I tend to follow actors across movies. Some of the criss-crosses I have made recently
- Justin Timberlake was in Friends with Benefits and Social Network
- Mila Kunis was in Black Swan and Friends with Benefits
- Woody Harrelson was in Friends with Benefits, North Country and Nine Pounds
- Charlize Theron was in Monster and North Country
- Richard Jenkins was in Dear John, Friends with Benefits and North Country
- Amanda Seyfried was in Dear John and Mean Girls
- Jake Gyllenhaal was in Source Code, Day After Tomorrow, Brokeback Mountain, Jarhead, October Sky, Love and Other Drugs, Rendition
- Dennis Quaid was in Day After Tomorrow and Soul Surfer
- Helen Hunt was in As Good As It Gets and Soul Surfer
- Jack Nicholson was in As Good As it gets and Bucket List
- Anne Hathaway was in Brokeback Mountain and Love and Other Drugs
- Chris Cooper was in Jarhead and October Sky
- Michelle Williams was in Brokeback Mountain and Blue Valentine
- Reese Witherspoon was in Legally Blonde and Rendition
- Michele Monahan was in North Country and Source Code
- Heath Ledger was in Brokeback Mountain, Candy, Ned Kelly, Four Feathers and Casanova
- Oliver Platt was in Casanova and Love and other Drugs
- Peter Sarsgaard was in Jarhead, the Dying Gaul, Rendition and Kinsey
- Geoffrey Rush was in Candy and the Kings Speech
- Taylor Kitsch was in The Bang Bang Club and Wolverine
- Ryan Phillipe was in the Bang Bang Club and the Lincoln Lawyer
- Matthew McConaughey was in the Lincoln Lawyer and Tropic Thunder
- Steve Coogan was in Night at the Museum, Tropic Thunder and the Trip
- Ben Stiller was in Tropic Thunder, The Trip, Night at the Museum and Zoolander
- Owen Wilson was in Night at the Museum and Zoolander
A great site to follow all these threads is imdb.com
Movies are a great way to train your English – try turning on the English subtitles and then you can train your reading AND listening
I have read the following books of the movies above and can recommend them
- October Sky (also sometimes called Rocket Boys)
- Jarhead
- Bang Bang Club
- Brokeback Mountain