Sentences with phrase «by supporting cast»

It also reminds me of one of my pet hates, that is watching a pollie on the T.V. giving his spiel surrounded by a supporting cast of head nodders.

Her Emma is quick witted and her comedic timing is subdued, buoyed by her supporting cast.

Their shortcomings are exacerbated — as opposed to plastered over, as they have been in the past — by the supporting cast of the UK's best and brightest, a harsh relief that probably explains why for long stretches it appears as though there are two films going on: one with actors and one with children pretending to be actors.

The three are surrounded by a supporting cast that hits all the notes and nails all of the steps.

Gleeson is incredible as the realistically flawed and straightforward priest, dispensing sage wisdom and sneering condemnation in equal measure, and he is bolstered by a supporting cast of great Irish actors (Chris O'Dowd, Brendan Gleeson's son Domhnall) who flesh out this operatic drama with aplomb.

Think John Wick but with a bow and arrow, bolstered by a supporting cast featuring Jamie Foxx as Little John and Ben Mendelsohn as the Sheriff of Nottingham.

She is joined by a supporting cast that includes Mark Ruffalo, Rory Culkin, and Matthew Broderick.

MacDowell's performance is certainly her most impressive since sex, lies and videotape, but she's still overshadowed by her supporting cast.

I've always thought that DiCaprio had a tendency to be outacted as the lead by his supporting cast, whether it's Daniel Day - Lewis in Gangs of New York (difficult for that not to happen), Joseph Gordon - Levitt and Tom Hardy in Inception, Matt Damon in The Departed or Mark Ruffalo in Shutter Island (which wasn't even good), it always seemed like he was undeserving of top billing.

Jennifer Lawrence delivers yet another strong performance as Katniss and through her journey she is helped immensely by her supporting cast featuring Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman (RIP) and Donald Sutherland among others.

Nice attention to character building at the beginning is muted by the generic road trip story and the rote character arcs by its supporting cast, which includes many talented actors like Toni Collette and Alice Eve, along with noteworthy cameos by Jessica Rothe (Happy Death Day), Patton Oswalt, Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel) and more.

Unexpectedly, the prevailing mood is one of bizarre, cutup comedy, exploited by a supporting cast that would shame most topliners: Alec Baldwin (in his unpredictable Miami Blues register), Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone and the superbly rude Mark Wahlberg.

And the performances by the supporting cast, mostly Japanese actors we've never heard of, are full of grace and truth.

They are surrounded by a supporting cast that's like an honor roll of recent great British actors.

Despite a few chuckles every so often, usually provided by the supporting cast, No Strings Attached is a tired exercise in making a «progressive» romantic comedy that straddles he fence between offensive and just plain unbearable.

Deadpool saw Reynolds flanked by a supporting cast that includes Haywire's Gina Carano, former Homeland actress Morena Baccarin, Game Of Thrones veteran Ed Skrein and Silicon Valley star TJ Miller.

Ryan Reynolds and T.J. Miller are joined by a supporting cast that includes Morena Baccarin, Gina Carano, Ed Skrein, Brianna Hildebrand, