Sentences with phrase «rarer are movie stars»

Rarer are movie stars who embody what we like to think of as a quintessentially American kind of decency — modest but resolute, homespun yet heroic.

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In 1982, Steven Spielberg was already the star director of such blockbuster fare as «Jaws» and «Raiders of the Lost Ark.» But when «E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial» was unleashed upon the masses that summer, he became a bona fide cultural phenomenon, the rare director who can get mainstream movie fans into theaters simply because his name is on the poster.

The pace of Star Wars is rapid fire for most of its hour and 57 minutes, and the script is filled with a verbal and visual wit that has been rare in Hollywood movies since the screwball comedies of the «30s.

I mean, it's too bad about the crew member, but it is rare indeed for a movie to show silence in space (see the entry for Star Wars — though television's Firefly gets it right).

If you've heard one thing about this Sundance hit, it's probably that it was filmed entirely on an iPhone 5s, with some «circling» shots done through Baker filming the actors while riding his bike, and that it's one of the rare movies about transgender people to reach mainstream consciousness that also stars transgender performers.

The Real James Dean: From Indiana Farmboy to Hollywood Legend is a documentary which explores both the public and private lives of this great star, including readings from his journals, rare footage from screen tests and wardrobe tests for his pictures, behind - the - scenes home movies from the making of East of Eden, and interviews with fans, friends, and co-workers.

The supporting cast includes an outstanding Daniel Kaluuya («Get Out»), a rare on - screen appearance by motion - capture master Andy Serkis with his Tolkien co-star Martin Freeman as a CIA agent, Forest Whitaker as a priest, Winston Duke as the leader of on of Wakanda's five tribes, and «This is Us» star Sterling K. Brown as a guy you're better off not knowing too much about until you see the movie, which I hope you do, more than once.

Rampage is one of those rare delights that B Movie audiences get when their favourite brand of film - making (Sharktopus, Dragon Wasps — you know the type), gets a massive budget, worthy CGI and some charismatic stars.

While I wouldn't proclaim it a great film as a whole, it is a great debut as a film creator for its star, as there are so many ways this material could have been done wrong, potentially tarnishing the good - guy appeal of Gordon - Levitt, one of the rare child stars who has made the transition to movie star into adulthood without being pigeonholed or gone off on a path of self destruction.

Brolin is currently filming Marvel Studios» Avengers: Infinity War as Thanos, and if this Cable casting comes through would attain a rare comic book movie trifecta with major roles in a Marvel Studios film, a 20th Century Fox X-Men film, and a DC Film - remember, he starred in 2010's Jonah Hex.

It's rare enough for a performer to hitch their star to a movie's soundtrack — although the results can be as transformative as Daft Punk doing Tron: Legacy, Aimee Mann scoring Magnolia, or Curtis Mayfield breathing life into Superfly — but it's even more rare for an artist of Lamar's popularity and clout to take one on.

Co-written by its director, Noah Baumbach, and its star, Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha is also that rarest kind of new American movie: one that captures in painstaking detail the way young people talk today while simultaneously paying tribute to the past century of movie aesthetics and mythologies.

«Far From Heaven,» starring Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid, is one of those rare movies that works superbly well on more than one level.

Kurt Russell is known for his iconic roles in countless movies, whether he played a badass (The Thing, Tombstone, Escape From N.Y.) or a goofball (Big Trouble in Little China, Overboard, etc.) He's one of the very rare stars who can be cool and funny simultaneously — and Russell thinks Chris Pratt is like that too,...

From a technical standpoint, the film was one for the ages (this was one of those increasingly rare movies that cried out to be seen on the biggest screen possible and was even one of the few to make intelligent use of 3D technology) but what was even more surprising was how effective it was from a dramatic standpoint as well, thanks in no small part to the career - best work from Bullock and the deft use of Clooney's glib star quality to help orient viewers for what might have otherwise been an off - putting experience).

THE BABADOOK Writer / Director: Jennifer Kent Starring: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West, Hayley McElhinney It's rare these days when you come across an actual scary movie.

Nevertheless, it's still rare for a Hollywood studio to put this much money — Black Panther's budget was $ 200 million — behind a film made by and starring people of color, so the movie's outsize, rampant success is meaningful.

The endearing all - star cast and sure - footed direction of Robert Schwentke combine for that rare mainstream movie that is irresistibly charming and endlessly rewatchable, along the lines of «Midnight Run,» or «Gross Pointe Blank.»

Stakeout is a buddy movie done right, and one of the rare exceptions where the plot is actually almost as interesting as the comical interpersonal hijinks between the two stars.

One of the great icons of post-war America, Burt Lancaster was that rare thing — a movie star whose charisma, vitality, and power were matched and then some by his intelligence, artistic ambition and integrity.

It's rare to see a high profile «movie star,» like Lawrence, take on such a salacious character at this point in her career.

In his heyday Ghomeshi was able to pull some of the most media - shy celebrities onto his show, including a rare interview with Barbra Streisand, and gained North America - wide notoriety for his off the rails chat with Billy Bob Thornton, where the movie star and musician went on a rant — a raw moment virtually unheard of in this media savvy era.