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One of the narratives that has hyped fans and critics alike over the last year was the resurgence of Brendan Fraser’s acting career. Correcting the urge to call it a comeback, “The Brennaissance” continues to movie forward as we head into the 2023 movie schedule.  He's got a role in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon coming up, but it was his powerhouse role in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale that really brought the actor back to prominence, and both Fraser and his fans are a bit teary after that journey was…

Hollywood star Brendan Fraser, who won best actor for `The Whale` at the 2023 Critics Choice Awards, thanked the Critics Choice Association. He joked: "It was Herman Melville who once wrote that there are only five critics in America - the rest are asleep. I don`t know what it means, either, but I`m glad you woke up for me. Where were you for Furry Vengeance?!", calling out his 2010 comedy co-starring Brooke Shields and Ken Jeong, reports People magazine. He went on to describe `The Whale` as a film "about love," adding…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeBrendan Fraser left Critics Choice Awards viewers in tears during his Best Actor acceptance speech.At the ceremony, held in Los Angeles on Sunday (15 January), Fraser was recognised for his work in The Whale, Darren Aronofsky’s drama about a reclusive teacher who weighs 600lbs (272kg).Fraser has received widespread praise since the film’s US release last year and is expected to receive…

Yesterday, the Critics’ Choice Awards made a special day for many people. Many celebrities were awarded critics’ choice awards for their outstanding performances in drama and movies. Brendan Fraser Brendan Fraser is known for his comic roles in George of the Jungle and his highest-grossing movies Mummy 1, 2, and 3. Since then the actor has not been seen in many Hollywood movies but yesterday was the night dedicated to the actor. At the 2023 Critics’ Choice Awards, he bagged the best actor trophy for his “The Whale”…

For about 30 years, Brendan Fraser entertained audiences with various types of movies in genres like comedies, blockbusters, and drama. His best movies include The Mummy franchise, George of the Jungle, Journey to the Center of the Earth, School Ties, and more. However, there is one scene Fraser filmed in one of his movies that actually made him rethink his entire career.The movies that Brendan Fraser starred in during the ‘90s and ‘00s were a mixed bag. Gods and Monsters showed off this stellar actor’s range and The…

A lot has been made about Brandan Fraser’s performance in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale. Many have praised the actor’s performance, sometimes while simultaneously being critical of Fraser for covering himself in prosthesis in order to portray an extremely overweight man. Fraser, however, says that while many performances may but an actor in a “fat suit” for a laugh, that’s not what this was.Speaking with Deadline, Brendan Fraser talked about the experience of spending four hours getting into the prosthetics to transform…

The biggest movie in theaters right now is indisputably James Cameron’s Avatar 2. The movie that takes audiences back to Pandora utilizes groundbreaking moviemaking technology that is especially made to be watched in 3D following the first Avatar being a groundbreaking movie for 3D. We certainly didn’t know or expect that Brendan Fraser and Seth Meyers were connected to that experience all along. When Brendan Fraser recently guested on Seth Meyers’ late night talk show, the pair reminisced about working together back in…

Image: UniversalIn a new interview, Brendan Fraser revealed that he would be open to joining any reboot of The Mummy that Universal might be planning. Setting aside the 2017 update with Tom Cruise (which I didn’t think was all that bad, actually!), which offered a totally new take within the same mythos, we’ve yet to see a recent sequel or reboot tied to the popular films Fraser starred in.When asked about a reboot, Fraser told Deadline, “I don’t know any juicy details about it, but it’s kinda been an open-ended question…

As Brendan Fraser receives some major praise this awards season for his role in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, fans are calling the actor’s current status in Hollywood his “Brennaissance.” As Fraser finds a resurgence of fame, we also have to wonder if the actor might return to any of his beloved roles, such as Rick O’Connell from The Mummy. When he was recently asked, Fraser sounded interested, but the matter of Universal and their plans for their monsters remains the bigger question. Fraser has been asked about…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeBrendan Fraser says he wouldn’t be opposed to a reboot of The Mummy as he’d be looking forward to the paycheque.The star recently joked that he had never been “this famous and unsalaried at the same time” after his lauded role in The Whale fired him back into the public conscience.Since Darren Aronofsky’s drama returned the actor to the spotlight, fans have been clambering to find out…