1. Sin City
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Sixth Sense
4. Twelve Monkeys
5. Die Hard
6. Armageddon
7. The Fifth Element
8. The whole 9 yards
9. Death becomes Her.
10. Look Who’s Talking.

Walter Bruce Willis was born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany on 19 March 1955. He grew up in New Jersey and after high school he moved to New York to become an actor.

He had a few small uncredited roles, until he gained popularity as David in the TV show Moonlighting (1985). He became a star with the hit action movie Die Hard (1988). He is mainly an action hero, but also starred in comedies, thrillers and dramas. He lent his voice talent to the baby Mikey in the Look Who’s Talking movies and the animation film Over The Hedge (2006).

Willis won Emmies as the “best guest star” in Friends (TV) in 2001 and “best actor” in Moonlighting (TV) in 1987. He also won the Golden Globe for his performance in Moonlighting (TV).

He won the worst actor Razzie award for Armageddon (1998) and Hudson Hawk (1991).

He reived his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006.

1. Lord of War
2. Gone in 60 seconds
3. Adaptation
4. City Of Angles
5. Weatherman
6. Face/Off
7. Matchstick Men
8. The Rock
9. Leaving Las Vegas
10. Raising Arizona

“There’s a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic.”
~ Nicholas Cage

Nicolas Kim Coppola was born on 7 January 1964 in Long Beach, California. He is the nephew of the well-known Hollywood director Francis Ford Coppola. In order to achieve success without having to use the family name, Nicolas chose “Cage” for his stage name.

He made his film debut in a bit part in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), which was cut from the movie.

Despite his sometimes eccentric, flamboyant and quirky roles, Nick Cage is a A-list Hollywood actor. On 31 July 1998 he received his star on the “Hollywood walk of fame”.

For his role in Leaving Las Vegas he won the best actor Oscar, Golden Globe, and several other awards and nominations. He also received several nods for his work in Adaptation as well as several other roles.

For his performances in The Wicker Man and Ghost Rider he received worst actor nominations for the Razzie award.

Cage has also directed a movie about a gigolo, called Sonny (2002)

Nicolas Cage is certainly an interesting character and is one of those actors who are able to act with their eyes. I will probably get more of his movies the next time I buy DVDs.

Patrick Swayze passed away yesterday, 14 September 2009, after battling pancreatic cancer. Swayze is best known for his roles in Dirty Dancing (1987) and Ghost (1990).

“I have a great deal of faith in faith; if you believe something strongly enough, it becomes true for you. I would like to believe that my father is right here with me in this room and that he’s my guardian angel, that there’s life after death — because if there isn’t, why are we here? I don’t believe that just flesh and bones can contain from the point of view of physics this very real recorded energy inside of us. Whether it’s true or not, we need to believe it.”

~Patrick Swayze

Patrick was born on 18 August 1952 in Houston, Texas to Patsy and Jesse Swayze. Patrick was the eldest son and had two brothers and two sisters. His mother had a dance school.

At the age of 19 he met one of his mother’s dance students, Lisa Niemi, who was 15 at the time. They got married in 1975. The marriage lasted until the time of his death, but produced no offspring.

In 1972 Patrick moved to New York to attend the Harkness Ballet and Joffrey ballet schools.

After doing some theatre work, including the role of Danny in Grease, he made his film debut in Skatetown, USA (1979). After a couple of years of film and television work he had his big break in Dirty Dancing.

After his brother’s death in 1982 Swayze battled with alcoholism. After his sister’s suicide in 1994, he decided to seek help for his addiction.

In January 2008 he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer for which he received chemotherapy. In January 2009 it seemed that the cancer had spread to his liver and he was also hospitalised for pneumonia. The pneumonia might have been a side effect from the chemo.

Some other movies Swayze appeared in:

• Roadhouse (1989)
• Point Break (with Keanu Reeves) (1991)
• City of Joy (1992)
• Donnie Darko (2001)
• Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)
• The Beast (TV) (2009)

Trivia:

• He was voted “Sexiest Man Alive” by People magazine in 1991.
• He received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame On 18 August 1997.
• He received Golden Globe nominations for Dirty Dancing, Ghost and To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
• He was also singer-songwriter
• He was a dance choreographer
• He has pilot’s license.
• His brother Don is also an actor, with who him co-starred in Powder Blue. (2009)
• He pursued various artist and sports activities.
• He was brought up Catholic but also studied Eastern religions and Scientology.

Patrick Swayze had an extensive acting career, which included theatre performances and 47 film and TV roles. His singing and dancing talents and natural athletic ability made him an all-round versatile actor. He has definitely made a mark on the pop culture of the 90s. I think I’ll watch Ghost on DVD tonight.

May he Rest in Peace.

Sources: Wikipedia & IMDB

1. Fight Club
2. The Curious Case Benjamin Button
3. Se7en
4. Snatch
5. Babel
6. Seven Years in Tibet
7. Twelve Monkeys
8. Sleepers
9. Ocean’s Eleven
10. Meet Joe Black

Brad Pitt was born on 18 December 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He had small roles in several TV shows, which included Dallas. He had his big movie break in Thelma and Louise. He earned Academy Award nominations for his roles in Twelve Monkeys and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

For more info imdb.com

1. The Wedding Singer
2. The Waterboy
3. Billy Madison
4. Punch-Drunk Love
5. Anger Management
6. Spanglish
7. Click
8. Airheads
9. I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry
10. Big Daddy

Adam Sandler was born on 9 September 1966 in Brooklyn, New York. He made his debut on The Cosby Show as Smitty in a couple of episodes. He was then cast in Saturday Night Live. He went one to star in movies and became an extremely poplar comedy actor. The movies listed above are my favourite Adam Sandler films, the ones I like, not necessarily the ones that are generally considered to be his best.

I still want to watch Eight Crazy Nights and Bed Time Stories. Have you seen any of them and would you recommend them?

Most of his movies are definitely the kind that I would watch several time again, when I need to chill out and just have a good laugh. So I will be adding a few more of these to my DVD collection.

If you’re on a budget you can find some used DVDs for sale in the classifieds or in secondhand store.