The relatively small cast of characters is a well - crafted bunch, fueled by good - or -
better voice performances all the way through.
If there has ever been
a better voice performance in an animated film than Ellen DeGeneres» in Pixar's wonderful sequel Finding Dory, I sure can't think of it.
Read on for Indiewire's list of
the best voice performances of the past 20 years.
Not exact matches
AI
performance on 2018 - 2019 Android phones running on the Snapdragon 845 will be tripled, which will help
voice assistants
better understand more natural ways of speaking.
The much anticipated 6 - Series TVs elevate the home entertainment experience with a complete HDR
performance solution for superior picture quality and one of the industry's
best smart TV operating systems with enhanced
voice capabilities for the ultimate user experience.
These impulses to «vocalize» and «embody» texts as
well as the metaphor of «
voice» are providing an intersection between homiletics and
performance studies.
Wenger said at the start of the season that this is one of the
best squads he has managed... look at the table, look at the results (shamed), and look at our
performances... wenger is gulty for this, and the suporters in england habe to grow up their
voices... its impossible that people were demanding for chenges and the board and wenger were taking a laugh of you and continuing with their reign... its unacceptable that those guya even care about us fans and you are capable to look to anotger side and bought alll that sh about «a great change on the squad and a promised new wenger, its bs... wenger has to go and for that you england arsenal fans have to grow up some balls and do ur job... what was that bellerin episode?
Well after his
performance the last few weeks, I think it's safe to say * NBA Jam
voice * HE»S ON FIRE!!!
Mertz should never have been our captain in the first place... who has ever heard of a team that makes 11th hour transfer buys (Arteta & Mertz) then seemingly places those same individuals into prominent leadership positions from the get - go... indicative of the problems that have permeated our clubhouse for the
better part of 7 years under the Kroenke & Wenger... what is wrong with the players chosen and / or the management style of Wenger that doesn't develop and / or encourage strong leadership from within... Mertz was the fine collecting lackey from year one... this is what happens when you don't get world - class players because many times they want to have a
voice on and off the pitch and this can't happen when you play for a fragile manager who has developed a coddling wage structure where everyone is rewarded for simply wearing the shirt and participating in the process... not enough balance between
performance and pay, combined with the obvious favoritism shown to some players regardless of their glaring lack of production... remember that Ramsey has played in positions that make no sense considering his skill - set (out wide) and has forced other players off the field or into equally unfamiliar positions with little or no justification (let's remember when you read articles about how Ramsey's goals this upcoming season being the potential X-factor for our success that this is the same individual who didn't score a goal until the final week last season)... this of course is just one example of many... before I hear another word from Mertz I want this club to address the fact that no former player of any real consequence has any important role in the management structure of this club, yet several former Gunners have expressed serious interest in just such an endeavor (Henry, Viera, Adams, Bergkamp... just to name a few legends)... there is only one answer: an extremely insecure manager!!!
Needless to say, we wish him all the
best and hope that he will be «holding his horses» and retain the Vocal Science technique to maintain the ultimate health and
performance of his
voice.
Kris and designer pal Tommy Hillfiger lent their
voices to the
performance as
well.
The next day I communicated with Shrishteee, she was so
good that made me cum in a less than ten minutes only by listening to her
voice and looking at her
performance in front of the camera.
Jay Hernandez makes a
good performance as young Carlito like Al Pacino in
voice and acting.
Two heroic forces save us from this fate: a warm, zingy script (by Alan J. Schoolcraft and Brent Simons) and a characteristically wacko
voice performance by Will Ferrell as Megamind, a cobalt blue, bulbous - headed freak from a distant planet who defeats his longtime nemesis for control of Metro City but doesn't cope
well with success.
Though in the following years, Tom's
voice could be heard in a variety of animated releases, onscreen
performances in shows like Monk and movies such as Bad Santa proved that the increasingly active
voice - over artist was still very much committed to her onscreen career as
well.
