MisMatched

Actor: SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR

Film: "Cruel Intentions"

Character: Kathyrn

Year: 1999

That lifeless face, that whiny monotone voice... just a couple of things that help prove how bad Sarah Michelle Gellar was in 1999's soap-opera-esque "Cruel Intentions". Gellar played Kathryn, a spoiled, overly sexualized, slightly-evil, rich girl who bets her hot stepbrother Sebastian (miscast with a cheesy Ryan Phillippe) that he can't bed the new girl in school. Of course he takes the challenge and falls in love with Annette (played by Reese Witherspoon)... blah blah blah. Gellar is painfully bad and extremely annoying to watch.

*this is where Reese and Ryan met.

Flick of the Day

Film: GOSFORD PARK

Director: Robert Altman

Actors: Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Camilla Rutherford, Charles Dance, Tom Hollander, Jeremy Northam, Bob Balaban, Clive Owen, Kelly Macdonald, Ryan Phillippe, Emily Watson, Richard E. Grant, Alan Bates, Michael Gambon, Stephen Fry

Year: 2001

Synopsis: A look at the difference between the upper and working classes in early 20th century England.

One of Robert Altman's last films, and definitely one of his best, "Gosford Park" delves into the complicated relationships and inner workings of an English upper crust household in the 1930s. The upper class (led by Kristin Scott Thomas and Michael Gambon) live their lives without much notice of their servants (led by Helen Mirren and Derek Jacobi). It's an amazing cast and an amazing story in typical Robert Altman style. Well worth a watch or two.