward. So yeah, she's my

number, what are we at, eight? Yep, number eight.

When you said I'm gonna cheat, I was like, there's...

The only way you could cheat on this list is

somehow picking a guy. What are you about to

say? She's even really good on Top of the Lake

as well, which is another TV miniseries, which

is kind of in between movies and films. She's

kind of all over the place. Yeah, she's all over

the place as far as her diversity. But she's

really fantastic every time she's on screen.

So I'm a big fan of hers. She's a man of rate.

Yeah, I've been a fan of hers since she's been

in West Wing from the early days. So it's kind

of crazy seeing where she has come to now. The

champion of both the TV world and the movie world

here. So great pick. I agree I've liked most

of what I've seen but I haven't seen any of the

TV shows that she's been in because I am a hermit

so I can't comment on madmen or any of the other

stuff Amanda Melissa McCarthy is out of the way.

Where do we go from there? I think my list is

not all about Melissa McCarthy. So stop making

it all about Melissa McCarthy. Last time I mentioned

it. I promise Emma Stone is my number eight.

I really loved her in Aloha from this year, right?

Even as Gwen Stacy, like you said, I thought

she really stole the show there. But I also realized

in my list I have a lot of ladies with really

cool kind of raspy and like sultry voices and

I think she's one of the first ones. I guess

Margot Robbie has a really cool voice too. You

know, I love everything that she does, I think,

except for even in Birdman. I was kind of bored

with her. Just that whole movie just was a big

turn off. But I like her. I like her work overall.

All right. So two mentions for Emma Stone. Take

that Twitter world. All right. My number eight

is I got to look at my paper, actually. I think

these for me, 10, nine and eight are so similar

for me. They're all in the same ballpark. And

that was Emily Blunt, Emma Stone and now my number

eight, which is Anna Kendrick. I just think there's

a lot of similarities between these individuals.

They're all kind of bursting on the scene in

this last five years. I think they all have a

lot more that possibly could come out in the

next five years. And again, with Anna Kendrick,

she's doing a lot of stuff. She started, obviously,

in the whole Twilight franchise at the beginning

of the decade, but we won't hold that against

her. It's got Pilgrim, 50 -50, end of watch,

what to expect when you're expecting, pitch perfect,

into the woods. Paranorman drinking buddies and

the company you keep so I mean that's a fairly

decent List I mean, I know there's been some

bombs in there as well and some of those that

I mentioned are People are probably rolling their

eyes at, I was just mentioning a bunch of films

she was in, not saying they're all great. But

I mean, she definitely carried the pitch perfect

franchise to what it was able to achieve financially.

But I think she's also shown some other sides

in some of these other films as well. And I think

she does a good job when she's on screen, even

if sometimes she doesn't have the best material.

So like Emily Blunt and Emma Stone, I put Anna

Kendrick in the same group here at my number

eight. I had her as like an honorable big, but

the thing was her role, some of those really

good movies were too. small for me so that I

let that out. Part of what stopped her from being

my enlistee was that I felt like her best performance

has been up in the air and she hasn't got up

to that point yet again. Like I think she's been

good but I feel like she's kind of been, I mean

not doing the same thing but I feel like she,

I would like to see her do something that is

vastly different. I mean she did do like Happy

Christmas which was a different turn for her

but I would like to see her do more of that.

I mean just to kind of venture out a little bit

more. Yeah, and I think a little of mine probably

is Erin not somewhat on the side of potential

to and what I think she's capable of even if

she hasn't necessarily Achieved it many times

in the last five years. I think she's there You

know kind of on the brink but she just hasn't

quite done what she needs to do to kind of really

break out All right, that means Dan it's your

turn for your number eight Well, my number E

kind of goes against the criteria talked about

about actresses that are becoming, you know known

within the last five years as an actress that

is well known long before that she's been in

the game for quite a while but and similar to

Hyrule also part of her work has been in TV but

more of a TV movie and that's Juliet Moore she's

you know been in a lot in the last five years

you know kids from kids alright to last year

winning her first Oscar with still Alice but

also some TV work with Game Change, which I thought,

where she played Sarah Palin, and actually did

quite a good job. I think that's a really honor

-rated film. And to me, the kids are all right.

Somehow she was overlooked with it, and I thought

she had the best performance in that movie by

far. And within Still Alice, I think she finally

got an Oscar that she long deserves, because

she's been doing great work for such a long time

now. But I just think that her overall work in

the last... five years has been consistently

really great and again she's an actress that

has been trying to i think find really tough

and challenging challenging material and even

some things that are more fun like crazy stupid

love where she's just kind of more comedic and

i mean obviously there's serious angles to that

movie too but i felt because of her strong performance

i included her in the list as well I gotta talk

on this one because I am an owner of Julianne

Moore in the fantasy film league, and I think

that's probably the distaste. You own her. I

own her in that league. So I think it's the distaste

in my mouth from the negative points she's gotten

me for appearances in some very bad movies this

year so far. Yeah, luckily I wasn't counting

this year, and this year's not been her best

year. But I agree with you, she has put out a

bunch of films but honestly what kept her off

and I know she's a good actress and the stuff

that I've seen her in I can see that and I know

she has the name and the respect of most cinephiles.

My problem with her is she's more of a blind

spot for me with a lot of these films. I've seen

obviously Hunger Games and Don John and Crazy

Stupid Love. I honestly haven't seen much else

that she's done in the last five years even though

there's been a lot of films for some reason I've

missed most of them so I just need to catch up

on some of her films and that's really the only

thing because I thought for sure she was a shoe

-in for my list but it's more of a I just haven't

seen the films that she's been in in the last

five years that I didn't feel right putting her

on my list so that's really the only reason she's

not on it. Fair enough. All right, that means

it's back to you, Jairo. What do you got at number

seven? At number seven, I just made a kind of

a switch. I was looking at my list. I was like,

why is this other person ahead of my other person?

So I just bumped her back and I got Marion Cotillard

at number seven. I think that she also kind of

like... Like who was the other Julia Benoist

where she always brings something even though

the movie is not that great or or Carrie Mulligan

She was in Midnight in Paris, which I love inception

was a great film that I kind of dig it contagion

Rustin bone is one that I didn't see but I've

heard lots of good things about it, especially

about our performance Dark Knight Rises. Yeah

The immigrant was was really good. Well, her

performance is really good. Let me rephrase because

that we anchorman to But two days and one night

recently. I saw that actually in Chicago, man,

at the old Music Box Theater. And that was one

of the best kind of movie -going experiences

in the last few years for me. So I can't help

forget that. So she's at my number seven. And

she either won or was nominated for an Oscar

for two days, one night. I believe she was nominated.

She lost to Julianne Moore. Okay, and and I wanted

to I'm glad you brought that one up because this

is my number 11 Missed my top 10 by one spot

and this is probably the hardest part about my

list is I got down to 15 and Then getting from

15 to 10 was painful and she was the last one

to kind of miss the cut And I don't know if it

would I don't know what exactly Maybe I mean

Inceptions obviously Great I've seen her in immigrants.