What drags the game down is not only its lack of length but sub par
voice acting particularly with the DLC's main protagonist, Batgirl
voiced by Ashley Greene who had come to replace Kimberly Brooks from former games lacking the tone, wit and independence Brooks brought to the role changing the character, entirely lacking personality in a worn
performance, the characters are now
best to be left forgotten, not even Hamill could save this train wreck with the very few joker lines he had been presented with.
I thought the film had a great soundtrack and integrated it
well in the film (I think that unless you knew that Tip was
voiced by Rihanna, you wouldn't find the songs that distracting; it might even give you a
better apprecation for Rihanna's spunky vocal
performance) and the film had a unique, bold, and very beautiful visual style.
The footage featured a great
voice and motion capture
performance from Reynolds, and he quickly became the
best option for the role of Deadpool.
No offense to the many boldfaced names who swoop into a recording booth to lend their
voice and celebrity to a
well meaning issue - oriented documentary, but what Jackson does here is give a
performance.
The sequel could see an even
better performance, with a star - studded
voice cast that also includes Chiwetel Ejiofor, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Stephen Merchant and Mary J. Blige, Elton John on board co-crafting original music, and a higher quality of animation.
It's a harsh world out there, but with teamwork, including the supportive family kill circle, and the wary but firm leadership of Grug (Nicolas Cage in one of his
best performances in years, albeit only his
voice), they have outlasted their neighbors.
Tony Hale (Arrested Development)
voices the character for the English language version of Batman Ninja, giving one of the
best performances of the crazed clown since Mark Hamill back in the Batman: The Animated Series days.
The
best comic
performance comes not from Schumer but Michelle Williams as Avery, the beauty executive whose hamsterish
voice holds her back in the workplace.
Elsewhere, the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton won the inaugural trophy for
Best True Story, while Charlize Theron won
Best Female
Performance for Fury Road, Jennifer Lawrence
Best Hero for The Hunger Games: Mockingly — Part 2 and Amy Poehler
Best Virtual
Performance for
voicing Joy in Pixar's Inside Out.
The film doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it's a sturdy, tonally assured piece of work with a winning specificity to its
voice and setting, giving Murray a real gift of a part in one of his
best performances, one that the audience have clearly responded to in a big way.
However,
good performances do abound where it counts, with Charles S. Dutton (Cat's Eye, The Distinguished Gentleman) adding a
voice of soundness amid the mania, and Charles Dance (Last Action Hero, Hilary and Jackie) providing a
well - conceived early conduit of background story information between Ripley and the nature of the mining prison.
Honest and hilarious in equal measure, Baker's electrifying film gives a
voice to a community that movies usually exploit for laughs, and his two nonprofessional leads deliver the
best performances of the fest.
Matthew McConaughey wins
Best Actor from the Rome Film Fest, while Scarlett Johansson takes the prize for Actress based on a
voice performance.
The music and songs of Inside Llewyn Davis, a mix of preexisting music and brand new tunes written expressly for the film, are bolstered by Isaac's dynamite
voice and
performances (the biggest track, «Fare Thee
Well (Dink's Song),» is a stunner), and reinforce the central themes of the film with ease.
Alongside the two leads, the supporting
performances are also very fine, Grainger imbuing Louise with a wit and forthrightness that portrays her not only as the «
good» woman in contrast to Rachel, but also as a
voice of common sense against Philip's melodramatic swooning.
Keaton has recently seen a
well deserved career resurgence with turns in THE OTHER GUYS, the
voice of Ken in TOY STORY 3, and an upcoming
performance in the ROBOCOP remake.
Johansson is also excellent; it's ironic in a way that arguably the
best performance of a woman who is so
well known for her physical characteristics is the one where she is never actually on screen, but her
voice work is just as necessary to believe there is something real to the relationship, and the subtle verbal tics she uses are mightily effective.
More in the posing of questions than in any kind of resolutions or consequences, the pleasures of The Final Countdown also lie in the
performances of Sheen (still doing
voice - over work for Apocalypse Now between camera set - ups) and Douglas, as
well as the delicious «what if» of a time - travel scenario married to a particular breed of unfettered patriotism and military fetishism.
