Sentences with phrase «bigger than a cameo»

This is only marginally less true of the nominal lead, the oddly named Zurich (Trevor Jackson), a tall, handsome and serious young man who has a steady girlfriend and, under the benign auspices of a professor (Alfre Woodard, in a role only slightly bigger than a cameo), takes an interest in learning about the school's namesake.

Not exact matches

Marketed on the shoulders of big names that are little more than extended cameos in the film (Jonah Hill feels more featured in the trailer than the actual film, if you can believe it), there are bit players given as much room to play as the stars.

Speaking of big impact, «Lower» Manhattan makes more than a cameo appearance, it's practically a supporting actor.

A late uncredited cameo for one of the biggest stars in the firmament promises panto dastardliness in the sequels to come (no fewer than four more have been slated).

But once Deanna becomes one of the big kids on campus, this movie slides into as many possible familiar avenues as it can, even indulging in a ridiculous, lazy celebrity cameo that's more perplexing than anything else.

Donald Sutherland as the villainous President Snow is represented more frequently by white roses than in person so when he does appear with a big wolfish grin, there is the delicious knowingness of a megastar arriving for a third act cameo.

Filmed on location in Hamburg and Paris, with some scenes shot in grimy, late - seventies New York City, Wenders's international breakout is a stripped - down crime story that mixes West German and American film flavors, and it features cameos by filmmakers Jean Eustache (The Mother and the Whore), Samuel Fuller (Shock Corridor), and Nicholas Ray (Bigger Than Life).

However, the movie all but ignores the bigger names on its cast list — Keitel's role amounts to little more than a glorified cameo, while Gina McKee (as Donald's ex-wife) is on screen for exactly one scene.

Part do - over, part plan - all - along, Deadpool is coming to fruition because the studio heads at Fox knew they had bigger plans for him than just a measly cameo in X-Men Origins.

For anyone with Avengers fatigue that's tired of the endless build - up towards the MCU's next big thing while crossovers and cameos distract us from any genuine substance, Deadpool 2 is the perfect antidote, ironically showing us an alternate Brolin villain that's so much simpler than Thanos while being inherently more watchable.

Drives me nuts that Square Enix owns all the content they contributed, though, effectively making the game all but worthless in any sort of a bigger Mario picture (i.e. Geno being in anything more than a one - off cameo).