Can someone explain Uwe Boll to me though? How the hell does he keep getting to make movies? No idea what he looks like, but everything he does is craptastic.

It is worth remembering that getting an Oscar isn't any guarantee of increased pay, or better roles.

Micheal Caine decided a long time ago that if someone offers him an acting job, he basically accepts nearly anything (?), on a first come first serve basis. But then, he could have retired 3 decades ago quite comfortably I'm sure, while Mr. Gooding, while probably paid a decent rate, probably doesn't get nearly the range of interesting roles, and is probably just happy to get work... much like the rest of us.

"Murder of the Crows" was one of the bill-payin' gigs that Gooding Jr. did that I really liked. Cuba's role really could have gone to anyone, but he was pretty good in a flick that had, in my opinion, an interesting storyline. Tom Berenger was good in that one, too.

What's the saying? "No small roles, only small actors"? Sometimes ya gotta take 'em as they come because one day they'll stop coming




"Colors" was the first time I remember seeing Don Cheadle; here playing a cold-blooded Crip opposite L.A. beat cops Bobby Duvall and Sean Penn. In "Boogie Nights", I just love that one get-up he's wearing when he's trying to "find himself", kind of like some James Earl Jones deal with the long braids and white pleather. Recently saw "Traitor"... decent, but kind of predictable once he moves to bomb an embassy that conveniently is undergoing renovation.

There is some kind of loophole in the German tax code concerning film making. He churns out these films because he somehow gets some significant tax break from the German government for doing so.