I think it was more kind of like Julia more I

haven't seen two days one night yet And maybe

if I had seen that it would have bumped her into

my top ten because she only missed it by one

spot for me nice All right, that means Amanda

it's a year turn for number seven Actress I don't

think she's been in a ton this last half decade,

but I really want to see her and more And I keep

bringing up movies from this year, but they're

so fresh in my mind, I can't help it. I think

she's really good in Southpaw, and that's Rachel

McAdams. And I think she can play some really

great dramatic roles, but she has enough diversity

where I think she can play a wide range of type

of lady. And I think she's a little sassy. I

like her. All right. I think she was good in

that, too, for the short period of time that

she was in that film. Yeah, she didn't get booted

off, and after the first three minutes, she might

have made my list. She was like the first to

go in Survivor, she was just gone. Nobody can

remember you at the finale. Right. Alright, my

number seven, I know most people probably would

have this a little bit higher, but hey, it's

on my list, so don't give me too much crap. My

number seven, I am going with Tilda Swinton.

And I know seven might seem, like I said, not

high enough, but the only reason I'm doing that

is because if you take 2014 out of the equation,

I don't think her body of work is enough to make

the list for the half decade, honestly. And maybe

that's just because I haven't seen some of this

stuff, but it's all 2014 for me. It's Moonrise

Kingdom, Snowpiercer, or Moonrise Kingdom was

a little bit before, but Snowpiercer, Graham

Budapest Hotel, Only Lovers Left Alive, which

a lot of people talked about in varying ways.

But she was just burst onto the scene right there

at the end of the half decade, I guess, if you

want to call it. That's why she's down at number

seven and not a little bit higher. I think if

she had five years that were all like 2014, she'd

be like number one on my list. But instead, she's

number seven. But I still think this is kind

of where my list turns. You know, I had Anna

Kendrick on the stone, and Emily Vaughn did that.

You know, the last three. And now with seven

through one, I think it's all high quality, and

we're starting that with Tilda Swinton. I will

abstain. All right. Dan, number seven for you.

Well, my number seven is one that has been mentioned

twice already, so I will not add that much more.

My number seven is Emma Stone. And I think maybe

performance -wise, some of the other people like

Gillian Moore may have given better performances,

but for Emma Stone, for me, it's just like a

personality thing. I feel like when she's in

a movie, I just enjoy it more. She's a lot of

fun, and she, you know, from Easy A, from 2010,

where she kind of became a star to Birdman, which

I think is a legitimate... Performance that she

you know finally got some recognition got her

first Oscar nomination for that also spirit warden

nomination So again, she's one that is kind of

running out. She started as more of a teen You

know comedic actress, but is now becoming an

even more stronger actress And I know like there

are some other actresses right now that May have

kind of started their career around the same

time and maybe more prominent now but I feel

like she has a longer trajectory and I'm liking

seeing her getting partnerships with directors

like Woody Allen who can kind of use her comedic

talent in smart ways so I'm hoping to see more

of that and seeing and again it's another potential

thing where I think she has a lot similar to

like Anna Kendrick like the next five years maybe

even better and she may be giving you even better

performances so Yeah, obviously I'm in agreement

since she was on my list as well, and I think

Amanda's in agreement too, so no complaints with

your number seven. That means we're rounding

off the first half here, so Hira, what's your

number six? So my number six is the one that

I kind of moved forward a little bit, and that's

Scarlett Johansson. And, you know, a lot was

already said about her, but the one movie that

you didn't talk about was the landmark film Chef.

Where she plays such a critical role of John

Favreau's girlfriend, which might be her most

impressive performance yet. Yeah, yeah. But I

mean, you guys already kind of ran through it.

I mean, she's been in everything that's fantastic.

Don John, the skin, her, whatever. So, and her

was, her was just like, just blew me away, you

know, just incredible what she was just able

to do with her voice. Cause she's obviously just

one of those, those actresses that kind of everybody

has a pin up on the wall about, you know, so

to do something with her, just her acting was

incredible to me. So she is my number six. Can't

argue with that. All right, Amanda, what is your

number six? I have one that's already been mentioned

as well. It's Marion Cotillard. I think she was

really awesome in Inception and The Immigrant

and I also love her voice. I think it's a really

cool sounding voice and I love anything with,

you know, like a European accent or the Eastern

European accent. I'm all over that. I really

connected with her in Inception. Like in the

immigrant, I super loved her voice in that because

she had like that Eastern European thing. She's

coming from Poland. I'm all over that. I think

her intensity is, is really awesome. I think

she's intense and everything she does. And also

like in contagion, she was really good in stuff

too. So that's my number six. All right. My number

six, just like my number seven is going to get

some flack for not being high enough, but I don't

care. Um, everyone's, everyone on Twitter wanted

this probably at their number one. I. I'm going

to have it instead of my number six and that's

Jennifer Lawrence. Let me explain before anybody

gets upset. Nobody gets upset. I get the Hunger

Games. Obviously, that's the major thing she's

been doing. You have Silver Linings Playbook

and American Hustle and the X -Men stuff, but

maybe it's just because I haven't seen Winter's

Bone, the one that she actually got the Oscar

attention for. I just think if you take Hunger

Games and X -Men out of the equation, I mean,

I know that's not fair to take two of the biggest

things like that, two big, huge franchises out,

but I don't know. I've seen her in a few very

bad films as well. Serena was terrible. Honestly,

I think she got out acted in American Hustle.

I know Daniel probably disagree with me, but

I think she did. Of course she did. And I don't

know, I just, I think... I think she deserves

all the love and praise that she gets. That's

fine. But I also think that there's four or five

people that have had a better half decade. So

I guess that's my argument. But I can't get into

it much until I reveal those names. So I respect

her. I think she's great. She's on my top ten.

But I don't think she deserves to be number one,

number two in that range. Well, I will hold off

anything for now. I will say the movie Syriana.

I think that movie was a mess for... many reasons

beyond just her. But I would say C. Winter's

Bone, because I do think if you look at that

performance compared to stuff like Silver Linings

or American Hustle, I think it kind of gives

you a better idea of it. I still think that's

maybe her best performance still to date. In

American Hustle, it's such a loud performance.

I did see Wenders Bonin. It's like a muted thing

that she's got going on. I thought it was fantastic,

but hey, she's not even on my list. There we

go. I do think with my six through one, I kind

of changed the corner though with one exception

to also to people that I think can, that have

the star power to lead films and to be the main

player in a film. I'm not saying some of the,

you know, Some of the other ones can't but I

really think you know starting with Jennifer

Lawrence These are people that you can have her

and a bunch of supporting characters and and

you can have a successful film where maybe You

can't do that at this point with a couple of

the other ones that I've mentioned. So All right,

Dan. What's your number six? My number six is

again Actress that's also been mentioned already,

but it's one that you mentioned last round until

this wasn't and I know you mentioned like 2014

was just the year that she had a lot of stuff

But I would also say in 2010 she which she was

in an Italian film called I am love which might

actually be his her best performance within this

past five years. You know, she's an actress who

can give, you know, multilingual performances

like a Marion Cotillard or Julia Pinoch and I

think that is a talent, like that is something

you don't see very often. And I think Tilda Swinton

is one of those actresses that... It's kind of

cliche, but she does escape into roles. Like

she can play really unique and out there characters.

