Sentences with phrase «as supporting characters from»

Elinor and Fergus are also appealing, but nothing really special as far as supporting characters from Pixar films go.

Not exact matches

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Well yeah but in the same way as removing the Grinch dog from HTGSC, the supporting character is gone but it's still fiction just the same

I would challenge any front - bench MP, from any of the main parties, to make as cogent and rigorous speech today about the basic character of today's British democracy: whether they still support the representative principle, and by what consistent criteria they would qualify it.

Before it gets to that point, however, Ed tv comes off as a fairly affable comedy that benefits substantially from McConaughey's charismatic turn as the central character - with the actor's strong work heightened by an impressive roster of supporting players (including Woody Harrelson, Martin Landau, and Dennis Hopper).

Bateman scores as an insecure - but - competitive buffoon — think of his character in «The Gift» minus the aggression — while right alongside him is a delightfully spirited McAdams whose role here thankfully adds more distance from a bizarre «support of supporting roles,» talent - wasting phase.

And there's a hidden triumph in the supporting cast from the always - reliable character actor Bill Camp (Black Mass, Midnight Special), whose spectacular, hideously convincing wipe - out as a guy called Harlan Eustice, in the course of a single night, sets much of the plot in motion.

His truthful, menacing character cut through the main characters» self - deception, and Shannon's off - kilter delivery won him glowing notices from critics, as well as a nomination for Best Supporting Actor from the Academy.

Numerous supporting characters from the MCU also appear, and it's a credit to writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, as well as director - brothers Joe and Anthony Russo («Captain America: Civil War»), that the 149 - minute film is balanced and never rushed, with all the characters feeling prominent and necessary.

The supporting characters, from Paul's brother Frank (Vincent D'Onofrio, «The Magnificent Seven») to the selection of bland bad guys in the streets — played by Jack Kesy («Baywatch»), Ian Matthews («The Captive»), Beau Knapp («Run All Night»), among others — are unmemorable as a whole.

Unlike series co-star Biel, Mitchell remained with the program throughout its run, and through many character changes that found Lucy marrying Kevin Kinkirk, working as an associate pastor, giving birth, and surviving both a miscarriage to twins and clinical depression.Although Mitchell branched out from television into cinematic work as early as 1996, with a turn in the fantasy - action thriller The Crow: City of Angels, and continued intermittent film appearances (such as a supporting role in 2005's slasher movie Saw II), she made no secret of her real passion: performing country music as a guitarist and vocalist.

Kapur imbues the film with the historical import and epic sweep missing from Elizabeth, and while Blanchett's firebrand performance is the film's searing centrepiece, strong supporting work from Owen, Abbie Cornish (finally impressive after many try - hard strike - outs), Morton and, especially, Geoffrey Rush as her loyal - to - a-fault servant Francis Walsingham, bring out the shades in her deeply conflicted character.

DeWitt starred as the title character in RACHEL GETTING MARRIED from which she received best supporting actress awards from the Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington D.C. Film Critics Associations.

Aside from the main themes and characters, there's that divorced - women's support group, run by Dorothy's cynical sister (the expertly wisecracking Bonnie Hunt); a «child - care technician» obsessed with modern jazz; and run - ins with various sporting figures, both real (from Frank Gifford to Katarina Witt) and fictional, such as a superstar quarterback played by TV's Jerry O'Connell, and his hard - nosed dad (an uncredited Beau Bridges).

All of the supporting characters enrich the film as well — from the dry, witty presence of Catherine Keener as Penn's Secret Service sidekick, to the despotic blue - eyed veteran Earl Cameron as the Motoban Prime Minister Edmond Zuwanie (a thinly disguised version of Zimbabwe's disgraced leader Robert Mugabe).

Nolte is OK in a part that affords him very little to build a character from, Robert Shaw does a dialled - down version of his salty dog Quint from Jaws, and the great character actor Eli Wallach appears in a supporting role as an old drunk who plays both sides.

Thankfully it was worth the 6 months wait as gamers get to experience the NetherRealm title with 4K support, extra characters, and plenty of bells and whistles that make this the smoothest fighting game on PC from the Mortal Kombat studio to date.

The rest of the cast are uniformly great, from Campbell Scott as the lead to a rich supporting cast of character actors - including a well written woman's role (shock!)

Moody though incoherent, boldly cynical if hampered by extraordinarily poor editing (it appears as though characters are able to travel at light speed from location to location — the budget probably couldn't support transitional coverage), The Calling is so earnestly bad that I really got a kick out of it.

