Many years ago, using the weekly TV guide that came with the Sunday Chicago Tribune, I started keeping track of all of the movies I had seen over the course of my lifetime. The guide would list the two main stars for each movie, and that is a tradition that I’ve carried on in my database ever since. So, given those guidelines, it is time to look at all of the actors that have starred in at least 10 films that I have seen, as of May 30th.
Today, we look at the 6 actors that have starred in 14 movies that I have seen.
Samuel L. Jackson
20 years ago, I first made the acquaintance of Samuel L. Jackson in 2 polar opposite films, Pulp Fiction and National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1. Aside from 1994, I also saw 2 Jackson films in both 2000 and 2006. The last starring role of Jackson’s I took in was in 2010, when I saw Lakeview Terrace.
Scarlett Johansson
I was first introduced to Scarlett Johansson in 2001 when I saw the comic-book adaptation Ghost World. Starting in 2004, there was a 6 year run where I saw 11 of the 14 films that make up this total, including 5 in 2006 alone. My most recent experience with her was earlier this spring, when I headed to the Arclight Theater in Pasadena to take in Captain America: Winter Soldier during my California adventure.
Winona Ryder
I first became aware of Winona Ryder in the hit film Beetlejuice, but her first starring role that I saw came in 1990, when I saw the dark comedy Heathers. My biggest Ryder year was 2000, when I saw 2 of her films. The last films of her’s that I saw was 2002’s Mr. Deeds, which I finally got around to watching in 2011.
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