Sentences with phrase «best dramatic actors»

One sequence, in which Darby takes Cornelia to a hip - hop class, had me howling; Watts» commitment to looking ridiculous on top of nailing her deliveries proves she's a gifted comedian in addition to being one of our best dramatic actors working today.

Even the best dramatic actors can't totally nail speech the first time they see it on a page.

The show ran until 1991, earning Hagman multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations as Best Dramatic Actor.

These jerks who are incredibly good dramatic actors came in and were incredibly funny.

Pacino does a good job, as usual, but Robin Williams (A.I., One Hour Photo) is the one who impresses, with a performance that helps us remember that he is actually a very good dramatic actor.

Playing a frequent - flyer junkie in «Up in the Air,» Clooney had a nomination for best dramatic actor, along with Jeff Bridges as a boozy country singer in «Crazy Heart,» Colin Firth as a grieving gay academic in «A Single Man,» Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela in «Invictus» and Tobey Maguire as a prisoner of war in «Brothers.»

Gary Oldman was picked best dramatic actor for his performance as Winston Churchill in «Darkest Hour.»

Not exact matches

The film boasts a shockingly good ensemble that allows typically dramatic actors like Chiwetel Ejiofor a chance to be funny and comedians such as Kristen Wiig and Donald Glover a chance to do their thing.

That alone would be reason to get excited, and Coogler makes good on the landmark project's potential by featuring a predominantly black ensemble, casting some of the best young actors around — from Chadwick Boseman (who proved his dramatic chops playing James Brown, Jackie Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall in recent years) to Michael B. Jordan (even more buff, and twice as charismatic, than he appeared in the director's two previous features, «Fruitvale Station» and «Creed»)-- as well as such legends as Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett.

Even though I don't consider Owen Wilson an action nor dramatic actor I believe this is his best job as of yet.

That same year, he was nominated for a Gemini Award as Best Actor in a Dramatic Series for his role of Theo in the drama YAMASKA, a long - running, one - hour television series starring Anne Marie Cadieux and Elise Guilbaut.

The only time the «Harry Potter» franchise stooped to splitting a book into two (and the book was itself not the longest of the series), while all other credentials are present and correct — David Yates is in his stride as the franchise's most reliable director; the actors are the best they'll be; the visuals are as dramatic as the themes — the installment is let down by ending in mid-air and having a whole inert section where the three kids play house in a forest.

It was good to see her in Lost In Translation, and hopefully there will be more roles on the way, as I'm convinced that such a great comedic performer has enormous potential as a dramatic actor.

Crowe, despite his considerable talents as a dramatic actor, is plainly incapable of presenting Javert's convictions believably, starting with the embarrassingly obvious fact that acting well while singing is way beyond his reach; his warning to Valjean to heed his words and remember his name is delivered with such flatness and with so little affect that it's difficult to think of anything else.

We are instead given a number of impressive, but token flashy performances by veteran actors in tough guy bit parts (Pete Postlethwaite and Chris Cooper as irredeemable lifelong criminals) and newcomers in «dramatic stretches» (The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner who is good (again) but not as great as the star - makers would have you believe, and most notably, Blake Lively, excellent as a drug - addled neighborhood floozy).

With such a farfetched plot already in place, this is the sort of film that could have easily degenerated into a muddled farce with a one - note stand - up comic as the lead, but with a good comedic and dramatic actor like Kline at the forefront, he is able to keep the tone of the comedy and drama appropriate to each scene.

After years away from the limelight of the big screen, Smith started out 2015 by reminding us just how well he can harness his movie star wattage in the underrated Focus, and he ends it here by showing us what a gifted dramatic actor he is when he's willing to buckle down and get into the heart and soul of his characters.

Combine those elements with a best - selling novel, three popular actors and a twist on Titanic and you end up with a very watchable, though slightly mundane dramatic love story.

Patton Oswalt is a stand - up comedian and actor best known for his dramatic turn in «Young Adult» and recurring roles in TV shows like «Agents of SHIELD» and «Veep».

The actor is movingly effective as he explores more dramatic territory, and proving an ability to move an audience to tears as well as laughter.

A lot of the reason the silliness of the premise works is because the actors are able to balance the ridiculous and the dramatic very well.

It's easy to forget that before he became synonymous with shirtlessness, six - pack abs, groovalicious good times, partying with his bros, and keeping it mellow, Matthew McConaughey was heralded in some corners as the Paul Newman of his time, a strikingly handsome actor with serious dramatic chops.