The writing is sharp and well judged as are a whole host of supporting characters; from the suffering Kelly Reilly, the jovial Chris O'Dowd to the mephistophelian Aidan Gillen and the salacious Dylan Moran.

As with other Bruckheimer endeavors, a bunch of lame - ass 20 - something male actors fill up the supporting cast in an effort for the female audience members to argue over who's the cutest to keep their minds occupied from the ridiculous plot and poor character development.

Standing out in the supporting cast is Craig Stevens, a decade away from Peter Gunn, sweating cheap, desperate charm as Tierney's heel of a husband and veteran character actress Ruth Donnelly as a diner matron with a sharp tongue and a warm heart.

With an expert cast that includes Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Adam Driver, and Corey Stoll as the adult siblings; Jane Fonda as their mother; and Kathryn Hahn, Rose Byrne, Dax Shepard, Connie Britton, and Timothy Olyphant in supporting roles, «TIWILY» focuses on the bigger picture of the Altman family, offset with specifics from each of the characters» vastly different narratives, in a way that feels intimate and truthful.

Far from empty - headed, though, Stardust is a deeply meaningful series of sweet - nothings, wholly apolitical even in a macho supporting character revealed as a cross-dresser and hair stylist; and by its end, it wins not in spite of being so exuberant in its indulgence of flamboyant clichés, but because it is.

You get what you expect from Wahlberg, who delivers the troubled anithero persona well enough, and the supporting cast is full of competent character actors, with the exception of a miscast Mila Kunis (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Over It) as some sort of tough chick who is supposed to be intimidating.

Even though Bigelow had to face some harsh criticism from women who saw Strange Days as an anti-women film because of the shocking violence on display, it could be argued Strange Days is a pure feminist picture, as Angela Bassett's Mace is a physically imposing, capable, intelligent yet distinctly feminine character who might be the supporting pillar of Ralph Fiennes» lost soul, but in some ways remains the emotional center of the whole film.

Six main Avengers, a handful of S.H.I.E.L.D mainstays and three flesh - and - blood newbies, not to mention a robot army, means it's already a battle for screen time, yet AOU still manages to be cameo - tastic, bringing back a host of favourites from previous stand - alone movies as well as some significant fresh supporting characters (including Andy Serkis as an arms dealer who's afraid of cuttlefish).

These three characters take up the bulk of the screen time, with notable supporting performances from Kevin Corrigan and Lew Temple, but none can contend with the real star of the show, the inanimate beast that is the out - of - control 777, as it continually chugs its way towards impending doom.

Certainly it isn't because it's a fitting ending to the journey of Bilbo, as he's not even involved in the majority of this film, instead taking a back seat to a host of characters that are either greatly beefed up from their small supporting roles in the original Tolkien work, or, as in the case of lovelorn wood elf Tauriel (Lilly, The Long Weekend) and handsome dwarf Kili (Turner, The Mortal Instruments), complete fabrications injected to put in a love story for, presumably, the young female set.

We've got much more piss your pants one liners and forth wall breaking tomfoolery from Wade, it's sweet sensitive and extremely emotional in parts (not since the finale of T2 have I sobbed so much), the OTT action and gore makes a hatchet fight in a Butcher shop look clean in comparison with moments to make hardcore Gore - Geeks give a huge hooray, the cringe worthy «oh no he didn't» moments are rife, there's a touching subplot about what it really means to be Family and also we are treated to an array of colorful supporting characters including an excellent turn from Josh Brolin as futuristic super soldier «Cable», a wonderful performance from upcoming young talented star Julian Dennison (hunt for the wilder people), the obligatory Hugh Jackman cameo and a mega hard Super Villain who makes his previous onscreen incarnation seem like Vinny Jones in a giant penis suit... Oh wait!

Similarly, while the «Francois» personality gives Cera an opportunity to break away from the awkward, teenaged persona he has gotten down to a science, that aspect of the story takes as much of a backseat as the rest of the gallery of supporting characters.

Supporting cast members include Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti as opposing campaign members who are cut from the same cloth, Marisa Tomei as a punchy and assertive newspaper journalist (probably the most unrealistic character because I thought all those writers disappeared a long time ago) and Evan Rachel Wood as the sexy intern temptress.

