It’s not like Daniel Craig still needed to step out of the shadow of the most famous spy in movie history — his Southern-accented, Sondheim-singing gumshoe Benoit Blanc in the Knives Out movies had already accomplished that mission.
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There is no doubt about it: 2024 was a great year for great screen acting, and trying to narrow down the performances that moved us, shook us, thrilled us, cracked us up and reduced us to sobbing wrecks to a mere 10 wasn’t easy. From a former Bond returning to his rough-and-tumble roots to an Oscar-winner once again breaking bad in the best possible way, these were the actors who made us glad to be movie fanatics over the last 12 months.
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