22 Best Dance Scenes

Film: PULP FICTION

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Actors: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman,

Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Bruce Willis,

Christopher Walken, Frank Whaley, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel,

Quentin Tarantino, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Kathy Griffin

Year: 1994

One of the greatest indie films ever gave us one of the greatest dance scenes ever. Tarantino directed Uma Thurman and John Travolta in a little dance to Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell" and their careers skyrocketed.

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Film: MOTHER AND CHILD

Director: Rodrigo Garcia

Actors: Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, Jimmy Smits, Samuel L. Jackson, Eileen Ryan, Cherry Jones, David Morse

Year: 2009

Synopsis: Centers around three women all dealing with motherhood.

This small indie film didn't get much promotion, but it certainly deserved it. Annette Bening, Kerri Washington, and especially Naomi Watts all shine as three very different women, faced with the challenges of motherhood. It's complex and deep and thought-provoking and well worth a look.

Quote of the Day

"...everyone knows, when you make an assumption, you make an ass out of you and 'umption'."

Samuel L. Jackson as 'Mitch',

"The Long Kiss Goodnight", 1996

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Film: JURASSIC PARK

Director: Steven Spielberg

Actors: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, B.D. Wong

Year: 1993

Synopsis: A paleontologist and a paleobotanist visit an island filled with dinosaurs.

One of the best action films of all time, Steven Spielberg's prehistoric masterpiece is a thrill ride, even to this day (nearly two decades after it's release). The cast was perfect, the script great, but it was the special effects that made this fantastic and very realistic. See this one again!

Six Degrees of Separation

Samuel L. Jackson and Linda Cardellini

(Rules: find the least amount of connections between the two actors. You must use professional connections, i.e film and television projects. No relationship connections (meaning no marriage, etc). You must type out each part of the connection. Example: George Clooney to Owen Wilson. You can do George to Brad Pitt in "Ocean's Eleven". Brad to Gwyneth Paltrow in "Seven". Gwyneth to Owen Wilson in "The Royal Tenenbaums". That would be 3 connections.)

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Film: THE NEGOTIATOR

Director: F. Gary Gray

Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, Paul Giamatti, John Spencer, Siobhan Fallon, J.T. Walsh

Year: 1998

Synopsis: A wrongfully-accused police negotiator takes an office hostage, to find out who really killed his partner.

This fantastic nail-bitter stars Samuel L. Jackson (in a perfect role) as a police negotiator, who is framed for the murder of his partner. Jackson takes an office full of people hostage, in order to solve the mystery. When the police try to talk him down, he asks for a negotiator (Kevin Spacey in a pre-"American Beauty" role) from another department to help him. This film is wonderfully done by a young F. Gary Gray (only his third project).