Like there's not many actresses that can make

her performance or the character in Snowpiercer

work. I think a lot of people couldn't make like

that level of cheesiness and just the right bit

of overacting and make it, you know, kind of

humorous. I think that's a lot harder performance

than people may realize. And even in something

like, you know, where she is truly unrecognizable,

like the Grand Poodle Best Hotel, I mean... She

goes all out and I um, she can be theatrical

She can you know be someone from like, you know,

it could be evil witch from narnia to Something

like I said like with I am love so I like she

is multifaceted And uh, I think because of that

I I have her on my list So I mean maybe I should

have her hire i'm not sure but again partially

maybe because like you mentioned she For the

entire decade. She's she hasn't had like the

minus I am loved, she hasn't had a huge, like

a lot of smaller roles here and there, but I

think she's, every time she's in a movie, she's

fantastic. I think the argument, the best argument

for her being higher is how, is the diversity

in her roles. I know we've talked about that

a lot of times so far in this list and thrown

out that a lot, but I don't think anybody has

it more than she does. She can be any type of

role. Exactly. be crazy, she can be funny, she

can be, you know, transformative, so I mean,

I think that's the best argument for why she

should be hired, or why some people would say

that she should be hired, and I can't disagree

with that. She is a chameleon when it comes to

being an actress in so many different roles.

I will continue to abstain. All right, well,

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it's time to continue our countdown of the best

actresses of the half decade, 2010 through 2014.

We've already gone through our 10 through 6 picks,

so we're picking up at our number 5. Jairo, what

do you have at number 5? So this actress is one

that kind of surprised me over the last five

years, and that's because when she was on Dawson's

Creek, I was like, man, this chick's gonna be

homeless as soon as this show goes off the air.

And that's the show, Williams. She's been so

winning. She hasn't been in a lot of movies,

but every time she's in a film, dude, it's just

like this great performance. I believe Valentine

is one that kind of like reaches into my chest

and pulls out my heart every time I watch it.

Shutter Island is a really good one. Meek's Cut

Off, if you haven't seen that, you should probably

go out there and check it out. But Tigger's Waltz,

another one. And then it kind of falls off for

her a little bit in the last few years, but I

think that she's still got it. I think she's

got a lot of potential going forward. She's definitely

one of those actresses that I'll throw onto that

list of I can't wait to see what she's got to

do for the next 10, 15 years. So yeah, Michelle

Williams is my number cinco. I agree with you

as far as the Dawson's Creek thing. I wouldn't

have ever guessed that she would have had a career

after that show was over She was one of those

that was in my top 15 and then just didn't quite

make the cut to get onto my list But I think

you're right. She has been in a lot of films

and she hasn't really put up very many bad performances

i don't think i can't point to a single one yeah

in like dawson's creek it was like man this katie

holmes chick she's going places man she's gonna

be a huge star she's gonna be a great actress

and she met tom cruise and this michelle williams

person who oh looks like we were a little wrong

there dawson's creek i can't believe we got that

mentioned in there all right amanda what do you

got here number five this is one pick that is

based solely on characters that I like that she's

played, and that's Jennifer Lawrence. We've already

brought her up. I mean, obviously Hunger Games,

X -Men, cool. Also, House at the End of the Street,

that was really good. I like that film, too,

and I don't like a lot of her stuff outside of

those characters, but, you know, I'm not gonna

be opposed to liking something that she puts

out that's not, you know, Mystique or Katniss.

Alright more Jennifer Lawrence love at your number

five obviously I've already talked about her

And that means I should talk about somebody else

my number five is someone also that was not mentioned

at all by the Twitter world I Think part of this

is gonna be more of just a personal bias because

I just really liked her as an actress maybe Some

people would argue she doesn't stack up to some

of these other people But she's been in a lot

of stuff and I think the five or six of them

doing this half -deck could have been Real top

quality and that's Zoe Saldana. So that is mine

Yeah. Not in agreement, I take it. Well, I just,

I don't know, I'm interested to see what you're

basing this on, like what she's been in and stuff

like that, so I'm sorry. And I think she's been

in a bunch of films that people... haven't liked,

but I've liked more than they have. Like I actually

liked the words. I know most people didn't like

that, but I did and she was a major role in that.

I like Star Trek Into Darkness. I liked her role

there. I liked her voice work in Book of Life.

Obviously Guardians of the Galaxy. I liked her

role in Out of the Furnace. I even think that

there's some stuff even if the films aren't that

great from... from possibly from Losers or Colombiana.

So I mean, I think, like I said, it's more of

a personal bias because I just really like her

as an actress and I like the roles that she's

played. Obviously, she doesn't have that Oscar

caliber performance or movie on her resume like

a lot of these other people that we're talking

about do. But I am interested whenever I see

that she is cast in a film. So I'm going to jump

in and say that's not my number four pick. So

OK, so support me. Yeah, it's my number four.

I think that. She has a really exotic look. I

love her. I think she brings a lot to her roles.

I think she also has that intensity and that

potential to play just about anything. And I

love her in the sci -fi flicks, and I think she

also has her own level of badassness, and she

also has a really cool voice. You're all about

the voices today. Yeah, and I loved her in the

Book of Life, her voice acting there. In Takers,

she was in Takers. I think she's just, she's

a little ball of talent. I think she's too, something

that with the right script and the right film

that she can lead something all on her own. I

don't think she necessarily needs to rely on

anybody else to kind of play off of. She can

kind of take it herself and I think I respect

that. So, Hyra, you're not a big fan, huh? I

just, she's been such a small player in all those

films. I didn't see the Book of Life one. I didn't

see that. But in like, Guardians of the Galaxy,

she's got a small role. It's not like... I mean

obviously she's part of a team and and even there

Chris Pratt is kind of like the front man of

that movie and then I did definitely didn't see

Colombiana but I don't know I mean I guess I

could I can agree with you that the potential

is there I just don't see like how she'd be like

in retrospect looking at her her filmography

I mean But hey, man, if you digger, you digger,

dude. I mean, like a swash of brush. It's more

of a personal pick. I understand that she doesn't

maybe have the same, like I said, Oscar worthy

type stuff in that vein. But I think as far as

just a fun action type role or even in some more

of these serious roles, even in even in blood

ties, as bad as I think that movie was and well,

not bad, but as messy as that was, I still. Liked

her damn what what side of the fence do you fall

on was Eldana? I think she's okay I guess I never

really considered her for this listen She always

to this point for me always felt like more of

a movie star than a movie actress Like she's

never one that I was like wow that was a great

performance. She's been serviceable She's been

fine, but I never I know like she's never I never

got excited because she got cast in a role or

really was affected by any of her performances.

She's done her job, but I guess I don't know.

