![]() ![]() As it turns out Jay and Silent Bob were indeed right: Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms, yo. ![]() Look I’m not here to bury Phantoms, but instead to praise a baby-faced Ben who, as the sheriff of Snowfield, Colorado hams his way through the one hour thirty six minute run time alternating between mock seriousness and sporting an enormous shit eating grin, elevating it into a film that’s not quite lowbrow brilliant but also something you wouldn’t mind being played at your local bar with the sound turned down. The movie was rightly savaged by critics-Roger Ebert gave a one-star rating-and comatose performances by Peter O’Toole (wait what?) and Liev Schreiber (natch) don’t do much to prop up a script riddled with plot holes. The last was Phantoms, an adaptation of a Dean Koontz novel about a small ski resort town terrorized by a murder-ghost. Another was a bit part Shakespeare in Love which went on to win best picture at the 1998 Academy Awards. One was Armageddon, in which he showed us his skill mimicking an Australian accent and championing the erotic qualities of animal crackers. The year after Good Will Hunting dropped, Burgeoning Ben appeared in three feature films. (The Third Wheel is available for rental on AppleTV+ and Amazon, the other two are lost forever.) 32. We’d say these movies came and went, but we have no clear evidence that they came. And then in 2003, he appeared in the Miramax production The Third Wheel, in which, I don’t know, he has a goatee and owes Harvey Weinstein a favor. In 1995’s Glory Daze he plays a misanthropic hipster on the eve of his college graduation and answers the question “what if there were a version of Noah Baumbach’s Kicking and Screaming in which it was impossible to like any of the characters?” In 1997’s Going All The Way, which co-stars ‘90s indie uber-boi Jeremy Davies, he goes full matinee idol as a returning Korean War veteran. –DHĪmazon AppleTV+ NO VOTES! The Indie Boi Yearsįor a few years in the ‘90s and early ‘00s, between School Ties and the moment when we came to a collective understanding that it was AFFleck and not afFLECK, Ben took his chances with a few independent films, and…well, not every bet pays off. ![]() It’s actually less fun than it sounds, and among the lesser of Affleck’s many, many cocky on-screen alcoholics. Oh, but Affleck has a secret: he swapped airplane tickets with Paltrow’s husband, putting him on the flight that crashed and killed him. "Lifestories: Families In Crisis" A Body To Die For: The Aaron Henry Story (1994)Ĭoming off his indie triumph The Opposite of Sex, Don Roos wrote and directed this romantic…tragedy? Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow are at the end of their real-life relationship in this one, playing a cocky advertising executive and the widow he falls in love with. I will not be elaborating on their roles. It also stars Al Pacino and Christopher Walken. This film has a 6 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, which means they were doing something so wrong that it felt right. Like, imagine being in a K hole while listening to “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” backwards. I just remember how it made me feel, and that was as high as a kite. She’s the lover of Ben Affleck in real life, which means she must be the lover of Ben Affleck’s character. Anyway, Gigli’s boss doesn’t have faith in him, so he sends a backup in the form of Ricki, a lesbian played by Jennifer Lopez. Whose younger brother? It doesn’t matter. Affleck stars as Larry Gigli, a Los Angeles mobster who is tasked with kidnapping someone’s mentally challenged younger brother. Everyone involved in this list, except for me, has failed you, the reader. Plow through the 12 episodes of two seasons, and they will leave you wanting more.I don’t know how Gigli ended up at the bottom. You’ll be laughing and rolling your eyes at how ridiculously conceited Vincent is and what he gets away with. Ed Westwick plays Vincent beautifully, while his castmates, former Inbetweeners cast members Joe Thomas and James Buckley, provide additional comic relief. Disrespectful of his wife, friends, and customers, he cons people out of their money while living a lavish lifestyle on their dime. Vincent is an arrogant, self-centered windows salesman who wants more for his life and feels he deserves it. ![]() Deliciously irreverent, this British sitcom is a great watch if you loved shows like Entourage and House of Lies. ![]()
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