#michael badalucco

[maturemenoftvandfilms]

Can you please post pictures of actor Michael Badalucca? Maybe shirtless if available!

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Ben’s reactions upon hearing what he’d been longing to hear the most, from two people he loved the most in this world (3x06, 4x10)

Ben’s reactions of sheer, childlike joy are eerily similar in both situations, which is a credit to Mr. Jaren Lewison’s masterful acting work. There is one important difference in the circumstances though.

In season 3, it was Howard who had to declare his love for Ben first.

But fast forward to the end of season 4, and it was now Ben who declared his love first. The obvious implication here is that Ben has now healed and matured enough to feel comfortable to take that leap of faith and allow himself to be so vulnerable. I am so proud of how much this kid’s journey and how far he’s come.

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[of-fear-and-love]

Parker Posey in You've Got Mail (1998)

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michael badalucco as jimmy berluti in season four of the practice

primetime emmy award nominee for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series

[mikelogan]

Law & Order 3x16 “Jurisdiction”

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[angelstills]

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? has two sequences that use machine guns, including an early scene at night, and a sequence following a bank robber, the latter all taking place in bright daylight. Immediately following a “closing circle” transition, there is a scene with strobing lightning in the background, which is safe to watch again when we hear the sound of a vehicle engine. There are brief flickers of bright light from a projector in a movie theater.

A few scenes take place in moving vehicles.

Flashing Lights: 6/10. Motion Sickness: 2/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: A death by suicide is briefly discussed. There are a few incidents of deadly violence against animals. The KKK is depicted in the act of lynching a person of color.

Image ID: A promotional poster for O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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The Man Who Wasn't There, German lobby card. 2001

[bearhedge]

Which one is the right episode? 6 or 13? I wonder what it says on Disney+

This was Bear's first time watching an episode of 'The Practice' --- it seems like we've discovered another point of difference: She is more 'Ally McBeal' while I lean more towards 'The Practice'

(This doesn't bother me at all and it's more of an interesting thing, another confirmation that she and I are an Imago Match 😎)

No!!!!!!! I lost what I wrote again!!! I thought I had understood the process...but apparently....not.

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One of the things I do enjoy when watching things with Bear that I've already seen (even more than twice) is that additional layer her presence brings.

Would I have noticed that it's a reversal? That in this scenario it's the son being asked to understand the parent. Because essentially the Younger Generation would be the one more likely to embrace who they are and be less weighed by tradition.

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Billy Bob Thornton is 'The Man Who Wasn't There' on Criterion Channel

Joel Coen shared the Best Director prize at Cannes with David Lynch for The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001), a devious melodrama of adultery, embezzlement, blackmail, and murder. That darkly comic pulp story, however, is secondary to the crumbled dreams and mechanical lives of its deadened characters, a whisper to a scream tale of madness, repression, and soul-suffocating dislocation in 1950s small…

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Scene analysis: Two major epiphanies playing out in real time (3x06, 4x10)

I wanted to discuss two pivotal onscreen moments, where each time we see Ben experience an epiphany leading to a major life decision. One is from his second POV episode, 306, while the other from the series finale, 410. 

First, let's start with 306 (gifs 1 to 5). This moment from 306 (a part of my favorite scene from season 3) was so significant because it was the first time Ben was able to express his true feelings to his dad. Ben had experienced a wakeup call earlier in the episode (his body breaking down on him). For Ben, being a workaholic used to be a badge of honor, one of the few ways that he could identify with his father (“I guess being a workaholic runs in the family,” he told Patty in 106). Perhaps even the only way he could one day make him proud, he thought. But not anymore. 

In gif 2, Ben realized that he didn't want to blindly strive for "success", if it would mean living a miserable life. But even so, he was still unsure whether he wanted to share that with his dad (hence the hesitation we see in gif 3) In gif 5, Ben dropped his facade and decided to risk it, to tell his dad what he really felt in spite of his fear of rejection by his own father.

Now, let’s move on to 410, the series finale (gifs 6 to 10). The night before, Ben had flown from NYC to head straight to Nirmala’s wedding so he could confess his love for Devi, something that she reciprocated. What followed was a night of passionate and long-overdue lovemaking between the two of them. It was now the morning after. 

At first (gif 6), we see Ben just enjoying the moment, basking in the afterglow of the night he spent with Devi, and staring into the eyes of the girl of his dreams (gif 7). But then (gif 8), Ben broke off the eye contact he’d been maintaining with her thus far, and appeared to be in a pensive mood all of a sudden. As if something had just clicked in his mind. Perhaps he realized how everything about the past night just felt right to him. Whatever it was, he looked Devi again, and seemed to have made up his mind. He then rose up to address her, looking determined. “Devi… I think we should be together.” *Music to her ears, I’m sure, as she had been waiting for him to say that for more than a year*. 

Throughout both scenes, we saw Ben’s feelings and thought process (and their progression) playing out across his face and in his eyes. In the season 3 scene, we saw his hesitation, and yet in spite of all that, the determination to say what he thought for once. It was a pivotal moment for this character, without which none of the further growth he was to experience in season 4 would have been possible. 

Needless to say, credit goes to Jaren Lewison for a revelatory performance, as well as to his giving screen partners Michael Badalucco (1999 Emmy winner) and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan. 

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O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? 2000

Well that's it, boys. I've been redeemed. The preacher's done warshed away all my sins and transgressions. It's the straight and narrow from here on out, and heaven everlasting's my reward.

[bobotouch]

Working with young Natalie Portman, true NYC GRITTY ACTION!!!! Gary Oldman!

Pls have a listen 🫶🏼

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michael badalucco as jimmy berluti in season three of the practice

primetime emmy award winner for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series