Gus in "Cats" and also giving a magnetic performance in "X-Men".
Sir Ian McKellen
He starred in "Men in Black" & rapped the title song on the soundtrack.
Will Smith
As a noun, it helps keep your hair in check; as a verb, it means to exhaustively search.
Comb
In "SpottieOttieDopaliscious" , André 3000 says the drama at the club is "reminiscent of Charles", this 19th century author.
Dickens
It's the subtitle of "Terminator 2".
Judgement Day
(DD) He is THE spy in "Goldfinger” and “Casino Royale”.
Sir Sean Connery
He co-wrote, directed & starred in "The Ides of March".
George Clooney
To give way gradually to injuries or despair.
Succumb
A 2Pac alter ego & a Waka Flocka flame album both allude to this Italian author of "The Prince".
Machiavelli
A scene from "Hamlet" partly inspired Bruce Joel Rubin to write this Patrick Swayze-Demi Moore tearjerker.
Ghost
The maitre d' at L'idiot in "LA Story" & also giving a thoughtful performance in "X-Men".
Sir Patrick Stewart
She played Elinor Dashwood in 1995's "Sense and Sensibility", for which she adapted the screenplay.
Emma Thompson
This French word means a takeover of the government; the longer phrase it comes from also ends with a silent letter.
Coup
Sharing a name with a 1920s Harlem Renaissance book, "The Blacker The Berry" is a song off this rapper's "To Pimp a Butterfly".
Kendrick Lamar
Ice Cube & Chris Tucker starred in this 1995 comedy that Cube co-wrote with DJ Pooh.
Friday
Ruling in "The Cider House Rules" & the sassiest butler to an edgelord billionaire.
Sir Michael Caine
He got writing credits on "Superbad", "Pineapple Express" & "The Green Hornet", & acted in all 3.
Seth Rogen
You & I have such a good this, meaning a close connection & understanding.
Rapport
This rapper & "Law & Order: SVU" actor titled his spoken word track "Soul on Ice" after Eldridge Cleaver's memoir.
Ice-T
A boy's best friend is a massive robot in this 1999 animated film based on a Ted Hughes fable.
The Iron Giant
From fighting in the second World War to fighting in "Star Wars".
Sir Alec Guinness
He wrote and starred in "Swingers"; he also directed "Cowboys & Aliens".
Jon Favreau
A compote involves slow-cooked fruit & syrup while this sauce seen here has been pureed & strained.
Coulis
On "Call Me If You Get Lost", Tyler, the Creator takes on this last name of a 19th c. French poet & also of a Lemony Snicket family.
Baudelaire
A poster for this film claimed, "In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods..."
The Blair Witch Project