Sentences with phrase «actors in films similar»

He's a funny dude, no lie; but we've heard these exact words uttered by thousands, probably literally thousands of other actors in films similar to this beforehand.

Not exact matches

Actor Joel Edgerton («Warrior,» «Exodus,» «The Great Gatsby») wrote, directed and stars in the film, which is clearly reminiscent of similar thrillers like «Fear,» «Fatal Attraction» and even Michael Haneke's fantastic «Caché,» but gleefully twisted enough to distance itself from the pack.

You'd have similar cause to complain that the monkeys in the film are racist, being voiced by black actors and depicted as lazy, thuggish layabouts.

There's some very candid, fascinating footage here capturing the process of making the film (in, for a surprise revelation, not a real Parisian flat but a studio - built apartment replica surrounded by green screens, not at all dissimilar to David Cronenberg's use of similar magic for A Dangerous Method, not that you can tell in either film in its finished form, where the technology is seamless and unobtrusive), with Haneke working with the actors in a rigorous, nitty - gritty way that lets us see what infinitesimal precision he's looking for in performance, in movement, in blocking, and in composition.

Both of the roles could have been tired retreads of similar characters in recent film history, but Gosling and Pitt serve their characters with more devotion than is often seen in actors of their age.

To his credit, the film's lucky young star Cameron Bright, who played a similar role in Godsend, is able to keep pace with the more experienced actors, although the deadpan delivery to try to make him believable as an adult in a child's body tends to drag the scenes down.

Interestingly, it's quite a similar situation in that part of the film his character is played by a child actor before Patel takes over.

Obviously, they'd bring something different to the roles and the film — they're not all that similar to Teller and Hill — but in the end, Phillips got the actors he wanted.

With a Lynchian style that combines the lush scenery of Ireland, a 4:3 aspect ratio, older actors, and frightful visions of a dark figure, the film feels like an ancient relic of sorts, in a similar way that his last film Ping Pong Summer felt like a product of the 80s.

This unusual film — which includes actors discussing their characters and a cameo by Noyce himself — bears witness to its director's roots in contemporary theatre, which used similar techniques at the time.

At first, Cusack over-does the tortured genius angle and actually makes the Poe «character» pretty unlikable (especially compared to a similar schtick from Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock Holmes); however, as the film's murder plot takes hold, the actor backs - off from showcasing his practiced version of Poe and locks into a less ambitious, but more likable, approach — simply reacting to the various in - moment happenings.

Most actors would struggle to differentiate themselves from the background noise provided by characters and stories in so many similar films, novels and tv shows.

Set on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, The Rider is a fiction film that calls on nonprofessional actors to play characters similar to themselves, incorporating their skill sets and experiences.

Benny the Cab» (4:50) and «Toon Stand - Ins» (3:15) are similar to the deconstruction, with the former revealing how the car chase scene was made and the latter showing how the actors used dummies in place of toons as reference during filming.

I've held the unpopular opinion for a while now that Leonardo DiCaprio finds himself in similar positions often, where he's a perfectly fine and solid actor, but is often cast across from much better actors in the supporting role and tends to seem underwhelming as the lead of the film.

He manages in his first film to find that combination of cool intelligence that other actors similar in age like Zac Efron can't seem to grasp.

Leigh, who has produced a movie similar in worth to his 1996 film Secrets and Lies, again relies on a familiar stable of actors.

Cheadle first received widespread notice for his portrayal of Mouse Alexander in the film Devil in a Blue Dress, for which he won Best Supporting Actor awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics and was nominated for similar awards from the Screen Actors Guild and the NAACP Image Awards.

An interesting feature called X-Ray for Movies will allow you to tap on any actor's face in a movie or television show to bring up that actor's filmography and other information: This service is being powered by popular film database IMDB and is similar to Amazon's X-Ray feature for books on the Kindle Touch, which brings up dictionaries, word glossaries, and other educational tools.