I'm not saying what you are. Alright, we'll be

the lone wolves here on this one. Like I said,

I can understand what you guys are saying. It's

more of just a personal favorite of mine, so

I had to find a way to throw her in there somewhere.

all right i have no idea what's happening because

i was going out of order but i think that's your

turn for number five but i think i'm on number

five i'm not sure and and one of our five of

those already already been mentioned that they

at least twice of not three times and it's uh...

marianne courtyard uh... again like it's been

mentioned she's got quite the from all the free

and from rust and bone to the immigrant to again

even like genre films like Dark Knight Rises

and its inception she she brings a gravitas to

what she does again Maybe it's just the voice,

you know, she has that it just seems when she's

talking the words she's saying are important

for whatever reason, but again like I don't know

she she has like a presence to her and and something

like two days and one night Most recently and

she keeps giving out like high high quality performances.

So I just uh, I think my first introduction to

her was probably Inception i'm like, wow, she's

really you know and ever since then I felt like

every time she's in the movie I've been gravitated

towards her and what she's doing. So All right.

Obviously everybody agrees with koti arabian

in this discussion And I think that's for good

reason. Hiro, what do you have at your number

four? At number four, we start going into kind

of the Titans of the last five years for me.

And number four is Cate Blanchett. It kind of

goes without saying that she is one of the best

actresses working in Hollywood today, in my opinion.

But she's been in so many good movies throughout

her career. But the last five years, I mean,

the one big highlight, I guess, I want to put

a little tick mark on is Blue Jasmine. Blue Jasmine

is one of those incredible, just nutsoid performances

that just kind of blows you out the water when

you see it. And anytime she's on screen, I think

she commands it with such a presence that you

just can't ignore her. So yeah, I got Cate Blanchett

at number four. If I was going off of the best

actresses since 2000, I think she would make

my list. Because I'm a big fan of hers and I've

liked a lot of stuff that she's done. That was

one that I automatically thought was going to

be on my list until I started looking at just

2010 through 2014. It's Robin Hood, Hannah, The

Hobbit films, Blue Jasmine, Monuments Men, and

How to Train Your Dragon 2. She was fantastic

in Cinderella. Cinderella I wasn't really a big

fan of, but dude she's like chewing up the scenery

and hamming it up so bad. Have you seen Cinderella?

Yeah, I mean that's 2015. Oh that doesn't count

But I I think she's in the discussion. I definitely

think she's there I think it's hard to separate

everything she's done prior to this But I think

when I was just looking at the last five years,

that's kind of why I eliminated her But obviously

it's pretty universally accepted that she was

great in blue jasmine So yeah, I I didn't include

her kind of kind of like my Daniel Day Lewis

role I think blue jasmine if I was a little ranking

best performances of the last decade Certainly

like that would be near the top, you know for

sure and I think she's fantastic and Hannah too

and talking about cheer chewing scenery She's

playing like a really fun like fairy tale villain

in that and you can see that too in Cinderella

So if that's the only reason I didn't include

I going into it I thought okay She was definitely

in my top ten. But again since I am also looking

trying to consider Quantity as well. That's why

I didn't make my overall top ten, but there's

no doubt She's an amazing actress for sure. Yeah,

and I agree with higher what you're saying She's

one of the best actresses in the business right

now and working today so that I can't argue with

I guess just when I'm trying to focus and fine

-scope it, that's why she was left to the sideline

for me, unexpectedly. She definitely knows Zoe

Saldana, though. That's to be honest. True. I

mean, like, who is, though, really? I mean, Zoe

Saldana... She's not been, like, a kick -ass

action star. Maybe soon. Maybe soon. She'll soon

lead a teenage love affair action series. One

day. I don't think I'm gonna hold my breath for

that. Alright, my number four, since we're skipping

over Amanda, is also somebody that didn't get

mentioned on Twitter, so I'm probably gonna get

some shit for this one as well. But the social

network, girl with the dragon tattoo, her, Ain't

Them Body Saints, side effects, I'm going with

Rooney Mara as my number four. I just think that

there's too many films there that you can't ignore.

Obviously, she got the Oscar attention with Girl

with a Dragon Tattoo, but there's been a whole

lot of other films along the way that I think

it's where the quantity argument comes in, as

well as the quality for most of those films that

she's appeared in. So I know a lot of people

probably, again, may be too high, but Rooney

Mara is my number four. She was actually my number

11, too, and she's really great in side effects,

and like you said, Girl with a Dragon Tattoo.

Again, she kind of broke on the scene with the

social network, has been kind of going. Ever

since then so I was really hard to not include

her, but she I don't disagree. She'd source She

just barely missed the cup for me same for me

man ain't them body saints. I think it's one

of those movies that I you watch it and You you

get surprised like why is nobody talking about

this movie like why? This movie is I thought

it was fantastic I love that movie and I don't

know exactly why I started to watch it because

I've never heard of it before But when I was

done with him and I was so blown away, I think

she's fantastic. She was also an honorable mention

for me. All right, Dan, that takes us to your

number four. Well, my number four, honestly,

going into this, I thought I'd have to defend

why I didn't have this person up higher. But

I guess I'm going to be the highest on this.

I'm not sure. And that's Jennifer Lawrence. I

thought like, oh, I forward be kind of low. But

apparently that's not the case with us. But we

talked about her a lot as well. But I think it's

easy to kind of dismiss movies like. the Hunger

Games and the X -Men films because, you know,

they're just action franchises, but I think she

does bring something, at least to the Hunger

Games, that not many other actresses would. Like,

look at something like Divergent, where, exactly,

where Shailene Woody, who I think is the legitimate

actress, she can't, maybe because the material

isn't as strong, like, I think... Lawrence brings

so much more to that. I'm not a huge fan of those

films, but I think she does elevate the material

that she's given. And two, I think Wonder's Bone

is a performance that maybe gets overlooked now

because of everything she's done, but that to

me is maybe her most gritty, most true -to -life

performance where you see someone that feels

so much like a real person compared to that of

something that... loud and over the top like

American Hustle which I don't disagree that she

is out acted in that film and I'll get to that

shortly as we count down this list but I do think

she's really fun and funny in Silver Linings

playbook which is a movie I don't like as much

as other people but I do think there's no denying

her performance and also had to conclude her

because of just thinking of if you ask people

you know who is you know the biggest movie star

within the last five years. I think she's certainly

going to be in that conversation for nearly everyone.

She's become such a huge icon in the last couple

years. Maybe it's not just because of her performances,

maybe it's other things, but I do think without

at least a strong body of work that she wouldn't

be there, but yeah. Yeah, I think you're definitely

hit it on the head there as far as... The first

thing that comes to a lot of people's minds when

you're saying who's the best actress right now

or who's the biggest movie star right now or

who's the best actress of the last five years

is definitely going to come to a lot of people's

minds in the first couple names that they say.

I don't necessarily think she's a better actress

than someone like Tilda Swinton. I think Tilda

Swinton probably could out act her any day of

the week, but if I'm just like, again, considering

I'm looking at actresses that have kind of become

who they are within the last five years is kind

of why, again, I had her high and I didn't think

I had her high enough, but hey. Alright, that

means it's time for the nitty -gritty. Hiro,

start us off with what your number three is.