And the supporting characters, including best - bud chef Stuart (Bill Hader), aren't as developed as the ones in the corresponding film — though Conor's relationship with his father (Ciarán Hinds) benefits from the fuller treatment Them left on the editing - room floor.

Starring Lily James as the titular character, with support from Cate Blanchett as her Evil Stepmother, Helena Bonham Carter as her Fairy Godmother, and Richard Madden as Prince Charming, the film looks to be a magical return to a beloved fairy tale.

Meanwhile, Laura Harrier and Jacob Batalon were introduced as playing Liz and Ned respectively, who are likely a nod to original Spider - Man supporting characters Liz Allen and Ned Leeds from the comics.

Croagunk had previously appeared as a support Pokémon paired with Sylveon in the Wii U exclusive, and will now become a playable Speed - class character in the arcade version from November 10th.

The Blu - ray looks superb, as a digital production of this magnitude should, and presents the R - rated «Ultimate Edition» features 30 minutes of additional footage not included in the original theatrical version and the extra scenes fill in subplots and supporting characters cut from the two - and - a-half hour theatrical version.

Annoying supporting characters, glib dialogue, a problematically short running time, and constant, contrived solutions to inescapable predicaments prevent this final outing from being memorable or even as enjoyable as «The Lost World» — which couldn't match up to the perfection of the original.

The evolution of females in the MCU from supporting characters to the forefront of the films has certainly served «Black Panther» breakout Gurira, known for her fan favorite role as warrior woman Michonne on AMC's «The Walking Dead» and one of the newest members of the MCU.

Boasting the strong supporting character - acting cast of Marin Ireland, Kelly Lynch, John Douglas Thompson, Brendan Sexton III, Michael Chernus and David Johansen from the New York Dolls, plaudits must also be given to Cuban - American actor Yul Vazquez, another scene - stealer who hilariously shines as one J.J.'s chatty thugs that Bud is force to work with.

There's a romance involved, as you would expect from a movie featuring Kate Winslet, and plenty of amusing supporting characters, including Rickman himself as Louis XIV.

As a result, he sees countless messages from fans and is grateful for the support offered to him since leaving a character they and he have spent years with.

But it features terrific supporting performances as well, especially from male love interests portrayed by Don Johnson, Richard Dreyfuss, Andy Garcia and Nelson, who is responsible for the film's Big Talker of a sight gag, when his character runs afoul of a double dose of Viagra.

Midler's scenery - chewing turn as the brassy central character remains virtually the only worthwhile element within Stella's overlong running time, as the movie suffers from a fairly stale narrative that's compounded by an absence of compelling supporting figures and an often unreasonably deliberate pace.

Featuring over 100 characters (playable and supports) from the Dragon Ball Z universe, players can feel the destructive power of bone - crushing blows as they execute and chain together multi-hit combos.

We've also learned all about the supporting cast, which is full of character actors you know from other cable shows (James Frain, Michael Irby, C.S. Lee), as well as a bunch of beautiful women who get the kinds of female roles we've come to expect from True Detective.

It doesn't help that the story becomes unwieldy from a multitude of subplots involving the supporting characters, such as Tars Tarkas» rivalry for leadership of the Tarks with Tal Hajus (voice of Thomas Haden Church), the question and implications of Sola (voice of Samantha Morton) being Tars Tarkas» daughter, and the political maneuvers of Dejah's father (Ciarán Hinds), who thinks he can ensure peace between Helium and Zodanga by having his daughter marry Than.

With little else to keep me interested as the story stumbled along, I did enjoy keeping track of all the trendy names of various minor supporting characters, from high - priced bodyguards Taylor and Sawyer and Prescott to the novelist Boyce Fox to the architect known as Gia Matteo to the bank manager Troy Whelan.

Features Include: — Fight as 25 Street Fighter characters (three new characters and six more coming as free updates)-- Higher resolution graphics and wide screen support — Intuitive virtual pad controls allow players to execute full move sets including Unique Attacks, Special Moves, Focus Attacks, Super Combos and Ultra Combos — Take your game to the next level with a MFi controller like the Gamevice — Battle head - to - head against players from around the world via Wi - Fi — Single player «arcade» and multiplayer modes — Unleash super moves with a tap of the «SP» button — Four levels of difficulty

That's best expressed in the depth of the supporting characters we meet en route, introducing swift but rewarding appearances from, among others, Jennifer Jason Leigh as a damaged friend of Connie and Barkhad Abdi as a security guard.