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Cambridge, Massachusetts - based travel startup PlacePass was founded in 2016 by Emily Bernard and Ethan Hawkes as a metasearch site for travelers seeking fun ways to explore destinations around the world.

Few of the year's films had the emotional impact and courage of Ben Lewin's «The Sessions,» with John Hawkes as a polio victim in an iron lung for years, who dreams of having sex with a woman, and Helen Hunt as the sex therapist who helps him.

She's phenomenal, though all of the performances are first - rate — including Lucas Hedges as Mildred's son, John Hawkes as her abusive ex-husband and Peter Dinklage as a local who takes Mildred on a date (God help him).

The film stars John Hawkes as a man in his late thirties, reliant on an iron lung after contracting polio in his childhood.

Two other players take their best shots at seizing the screen: John Hawkes as Mildred's abusive ex-spouse, who is dating a zygote and seems a cauldron of rage; and Peter Dinklage as a friend of Mildred's who would like to be more than that, if she would only cease her insults.

Helen Hunt, who co-starrred with Hawkes as his tender and caring sex surrogate in The Sessions and Jennifer Lawrence who starred as a troubled young widow in David O. Russell's endearing comedy drama Silver Linings Playbook tied for Best Actress.

John Hawkes as Patrick is equally captivating.

Another family drama, in this case based on a true story, Jeff Preiss's Low Down is sensitively acted by Elle Fanning as a daughter devoted to her drug - addicted, jazz - musician dad, and John Hawkes as the father who adores her but can't kick his habit.

Small Town Crime (Lionsgate) stars John Hawkes as Mike Kendall, a disgraced ex-cop who's become the town drunk in a small Utah community.

The film stars John Hawkes as a private detective and is divided into five short stories, each consisting of one, uninterrupted shot.

The film stars John Hawkes as Mark, Hunt as his surrogate, Cheryl, Adam Arkin as Cheryl's husband, Moon Bloodgood as Mark's caretaker, and William H. Macy as his priest, confessor, and best friend when it comes to deciding what is and isn't sin.

On the mountain, there are the mountaineers: Clarke's Hall, Josh Brolin as the man with the dark cloud following him, John Hawkes as a man on his last climb, Jake Gyllenhaal as one of the gung - ho owner of a competing guide company, Naoko Mori as the woman who wants to climb all seven summits, Michael Kelly as the journalist, and others of somewhat less significance.

Cast: Daniel Day - Lewis as Abraham Lincoln Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens David Strathairn as William Seward Lee Pace as Fernando Wood Bruce McGill as Edwin Stanton Joseph Gordon - Levitt as Robert Todd Lincoln Gulliver McGrath as Tad Lincoln Joseph Cross as John Hay Hal Holbrook as Francis Preston Blaire James Spader as William N. Bilboe John Hawkes as Robert Latham Tim Blake Nelson as Richard Schell Walton Goggins as Wells A. Hutchins Gloria Reuben as Elisabeth Keckley Jackie Earle Haley as Alexander H. Stephens Gregory Itzin as John Archibald Campbell Jared Harris as Ulysses S. Grant

Not exact matches

He also got involved in politics, going to work as an executive assistant for Jim Hawkes, the Tory MP for Calgary West.

Harper is well known for playing Dr Sheldon Hawkes in TV series, CSI: NY as well as in Limitless and is due to play a role in the upcoming Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me.

The actor (and now director) best known for his work in films including Juno and Scott Pilgrim and, of course, as George Michael Bluth on Arrested Development, will co-star alongside John Hawkes (Winter» sBone) in a new half - hour comedy from creator Charlie Kaufman.

I believe most people will see Hawkes and BrewDog as a natural fit.

The menu at Wood's fine - diner Laura is informed as much by turf as surf, with its Flinders mussels, local sweetcorn and produce from Benton Rise Farm and Hawkes Vegetables Farm Gate.

«The danger of wrapping an issue such as obesity up in the language of sociology and systems analysis is that it all begins to seem impossibly complicated,» Mr Hawkes said.

In the lab, Hawkes and his colleagues programmed the robot to form 3 - D structures such as a radio antenna, turn off a valve, navigate a maze, swim through glue, act as a fire extinguisher, squeeze through tight gaps, shimmy through fly paper and slither across a bed of nails.

Hawkes also points out a major benefit of research on microbiome treatments: They may one day help move growers toward more sustainable, low - input agriculture by using plant - microbe interactions as opposed to chemical additives.

Dr Hawkes, formerly of Bangor University, added: «The wider implications of these findings are for low oxygen medical conditions in humans, such as heart attack and stroke — suggesting what adaptations might help prevent problems in the first place and learning how animals have managed to cope with really extreme environments.»

«As an engineer, it bugs you,» Hawkes says.

Hawkes et al. [52] proposed that grandmothers could increase their inclusive fitness sufficiently to counteract their loss of reproduction and termed such mechanisms «grandmother effects», although they have been recognized as being applicable to mothers as well [26].