So number three is kind of one of those that

was almost a shoe in when I, you kind of floated

this list to me and that's Amy Adams. She's been

in a ton of films, some really great films, some

not so great, but The Fighter, The Master, Her,

American Hustle, The Great Man of Steel, Big

Eyes, she's always fantastic. I mean, she definitely,

we were talking about out acting Jennifer Lawrence,

I think Amy Adams also, took the cake in that

film and I love her man every time I want to

just sit here and watch her rise on the bed like

she did in the fighter over and over and over

man I love Amy Adams dude huge fan of hers and

uh who had the bet that who had the bet for number

three pick before Hiro said something inappropriate

you mean uh talking about Ryan's buffet wasn't

inappropriate You crossed the line with that

one. I will agree 100 % with everything you said

about Amy Adams and I will refrain from saying

anything further. Okay, awesome. Alright. Amanda,

has anyone stole your thunder for number three?

You guys stole my thunder for everything. Everything.

My number three is Black Widow herself, Scar

Jo. I love that character. I'm so excited for

her to have her own movie. I think she's gorgeous,

she's funny, her voice sounds amazing. Chef,

she was great. Don John, she was pretty funny.

Even Lucy, I enjoyed her in that too and I think

she has her own level of gorgeous badassness

that just folds around her like an aura. I just

want to be her best friend. Alright so another

vote for Scar Joe and before anybody else says

anything I'll just piggyback off that because

it's also my number three talk about stealing

your thunder stealing my thunder I knew this

was a shoe -in from the beginning it was one

of the three that I knew was gonna be on the

list and then after doing the research it still

was at the top so it's my number three I think

like everybody said the voice work for her is

amazing which is one reason why I'm super excited

and anticipation for her next role with her voice,

which would be in the Jungle Book for next year.

I think that's great casting. And yeah, just

everything you guys have said, I just echo all

of that. Her, Chef, Winter Soldier. You know,

she's good in Under the Skin. I'm not gonna fault

her for her acting or her performance in that,

even if I don't like the film. But everything

she's done, I have appreciated. And I think she's

someone that, again, comes to mind if someone

is just to ask, you know. Say one of the biggest

names out there for actresses today. She's gonna

come to the the top of a lot of people's minds

So I even love her new haircut. I thought about

I don't even know what that she's got like this

freaking high top fades over thing She can do

that and pull it off. She's killing it. I thought

about doing it. It looks really good on her Yeah,

so Scarlett Johansson's my number three, which

means Dan it's time for yours my number three

again, I feel like Well, I think up to this point

I might have been mentioned up to one. So I won't

say much, but Hiro mentioned Michelle Williams

already, and she's my number three. There's something

about her. It's hard to give good performances

that are quiet performances, but she can definitely

do that where she's not being the loud -voiceless.

She can kind of just stand in the background

and still give a performance that is... rather

strong and she's you know even done something

that's a little bit more you know Oscar worthy

with something like my week in Maryland where

she's playing iconic Marilyn Monroe and she does

it really well but you know like we mentioned

takes take take this waltz and makes cutoff shutter

island blue valentine i i there is you know she's

such uh there's not many actresses that have

like have that ability to kind of relate be become

like a relatable human being that just seems

like a normal person and she able would do that

personally like blue Valentine where You know

if you never it felt like you're watching just

this everyday person going through these struggles

So again in the last few years, she maybe hasn't

done much since 2013 really. I mean she was okay

and odds the great and powerful There's really

not much for her to do in there, but she started

off the decade really strong So I'm hopefully

in she's gonna get you know, she's a few things

on on her plate coming up, you know Nothing too

fantastic from what I can see, but within the

first few years, 2010, 2012, and 2013, she was

really on a pretty impressive streak there. So

a couple of votes for Michelle Williams there.

When I hear that, I think of the member of Destiny's

Child. That's all I can think of. Beyonce? No.

No. There was another girl named Michelle Williams.

She's actually from Rockford and P .S. She comes

back all the time. Anyway, let's move in. What's

that? I think she's homeless now. A lot of people

are in record. Alright, your number two hire,

top two, what is it? So here are the shoe -ins,

man. And number two is Jessica Chastain. This

is an easy one, man. I mean, she's knocking it

out of the park right and left. Obviously, there

may be some sort of attraction from me, but I

mean, just going through some of the... Really?

Really? Absolutely. I mean, she's right behind

Gabriel Sibideh, but whatever. That's the first

time I've ever heard you use her real name. I

can't stop laughing. Oh, Jesus, help. It's just

sleep deprivation that works best. Go back to

Jessica Chastain. Yeah, Hake Shelter, Tree of

Life, The Help, Lawless, she was really good,

Zero Dark Thirty, everybody loves that. I think

the disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, I think she

did a fantastic job because she made me hate

her. She made me be super frustrated with her.

And for her to do that to me is an incredible

feat of acting. Interstellar, I loved. A most

violent year. She was incredible. Even in a movie

like this year, and I know it doesn't count,

but Crimson Peak, where it's not that great of

a film, but she was, you know... Out of control,

fantastic in it. So, I mean, she... Do you want

to see her out of control? Watch Miss Julie with

her and Colin Farrell, because it is fucking

god -awful. Okay, I'll add that to my queue.

I'll add that to my queue, but yeah, she's just

always fantastic and I love her. No, you do not

add Miss Julie to your queue, please. But I will

agree, it's my number two as well, so we're definitely

in line here. Everything you said, ditto. I just

think she's been someone who every time a new

film comes out, it's almost like it propels her

a little bit further. It's not any of this two

steps forward, one step back. It just seems like

she continues to take steps forward. And I think

she is second to only one. So I definitely agree

that she's number two for me. Amanda, I went

out of turn. So that means we go backwards to

you. What's your number two? My number two has

also been talked about previously. And that's

Emily Blunt. I love what she puts out, Edge of

Tomorrow, Into the Woods, Looper, Muppet, she's

got a lot of dynamicism, I think she - Dynan

- what did you just say? I'm sorry? She's so

good we're inventing words for her. She's got

a lot of potential to be dynamic. She has a lot

of dynamicism. Oh boy. Dying over here. I'm the

alcohol. Yeah. It's tasting good over here. But

I think she's one of those people that also brings

so much intensity and in her own right, a lot

of heart to what she does. And I'm excited to

see her more. All right. That's higher than I

expected her to fall on anybody's list. But since

I also have it on my list. I like that we have

another crossover. How about you shut up and

stop hating on my list? I'm still trying to cope

with dynamicism. Why don't you lift it up? Look

that shit up. It sounds like a transformer. If

it's not a word, it should be. Sounds like a

disease, like an affliction. All right, Dan,

what's your number two? My number two, again,

I think someone has been brought up already,

so it's kind of not going to say much. But honestly,

starting this list, I thought my number two was...

My number two is going to be my number one, because

she's my favorite actress. But when I looked

at everything, I couldn't rightfully put her

at number two. And Amy Adams is my number two.

And I think when she's in the movie right now,

I get super excited. And we talked about how

she out acted Jennifer Lawrence in American Hustle.

I think she has. An ability to even when a movie

is full of really big and powerful performances

still hold your own and in some ways even take

control look at something like the master where

I feel like there is just this like quiet control

she's able to have and also honestly like There

is a viciousness to that character that you see

and just break out in just the right moments

where I'm far more scared of her in that movie

than even that of Philip Seymour Hoffman just

because there's something about her there. And

I think she's also a type of actress that she

would be able to survive in any era. She has

a musical background. She could probably just

be a biggest star in the 50s as she can now.

