Best & Worst Performances – by the Same Actors – of 2012

2012 offered no shortage of acting yin-and-yangs, with five actors in particular meriting notice for giving some of the year’s best — and worst — performances

 

ELIZABETH BANKS

Best: “The Hunger Games” and “Pitch Perfect”

In both the megahit and the cult success she nurtured to the screen, Banks plays a self-absorbed media figure lingering on the edges of a ruthless competition for young people, a perfect fit for her trademark brand of dismissive wit. 

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Alonso Duralde, TheWrap’s film reviews editor, has written about film for Movieline, Salon, Village Voice and MSNBC.com. He also co-hosts the “Linoleum Knife,” “Maximum Film!” and “Breakfast All Day” podcasts. A member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics, Duralde has discussed cinema on TCM, CNN and ABC,…

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