Hawkes continued to explain that bees mainly line their hives with propolis as an external immune system but that it can be used in many other ways.

Kenny Rogers returns as Brady Hawkes, the Gambler, in this made - for - TV Western.

As his more discerning comrades, John Hawkes and Stephen Spinella prove perfect foils for Spader's particular theatricality.

Mos Def offers a more subdued take on Ordell Robie than Samuel L. Jackson did in Jackie Brown (adapted from Leonard's much - later Rum Punch); John Hawkes does wonderfully subtle work as Louis Gara; Jennifer Aniston puts in a rare darker turn as the socialite they hold for ransom; and Tim Robbins is enjoyably sleazy as her husband.

Making a star out of Elizabeth Olsen even in such illustrious company as Sarah Paulsen, Hugh Dancy and Oscar nominee John Hawkes, the inscrutable trailer offers glimpses of a girl troubled by her past, present and future, in a moody and mysterious affair.

John Hawkes, Donna Murphy, Bill Irwin, Dagmara Dominczyk, and Joshua Leonard round out the cast, along with Farmiga's younger sister Taissa, who proves herself to be an extraordinary new talent as Young Corinne.

This is a film packed with star power featuring Matt Damon, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Marion Cotillard and Laurence Fishburne, as well as lesser known, but equally talented actors; Jennifer Ehle (BBC's Pride and Prejudice), John Hawkes (Winter's Bone) and Bryan Cranston (TV's Breaking Bad).

True to Soderbergh's promise, Contagion features plenty of stars: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne, Marion Cotillard, Elliott Gould, Jennifer Ehle, John Hawkes — even comedian Demetri Martin turns up in a straight role as a medical researcher.

As a polio - stricken man two years shy of being a 40 - year - old virgin, Hawkes does the kind of acting awards were made for

Jared Harris is a cool, calming attendance as well as John Hawkes.

The town of Ebbing might as well be called Character Actor Central, as roles are richly filled by John Hawkes, Peter Dinklage, Lucas Hedges (2016's «Manchester by the Sea») and Caleb Landry Jones playing, respectively, Mildred's ex-husband Charlie, Mildred's pool - playing buddy James, Mildred's teenage son Robbie, and Ebbing Advertising owner Red Welby.

Working with his once - rival Secretary of State Henry Seward (a low - key David Strathairn), he hires two proto - lobbyists (James Spader and John Hawkes) to woo as many lame - duck Democrats as possible to the amendment's cause, using the promise of government appointments in their home states to sweeten the deal.

With Daniel Day - Lewis inhabiting Lincoln and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln, the cast also includes Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon - Levitt, Jackie Earle Haley, Jared Harris, Lee Pace, James Spader, John Hawkes, David Strathairn, Bruce McGill, Tim Blake Nelson, David Oyelowo and Hal Holbrook, to name but a chunk of the roster here.

Hawkes appears in each of the five segments, and sprinkled throughout you will find such recognizable faces as Robert Forster, Jeff Fahey, Natalie Zea, Joanna Cassidy, Crystal Reed, Dash Mihok, Rider Strong, Vail Bloom, Sydney Tamilia Poitier and singer Sally Jaye.

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The team consists mostly of strangers, including the leaders of the expedition, Rob Hall (Jason Clarke) and Scott Fischer (Jake Gyllenhaal), as well as Texan Beck Weathers (Josh Brolin), Doug Hanson (John Hawkes) and more.

Hawkes managed to play meth - addict Teardrop as simultaneously menacing and supportive, and he did it without getting loud.

As we learn more about Mildred's tough history with her husband (the former chief of the police and brilliantly played by John Hawkes) the more we understand her need to not lose this fight for her dead daughter.

«I must say, I don't believe I've met Daniel Day - Lewis,» John Hawkes, who is featured in the film as Col. Robert Latham, told Backstage earlier this year.

As Charlie, Mildred's ex-husband, John Hawkes intermittently slithers into frame to exude the horrible echo of whatever menace this man used to exert over her, inspiring apprehensive looks in Mildred's face but never getting her to back down from a fight.

Recognizable character actors such as Hawkes, James Spader, Jackie Earle Haley, Hal Holbrook, Tim Blake Nelson, and S. Epatha Merkerson are among the faces in smaller supporting roles.

John Hawkes (of «Winter's Bone») is unforgettable as the warped cult leader.

What did you think of John Hawkes» performance in Winter's Bone, as well as his chances for a Best Supp.

Cast: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy Program: Special Presentations Headline: Let's Get It On Scott's Take: The Sessions is the type of earnest Sundance programmer that gets praised at cinema's peril — which is to say, it's sensitively wrought, offers complex, generously accommodating roles for its actors, and is about as visually compelling as a dog's behind.

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Small Town Crime isn't just a vehicle for John Hawkes, it's an interesting and entertaining as hell piece of grit.