Latest Site News

[Nina West]

Just a quick little forum, about the late actor Robin Williams who died on August 11th at the age of 63. I'm not going to discuss his death or his troubled private life and personal troubles, but his wonderful talent and his fantastic filmography in which I've watched throughout my childhood and still enjoy today. He got his big break on Mork And Mindy in 1978 which boosted him to worldwide fame and superstardom. His first starring role was in the live action version of the cartoon Popeye in 1980, where of course he played the lead character, but despite the movie becoming quite successful grossing over $60,000,000 million worldwide, it was seen as a flop by the studio, and for the next couple of years he had a string of flops or mid level movies.

His first truly successful movie was Good Morning Vietnam which saw him rebounded in 1987, where he won a Golden Globe for Best Actor, and also recieved a Oscar nomination and a Bafta, and of course it became a box office smash grossing $123,000,000 million. Throughout the next decade he starred in some truly brilliant and successful movies, ranging from serious and straight roles in Dead Poets Society (where again he had an Oscar nom), Awakenings, The Fisher King (Another Oscar nom & Golden Globe Win), & Good Will Hunting where he finally won an Oscar. His comedy roles are also just as memorable and just as well known such as Mrs Doubtfire (my personal fave of his, still love it today), Flubber, Aladdin, The Birdcage & Patch Adams which was part serious and part comedy, and such a brilliant hartwarming movie.

Other highlights include Hook, childrens adventure Jumanji, Jack. Also during the early 2000's he did some great thriller's playing against type in movies such as Insomia where he played a serial killer and One Hour Photo where he played a stalker.


So what are your thoughts on him and his movies.