I think she can do pretty much anything. So the

only thing that kind of held her back for me

from being a number one was that looking within

the least of the past five years she hasn't had

that movie where it was her performance that

was leading the pack like she's great as a supporting

character or within an ensemble cast but she

didn't have that movie where I felt like This

is all on her shoulders. You know, she's had

stuff like trouble with the curve which are not,

you know, there which she's the main star but

it's not a you know, a Type of performance that's

very all that daunting. So that was the only

thing that kind of held it back for me I mean,

she's number two. So obviously I think she's

fantastic But I had a kind of you know split

hair is when I was looking at my one and two

That means it's time for everybody's number one

pick. So, Jairo, what did you save for last?

So, this is the shoe -in for me. Like, the second

you brought it up, dude, it was like, okay, pencil

her in. And it's still the Swinton. You guys

all brought it up, I believe, at one point or

another. But I think that, yeah, she probably

hasn't been... Like, you mentioned her 2014 year,

which was fantastic, but a film like We Need

to Talk About Kevin. is something that kind of

really resonates with me, man. It's just such

a powerful performance. Even the Chronicles of

Narnia, she has that like white queen lady. She's

just, she blends into her, into her performances.

She just disappears in them. And then just, you

know, just to talk about her previous career,

I think the first thing I ever saw her in was

a film called Orlando. If you guys have ever

seen or heard of that, it's kind of, it's an

old story about a... Like a man transitioning

to a woman in like, you know through all time.

It's kind of weird she's got this androgynous

kind of quality about her that males sort of

weigh about her in certain roles, but she disappears

in You know only lovers left behind and he transforms

those things like this Sexy vampirical thing

to do just I can't say enough about her man every

time anything that she's in and I will try to

watch So yeah, she's my number one by by a long

shot Definitely a chameleon. I will agree with

that. Amanda? My number one is also Tilda Swinton.

I think she's awesome. Ever since I saw her in

Constantine as Gabriel, which is also a very

androgynous role. She's got the tailored suits,

and she's clearly a woman still. But I think

that ever since I saw her in that, I was hooked.

And I think she is definitely a chameleon, like

you guys say. Snowpiercer Narnia only lovers

left alive are the most recent ones But I think

that she she has that ability to be anything

she wants to be a movie and I think she steals

a show Obviously some agreement from the panel

with Tilda Swinton even in like something like

trainwreck, but where you just want you had no

idea It's her. Yeah, you guys saw trainwreck,

right? I have no I mean, it's not a very good

movie, but there's just look out for Tilda Swinton

in that movie see if you can spot her because

It's really hard to say. I mean, when we're talking

about disappearing into a role and being a chameleon,

watch Trane Rick and just watch how she dives

into that role and how she just completely disappears

in that film. Is she like Drexel in True Romance?

Oh, yeah, okay. I mean, no. You know what I mean?

It's Gary Oldman in a role that you're like,

holy shit, that's Gary Oldman? Yeah, it's exactly

that. I had to check IMDB to figure out who the

hell she was because I was like, who is this?

I found her role to be funny, but it's just...

I had no idea who it was until I looked it up

and I was just stunned. I'm gonna go with my

number one, which Dan, I believe our ones and

twos are just flip -flop if I'm thinking correctly.

My number one's already been talked about and

that would be Amy Adams for all the reasons that

you guys already mentioned. So fighter, American

Hustle, Muppets, The Master, Her, Trouble with

the Curve. It's a pretty impressive... resume,

and I think what's even more impressive than

the movies that she's been in is her performances.

It's not just that she's in good movies, but

her performances are always A plus plus, as Hiro

likes to say, and I think just watching her outact

people, and I'm not just talking about American

Hustle, but there's almost every... film that

she's been in where, like Dan says, she's playing

more of a supporting character, she's playing

more of a side character, and she almost steals

the show every single time. So, and I agree with

what Dan said. You can see her be successful

in a lot of different genres, a lot of different

time periods. She would be successful. She's

definitely a very diverse actress that has a

lot of tools in her tool bag that she can pull

out at any time. So, Amy Adams is my number one.

I didn't know which way I was going to go with

Amy Adams and Jessica Chastain. I knew they were

probably going to be my number one. one of my

number two, but in the end, I guess I just slightly

sided with Amy Adams on this one. Yeah, and you're

right. My number one is Jessica Chastain. And

I think the one performance, honestly, that kind

of sealed the deal with me was when I talked

about how Amy Adams doesn't have that one performance,

you know, within the last five years where she

was the center point of it. And the one that

Jessica Chastain does, the one I kept going to

was her performance in Zero Dark Thirty, which

is a movie I honestly love. And I think it's

Just her drive in that, with that character,

just her sheer will to propel everything forward,

and I don't know, that's kind of what sealed

the deal for me, and she's been in so much, like

you've mentioned, but I think she is the sky's

limit with her, and... She's like a capital A

thespian, if you want to want to say. She's going

to she's going to do some amazing things. And

I like to see, again, her she's been doing genre

films, like things like The Martian, you know,

Interstellar. But then she'll do something like

Most Violent Year. She's really kind of doing

everything, which is, I think, fantastic to see.

So she's just over the top in Most Violent Year

that just, man, it's so amazing to see what she

can do. It is good. Before we get to honorable

mentions, I'd like to just recap so people remember

what the lists were. So, Jairo, why don't you

go ten through one real quick. Ten, I got Carey

Mulligan. Nine, Julia Binoche. Eight, Elizabeth

Moss. Seven, Marion Courtiard. Number six, Scar

Jo, Scarlett Johansson. Then Michelle Williams,

Kate Blanchett, Amy Adams, Jessica Chastain,

and the one and only Tilda Swinton. Amanda? 10,

Margot Robbie. 9, Melissa McCarthy. 8, Emma Stone.

7, Rachel McAdams. 6, Miriam Cotillard. 5, Jennifer

Lawrence. 4, Zoe Saldana. 3, Scar Jo. 2, Emily

Blunt. And 1, Tilda Swinton. My word. Number

10, Emily Blunt. Number 9, Emma Stone. Number

8, Anna Kendrick. Number 7, Tilda Swinton. Number

6, Jennifer Lawrence. Number 5, Zoe Saldana.

Number 4, Rooney Mara. Number 3, Scar Jo. Number

2, Jessica Chastain. And number 1, Amy Adams.

My number 10 was Kristen Wiig, 9 was Scarlett

Johansson, 8 Julianne Moore, 7 Emma Stone, 6

Tillis Wilton, 5 Marion Cotillard, number 4 Jennifer

Lawrence, and then number 3 Michelle Williams,

then Amy Adams, and lastly Jessica Chastain.

Alright, Hyra, we'll let you go first before

we get into some final discussion, but real quick

first, what are some people that just... Missed

the cut. What are some honorable mentions for

you? So I've got Elizabeth Banks. Just missed

the cut. Eva Green. Love her. She seems like

one of those like scene stealing just like every

time she's on the screen she's like a monster

basically just in a positive way but Rosemarie

DeWitt is one I really wanted to kind of shoehorn

in here because I love every time she's on screen.

