Tom Cruise
1962-present
Essential Films: Risky Business (1983), Top Gun (1986), Rain Man (1988), Jerry Maguire (1996), Mission: Impossible (1996), Minority Report (2002) Collateral (2004)
Oscar Dish: Three nominations, for Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Jerry Maguire, and Magnolia (1999).
DVD You Have to See Right Now: Magnolia. Cruise, as a creepy self-help guru, gives a truly [...]
Marilyn Monroe
1926-1962
Essential Films: Don’t Bother to Knock (1952), Niagara (1952), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Some Like It Hot (1959), The Misfits (1961)
Oscar Dish: None.
DVD You Need to See Right Now: Some Like It Hot (Collector’s Edition) see below.
She is the most sentimentalized star [...]
1. Cary Grant
1904-1986
Essential Films: She Done Him Wrong (1933), The Awful Truth (1937), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Notorious (1946), To Catch a Thief (1955), North by Northwest (1959)
Oscar Dish: Two nominations, for Penny Serenade (1941) and None But the Lonely Heart (1944). Grant was given an Honorary Award in 1970.
DVD [...]