The next few years could very well see Steve Carell move from comedy titan to respected dramatic actor, especially if this year sees Foxcatcher become an Oscar player.

I thought Mr. Sunshine had its moments, and we know from his work in Studio 60 and guest spots on shows like The West Wing and The Good Wife that Perry is an incredibly gifted dramatic actor, so I'm hoping that Go On has a bit of a dramedy aspect.

Though «People Places Things» is tailored to Clement's strengths as an actor with well - placed moments of deadpan humor, it also gives him a chance to flex his dramatic muscle, or at the very least, showcase a different, more mature side compared to his goofier work in «Flight of the Conchords,» «What We Do in the Shadows» and «Dinner for Schmucks.»

Not only does it begin with an account of how bits of movie dialogue (from «Rio Bravo,» «His Girl Friday») have entered her life, and the lives of her friends and colleagues, but it then segues into a great quotation from Steve Roman on SCTV (playing Juan Cortez, the first Puerto Rican Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court in the dramatic television series, «There's Justice for Everybody»): «It's got good actors, and that spells good acting.»

Under the pockets of embarrassment portion of our programming in what universe is Captain Fantastic a «comedy» (Viggo Mortensen, who gives one of the year's best dramatic performances is nominated as best comedy actor but not as best actor.

Carell, who began to shed his «gross - out - comedy - actor» tag in 2014's «Foxcatcher», continues to demonstrate his skill as one of the most exciting dramatic actors working today while Gosling is on fine, flashy & quick - fire form in his best role since «Crazy Stupid Love» and a superb supporting cast includes an always excellent Rafe Spall and «New Girl's Max Greenfield who delivers a brilliant turn as a nauseatingly hilarious mortgage broker.

The members of the jury responsible for the U.S. dramatic winners included actors Michael Stuhlbarg, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Octavia Spencer, as well as the newly Academy Award - nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison and filmmaker Joe Swanberg.

Written by Bob Nelson (the first time Payne wasn't directly involved in writing a film he's directed), the comedic drama stars Bruce Dern (who won best actor at Cannes and is a shoo - in for his first Oscar nomination in over 35 years) and Will Forte (of «Saturday Night Live» fame, pulling off a largely dramatic role) as a father and son road tripping it from Montana to Nebraska to claim the alleged prize money the mentally deteriorating father thinks he's won.

«Spellbound» (1945) Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Miklós Rózsa * Also nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Michael Chekhov), Best Director (Alfred Hitchcock), Best Black - and White Cinematography (George Barnes), and Best Special Effects (Jack Cosgrove).

At least the film has a number of surprisingly inspired comic performances by actors best known for their dramatic work.

The best comedic actors are often relegated to a very particular box, one that pushes us to act totally dumbfounded when they happen to deliver a great dramatic performance.

The move surprised a lot of people, considering there was already plenty of buzz about funnyman Steve Carell, who went through a drastic physical transformation to play multimillionaire John du Pont, delivering a career - defining dramatic performance worthy of a Best Actor nomination and possibly a win.

And on the television front, Bob Odenkirk won best actor in a dramatic series for Better Call Saul, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story won four times, including acting prizes for Sarah Paulson and Courtney B. Vance, and Atlanta «s Donald Glover, showing off the very authentic mustache he'll be wearing in the upcoming Han Solo film, won for best actor in a comedy series.

KERMIT THE FROG: Well, you may be surprised to hear this, but I'm actually stretching myself quite a lot as a dramatic actor in this thing.

Golden Globes, «Argo» won for best dramatic film and best director Ben Affleck, while the musical «Les Miserables» took home three Golden Globes — for best musical or comedy, lead actor for Hugh Jackman and supporting actress for Anne Hathaway.

«Pawn Sacrifice» certainly whips up a dervish of energy, and as a piece of dramatic entertainment, it's mostly engaging, and features character actors doing very good work.

Director, co-writer and producer Alejandoro González Iñárritu, well known by cinephiles for his «Birdman,» which features Michael Keaton as a popular actor trying to deal with the problems of his current life, now puts his skill on creating a dramatic biopic of fur trapper Hugh Glass (played by DiCaprio) who, in 1823 in an area which became the Dakota Territory, is brutally attacked and mauled by a bear while scouting for an expedition.

Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic): «Like Crazy» Grand Jury Prize (Documentary): «How To Die In Oregon» World Cinema Jury Prize (Dramatic): «Happy, Happy» World Cinema Jury Prize (Documentary): «Hell and Back Again» Audience Award (Dramatic): «Circumstance» Audience Award (Documentary): «Buck» World Cinema Audience Award (Dramatic): «Kinyarwanda» World Cinema Audience Award (Documentary): «Senna» The Best of NEXT Audience Award: «to.get.her» Directing Award (Dramatic): Sean Durkin, «Martha Marcy May Marlene» Directing Award (Documentary): Jon Foy, «Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles» World Cinema Directing Award (Dramatic): Paddy Considine, «Tyrannosaur» World Cinema Directing Award (Documentary): James Marsh, «Project Nim» Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: «Another Happy Day» World Cinema Screenwriting Award: «Restoration» Documentary Editing Award: «If a Tree Falls» World Cinema Documentary Editing Award: «The Black Power Mixtape 1967 - 1975» Cinematography Award (Dramatic): «Pariah» Cinematography Award (Documentary): «The Redemption of General Butt Naked» World Cinema Cinematography Award (Dramatic): «All Your Dead Ones» World Cinema Cinematography Award (Documentary): «Hell and Back Again» Special Jury Prize (Acting): Felicity Jones, «Like Crazy» Special Jury Prize (Dramatic): «Another Earth» Special Jury Prize (Documentary): «Being Elmo» World Cinema Special Jury Prize (Documentary): «Position Among The Stars» World Cinema Special Jury Prize (Dramatic): actors Olivia Colman and Peter Mullan, «Tyrannosaur» Alfred P. Sloan Prize: «Another Earth» Sundance / NHK International Filmmakers Award: Cherien Dabis

What is acclaimed dramatic actor Tony Leung, better known for starring in arthouse flicks such as In The Mood For Love (2000), doing in a frivolous family fantasy movie such as this?

If you're like most people, you probably know James Franco best as the goofy comic actor from «Pineapple Express,» «This Is the End,» «The Interview» and the like, or the intense dramatic actor who earned an Oscar nomination for «127 Hours,» played «Spider - Man's» best friend / nemesis in Sam Raimi's movies and headlined an acclaimed James Dean TV biopic after getting his start on «Freaks and Geeks.»

Gertrud renounces external eventfulness in order to cultivate internal or imaginative eventfulness» — and using the (constant - and - never - moving as a way to allow viewers to focus on acting and the body rather than on technical formalist tricks, in fact, the shots are the longest technically allowable before the invention of digital shooting) camera merely as a functional recording - device rather than as an originator of instant meaning and knowledge as in Hollywood, this film remains the best summation of the truism that a longwinded presentation of several actors merely speaking for ten - minutes - a-scene while the camera does not move and no artificial and manipulative «cinematic language» is involved, in other words, the dreaded «merely filmed non-cinematic literature and theatre,» not only has a much greater capacity to teach than any Hollywood mode of filmmaking but is more dramatic than any car chase.

In recent years, De Niro has seemed more eager to cash paychecks than anything else, so it's good to see some dramatic investment from the legendary actor.

It's when the film reaches Candie's plantation that it drops off considerably, largely due to less dramatic tension as well as an unconvincing performance by Samuel L. Jackson as Candie's trusted house slave (while the other actors at least make some attempt at period verisimilitude, Jackson sounds as contempo as he did in Jackie Brown and Pulp Fiction).

Snagging a nomination for best dramatic motion picture as well as nods for actors Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer, this coming - of - age movie centering around a teenager and an adult graduate student was based on 2007's «Call Me by Your Name,» the debut novel of Andre Aciman.

The film's two best scenes sublimely meld music to dramatic context: in one, Porter seduces an actor by teaching him how to sing «Night and Day» properly; in another, Porter serenades Linda with a final love song.

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Jamie Foxx is the rare comedian who didn't really hit it big in movies until he began appearing in dramatic roles — like his lead performance in Ray, for which he was awarded the 2004 Best Actor Oscar — and is now better known as a dramatic actor than a comedicActor Oscar — and is now better known as a dramatic actor than a comedicactor than a comedic one.

The characters are likeable, and played well by the actors, with Aniston in particular showcasing that she can handle dramatic scenes well, and shouldn't always be pigeonholed for light romantic comedies in the future.