I think she's... an actress that you don't hear

talked about a lot, but I think that she brings

a lot to the table whenever she does. And Brie

Larson is another one that I really wanted to

shoehorn in here, but just couldn't do it. So

those are my kind of honorables. All right, Amanda,

which ones were close but didn't quite make it?

I think Ava Green was one of them. I think she

probably would have been my number 11. Also,

I really want to see more from Diana. Hegron,

I think her last name is. She was in The Family

with Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro. I

think she's got a really pretty face and I think

she's got a lot of talent. I think she can do

some really cool stuff. I think she was in I

Am Number Four, too, as a law of interest. And

then also, Searsha Roman, that's how you say

that, Dan. Wait, you were having sex? Searsha.

Oh, okay. Not Searsha. And then also Paula Patton.

I think she's pretty underrated, but I like her.

For me, a lot of them have already been mentioned.

Cotillard was one of them. Julianne Moore, like

Dan had on his list. I had Anne Hathaway in the

discussion. She didn't quite make the cut, but

I think that there's some stuff in there that

at least I considered her. Shailene Woodley.

Considered her I think what kept her off the

list was just more about the quantity I think

she has been in and three or four really good

films But that wasn't enough over a five -year

period for me to put her in quite yet And then

one that almost made it just strictly based on

quantity was Olivia wild She's been in like 20

films in the last five years. I don't even know

how that's physically possible I don't even know

if this is a real person or if this is a robot

but definitely a lot of stuff but when you kind

of try to pinpoint the ones that would qualify

for something like this list I don't think she

has the film so that's why it kept kept her off

for me. Dan what about you? I've had a few people

on one that came to mind was Pritt Marling she's

been inside of my voice to another earth and

a few other films It was hard to keep her off.

Another one, too, that hasn't been mentioned

is Maya Wojtkowski. I think I'm sending that

very incorrectly. She's going to jump on you

for that one. Yeah. I'm well, you know, there's

worse things She's been in the kids of all rights

Jane Eyre, which I think is really underrated

movie Stoker only love her life left alive tracks

that came out last year, which I think is she

was I think maybe her best performance yet so

and the double she's also in like Alice in Wonderland,

obviously not a great movie, but I don't have

to Yeah, I also I Unfortunately, like I really

thought like Elizabeth Olsen would have potential

making this list, but when you look at her filmography,

she was great in Marcia, Marcia Mae Marlene,

but after that she's been in a lot of crappy

movies like Godzilla and Oldboy. Unfortunately.

Check up her face. What'd she do to her face,

man? I don't know. I did not ask her. Uh, I think

it has something to do with the bloodline that

she's related to. Um, and then lastly, Emma Watson,

uh, you know, from Perksby and Wallflower, The

Bling Wing, uh, even her cameo in This is the

End. And, you know, she's been in the Harry Potter

movies as well. But all the other honorable mentions

I had were already mentioned, so. And a few of

the ones that other people had mentioned on Twitter

that we didn't get to, that I wanted to at least

throw out there, that they had mentioned Viola

Davis, Naomi Watts, Charlize Theron. Meryl Streep,

I think those were, Kate Winslet, I think those

were the only ones that we didn't mention that

they threw out there. I kind of wanted to change

the conversation just a little bit here in getting

towards a close here. And obviously we're halfway

through the decade. So this is a discussion that's

kind of halfway to the point that we would get

to at the end of 2019 when we're all the way

through the decade. Which ones on your list are

shoe -ins to make that list even at the end of

the decade? Which ones do you think might fall

out? And what names are possibly on the verge

of having a real great five years that might

be added to the conversation that none of us

have mentioned yet, that have potential here

in the last five years? Any way you want to go

with that, Dan, where do you want to start? I

guess I'll start with the ones I feel like that

will be on it for sure within the decade. I mean,

Jessica Chastain obviously went number one just

looking at her. Her career so far, you know,

it's gonna be even if she does doesn't do another

movie for the rest of the year I think she has

you know potential there and again Amy Adams

I'm pretty sure because I think you know She's

the type of actress that I don't feel like she

she takes she makes smart smart choices And she's

you know, I don't think given a bad performance

So those are the ones my top two obviously which

is maybe kind of obvious but the ones I feel

the strongest about The ones that might drop

off the list possibly Michelle Williams because

like I mentioned you can't done a great deal

in the last two years and she's not have a lot

coming up and maybe, I guess, I'm not sure who

else could drop off. Maybe Kristen Wiig if she

doesn't do more, but I don't know. Any of that

you're looking as far as potential that if they

have a real good five years could jump into the

conversation even if they didn't have enough

to make it down this first half? Let me get back

to you on that. I'm not really sure right now.

You're asking some really hard questions. My

bad, I didn't mean to come at this with these

hard questions. Tyrone, anything that you're

thinking of as far as somebody that's really

on the verge or has a lot of potential? I think

that the Brie Larson for me is someone that you

can see kind of going forward that would be,

you know, rising to the list. I think Carrie

Mulligan also, she made my number 10, but I think

that she could easily be much higher. And I think

that one thing, you know, as far as those dropping

off, I think you have to kind of... unfortunately

take a look at the way hollywood treats women

after they cross a certain age point you know

they can just fall off out of meryl streep you'll

see uh... a lot of the media roles for women

who you'll get into the fifties and stuff so

i mean jessica chastain she's started of that

age uh... that means uh... and julia binocchio

means kind of hang out for your life there but

uh... you know for i mean i'm obviously optimistic

and hopeful that that hollywood give them something

to do but You know, it is what it is, so. I had

a couple that I was considering that I think

if they got the right roles could be added to

the conversation. I think someone like a Natalie

Portman has the ability. I just don't think she's

landed necessarily all the right roles. She doesn't

work that often either. I mean, she's just, she's

had kids, she went to school, she lives her life,

but you know, she... Right. But I think she could,

she has the potential to all of a sudden just

wow us with two or three films and all of a sudden

be in the conversation. I think some of the ones

that Amanda already mentioned, how do I say that,

Saoirse Ronan, I think she could be someone we're

talking about in another five years. I think

like Dan said, Emma Watson is definitely someone

that I think could. very quickly join the conversation

i think she's or he has couple films on her from

our opinions last five years ago to to her resume

uh... margo robbie i know she was on your list

but i think that she's definitely someone that

with a few more years couldn't even jump a few

spots and be added to some other people's list.

And Shailene Woodley would be the other one as

far as, I think, with another five years possibly

could join the conversation. I think you're right

though, Hiro. I think you nailed something on

the head there with the way Hollywood does treat

aging actresses, that you do have to worry about

some of these people somewhat falling off. Obviously,

if I'm looking at my own list, maybe as always,

how down it doesn't end up. in another five years

being in the conversation, or if they don't take

the right roles, my bottom three, Anna Kendrick,

Emma Stone, and Emily Blunt, depending on what

kind of roles they get, I could see them going

either way. I think ScarJo, Jessica Chastain,

Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence are all people we're

still going to be talking about in five years

though. Any thoughts, Amanda? Well, that's a

really hard question. I think Emily Blunt, ScarJo,

and Mirian Courtyard really have the potential

and the star power to stick around for a while.