HONORABLE MENTIONS: ANIMATION «Kubo and the Two Strings» — Laika's most daring, innovative film yet «My Life as a Zucchini» — About little kids but not for little kids; a bold, 70 - minute feature from Switzerland «Sing» — Delightful and triumphant, with terrific
voice performances and song renditions «Trolls» — I can't stop the positive feelings I've had about this DreamWorks musical since I saw it 3 months ago «Zootopia» — Disney's live - action crime drama / social commentary disguised in animated form has one of the year's
best screenplays
The movie is quick paced and stylish, with solid
performances and some very
good music — especially from the big
voiced Aguilera — that makes it a fun escape.
This is particularly true of the beautiful mo - cap and
voice performance by Steve Zahn (The
Good Dinosaur, Knights of Badassdom) that imbues Bad Ape, a solitary chimp zoo survivor whom Caesar encounters, with grand pathos and sweet eager humor: he is a creature — a person — who has been driven a little mad by loneliness and is now overenthusiastic in his enjoyment of new company.
It's a little crazy to hear Big Boss
voiced by Kiefer Sutherland at first, but he soon alleviates all fears with a subdued and believable
performance that
better suits the more serious and graphic tone of the story.
Though everyone had absolutely standout
voice work
performances, the one that really stood out to me was Liam Neeson's Bad Cop /
Good Cop.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS I don't know why I'm resisting the very alluring pull of Penelope Cruz in this category — it's certainly a terrific
performance in a terrific and undervalued (by the Academy, at least) film — but the
voices in my head have been telling me «no» all season.
Satrapi examines this idea to an extreme in The
Voices, and the result is one of the
best dark comedies in years, anchored by a truly terrific
performance by Ryan Reynolds.
Ethan Hawke «gives one of the
best performances of his career» as the drug - addled, once - beautiful smoky -
voiced musician, according to Variety's Andrew Barker.
It's about much more than that as
well, grounded by the
performances of Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson, who successfully sell that a man can, under the right circumstances, fall in love with a
voice.
What works
best in «Solo» are the
performances, from droids
voiced by Jon Favreau and Phoebe Waller - Bridge («Fleabag») to the utterly charismatic Ehrenreich and Glover.
FILM STARS DO N'T DIE IN LIVERPOOL Pretty standard Hollywood fare (even though it takes place on both sides of the pond), but the film does succeed in really allowing Annette Benning to transform into the glorious Gloria Grahame (primarily via her
voice, but the entire
performance is
well crafted).
Bradley Cooper gives one of his
best performances to date as the
voice of a trash - talking space raccoon.
DVD special features are ample, anchored by a feature - length audio commentary track with director Alvart and producer Jeremy Bolt, in which the pair discuss Alvart's late - in - the - game, pre-production idea of depicting the effects of years of hyper - sleep via sloughing skin, as
well as the special challenges involved for Foster in crafting a
performance out of reacting to Quaid's disembodied
voice, since more than half of his material was prerecorded, before the younger actor's scenes.
The Post — This is a moving story of a shy socialite finding her
voice (Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham in one of her all - time
best performances) as her small, local paper, The Washington Post, discovers its
voice, too, the compelling, inspiring story of journalists who will risk everything to make sure Americans learn the truth about their government.
It easily ranks as one of the
best looking games on the Nintendo 3DS whether that be in its art direction or animation, and the
voice cast, which stars Kaiji Tang (Pikachu), Khoi Dao (Tim), and Kira Buckland (Emilia) among others, have recorded faultless
performances that really help to bring the whole adventure to life.
It borrows not only the
better designed interface, but also the additional parts for tattoos (which you can apply anywhere now), clothing,
voice, and
performance cut - scenes, like introductions, touching gloves, and winning sequences.
All the
voices are
good (it's probably Jon Favreau's
best performance), but Steve Buscemi's the real standout.