Sentences with phrase «acting as an action star»

Bottom Line: Atomic Blonde is an entertaining summer film that spotlights Charlize Theron's remarkable acting as an action star.

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The following year, Garofalo appeared in no less than five films, with a supporting part in the ensemble piece 200 Cigarettes, a starring role as an unconventional action heroine called the Bowler in Mystery Men (which also featured Stiller), and prominent turns in Kevin Smith's eagerly awaited Dogma, Hampton Fancher's psychological thriller The Minus Man, and the satirical comedy Can't Stop Dancing, in which she acted alongside fellow comedienne Margaret Cho.In 2001, Garofolo took on the role of Catherine Connolly in The Laramie Project, HBO's docudrama chronicling the aftermath of the death of Matthew Shepard, and filmmaker David Wain's comedy Wet Hot American Summer.
In acting categories, Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence scooped up an four nominations, for Best Actress, Best Actress in a Comedy and Best Acting Ensemble all for Silver Linings Playbook, while her turn as Katniss Everdeen also landed her a nomination for Best Actress in an Action acting categories, Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence scooped up an four nominations, for Best Actress, Best Actress in a Comedy and Best Acting Ensemble all for Silver Linings Playbook, while her turn as Katniss Everdeen also landed her a nomination for Best Actress in an Action Acting Ensemble all for Silver Linings Playbook, while her turn as Katniss Everdeen also landed her a nomination for Best Actress in an Action Movie.
The voice acting in Quantum Break is also quite good, with Shawn Ashmore portraying Jack Joyce, and the added star power of Aidan Gillen and Lance Reddick to serve as a pretty good antagonists helps to really sell the live - action portions of the story.
It's a slow, talky piece, with a couple of memorable action moments, but with spotty acting, weird make - up, poor cast chemistry, and an ever - increasing sense of goofiness, this is far from the kind of movie that could have thrust Burt back into the limelight as a movie star again.
Matt Salinger — the son of J.D. Salinger — had the misfortune of starring in a B - Movie attempt at a superhero flick, filled as it was with bad acting, silly dialogue, a plot that would make an episode of «Captain Planet» blush, and some extremely poor action sequences.
Vin Diesel has made an acting career out of starring in action franchises such as the Chronicles of Riddick and XXX.
A new poster and thrilling new trailer for Ron Howard's In the Heart of the Sea has emerged and Thor star Chris Hemsworth gets to flex some acting muscles as well as his biceps in this action - packed two and a half minutes.
Lautner's history of martial arts (the one thing that he actually had going for him as an action star in training) is never exploited to its full potential, while veteran actors like Jason Isaacs, Maria Bello and Sigourney Weaver are smart enough to jump ship before the first act is even over.
Lucasfilm has announced that Jon Favreau, behind such works as Iron Man, Avengers, and The Jungle Book, will be acting as Executive Producer and Writer for a Star Wars live - action series.
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