As far as people dropping off, I think Jennifer

Lawrence will drop off. I think maybe she's just

a fad with some of these roles that she's gotten.

So we've had quite a few stinkers out of our

tooth, so we'll see what she does. Dan, any time

to think about someone that's on the verge, on

the cusp? Yeah, I thought of a few, and maybe

it's more so because of their TV work that maybe

they'll be able to transition to movies, but

one that came to mind is Alison Pill. She most

recently was in the newsroom. She's done some

movies with Lagoon, and she was in Snowpiercer,

and she was in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. I

think she's, you know, I think if she could be

within that Michelle Williams type. Also, just

because I've been watching a lot of Parks and

Rec, but I really think I'll be... Plaza though.

She's kind of a crazy person. It has a lot of

potential as an actress. She's She's you know,

it has an interesting comedic style But I think

she's a could be a decent actress and someone

I'm surprised hasn't done more but was L fanning

who was in Super 8 and gave a really great performance

But I certainly done much since then and maybe

lastly some like Amanda Seyfried She's she's

been trying to her. She's been trying to kind

of gear out of the, you know, the, you know,

the romantic type of films, but she hasn't had,

you know, she's done things like, you know, I

love Leigh, Leigh Miz, she's million dies away,

Ted too. She was in Pan this year, but I think

she is, she has, if she can get out of being

typecast, maybe she has a stronger career ahead

of her. Maybe, you know, a few other ones that

maybe, maybe not, I don't know what it's going

to help for, but you said Amanda Seyfried made

me think of a couple people. Abigail Breslin,

I was thinking of Ellen Page. There's a lot of

people out there that these younger actresses,

it just kind of depends on what kind of roles

they kind of tie down. In kind of closing though,

a lot of people are talking about 2015 as kind

of a shift here in... actor versus actress performances.

I've heard it on multiple podcasts. I wanted

to get your guys' views on this. You know, a

lot of these years they're saying it's really

hard to pinpoint the top 10 actor's roles, you

know, lead or supporting, and then you get to

the actresses and it's just like... The only

good ones are the ones nominated because there

isn't a lot to choose from, especially from the

lead category. And a lot of people are kind of

seeing a shift this year with the number of lead

performances by females that it's kind of an

overwhelming category this time to try to pinpoint

and to kind of narrow that down. Are we seeing

a shift? Is this just an aberration year? Or

where do you kind of see the state of the actress

right now, Dan? I think it's getting better.

I mean, there's still a lot of room to grow.

Question is can this continuous to just an aberration?

I don't know. It's hard to it's hard to say just

as of right now I mean, especially someone like

myself was not watched a lot of movies this year,

unfortunately But I think like there has been

a lot of push and a lot of you know demand for

it and a lot of especially You know if you look

even something as trivial as like Marvel who's

been getting yelled at for the fact that they

have no like really strong female Movies out

up at this point. So I think since that demand

is there that hopefully it will continue but

at this point it's hard to say because sometimes

you'll get those weird years and then it's you

know look at last year where you know the all

the actors were you know there's no diversity

whatsoever within the actors so you you do worry

that you know you could have a you know a backswing

in 2016 or something like that Hiro, do you agree?

Is 2015 the year of the actress? Who knows, man,

to be honest with you. I mean, there's so much

yip -yap going across, and justifiably so, obviously,

about quality and pay. uh... read the the rules

that women are getting in hollywood et cetera

et cetera so i i'm hopeful you know that all

i can say that i'm hopeful really you know i

i can't really predict what's going to happen

but you know hopefully not of that you know when

it's not just the people on twitter just uh...

hang on to this is a good fat or something like

that and people yelling things at the oscars

and that kind of thing hopefully it's just a

it's a real movement that'll stick you know If

those movies make money, I think they'll certainly,

you know, honestly, I think that comes down to

it for people. If, you know, people can yell

at Twitter, but if people aren't going to see

those movies, the movie studios don't really

care. I think that that's the bottom line for

all movies. You know, people complain about Transformers

and blah, blah, blah. But you know what? Those

movies put asses in seats. You know, nobody's

going out to see My Sister's Sister, you know,

and representing a really fantastic film. But,

you know, everybody's going to go out in this...

watch this drivel and watch robots bang into

each other. For ten more years. Yeah, no kidding.

It's up to the consumer to go out there and support

good films and women in films. It's kind of a

good thing of seeing something like with Netflix

with Beats of No Nation where maybe they'll be

able to, where the consumer will get the content

straight to them so they'll be able to have more

avenues for filmmakers to kind of get their stuff

out there. Amanda, you're obviously the only

female on the panel, so what's your take on 2015

so far? Have you been happy with the number of

lead roles that you've seen that a lot of these

actresses we've talked about throughout the last

hour or so landing, including obviously Charlize

Theron and Matt Maxx and all the other ones throughout

the year. Have you been happy with what you've

seen? Honestly, I'm really sick of everybody

making this whole strong female lead fed. I think

that there's always been a level of girl power

in our culture, in movies. Everybody wants to

see that chick step up and beat down a guy, you

know, G .I. Jane the shit out of a bunch of dudes.

I don't see why it's all of a sudden a big deal.

I always look for that female badass and I always

want to connect to the girl that's kicking ass

and taking names and, you know, not playing the

victim. Have you, so you don't think you've seen

more of that though in the last year or so? I

wouldn't say necessarily. No, I mean, it's coming

from somebody who always looks at, you know,

for that in the characters that are in whatever

movies, you know, it's always been, I'd say it's

equal to... to past years. All right. I don't

think there's any one huge female main lead that

sticks out to me either. Fair enough. All right.

Hiro, tell people how they can listen to you.

You guys can find us at True Bromance Film Podcast.

You got to add a little film doodad in there

because there is another True Bromance out there.

You can find us on iTunes Stitcher, Google us.

We're starting to get a little more active on

Letterboxd. Definitely a lot on Twitter. So it's

at TrueBromanceCast. That's true without the

E. Pretty much just find us anywhere where you

can find, you know, download podcasts. Sounds

good. And as for us, obviously you can find the

show on Twitter at CinemaGeekCast. Dan, what's

your Twitter? I'm at MovieRevolt. And I am at

OptimaSolo. Amanda, your Twitter? heart candy

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as well got some fun stuff coming up including

like i said we still have the top actors of the

decade which we'll be bringing you at some point

in november so be listening to all of that stuff

and then we'll be back next week with a regular

episode of the cinema geeks but until then the

best movies after that you know i'm very proud

of you guys man nobody brought up sandra bullock's

name not a single god i wanted you so fucking

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this bitch was in everything and i loved it what

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what? Maybe Sandy B wasn't so bad. I'm going

to go back to America with Sandy. She just deported

me for not liking Sandra Bullock. You're already

in another country. Man, she just don't want

to shump you. She's actually bringing me back,

though, because, you know, bringing me closer

to the States. That's a step up.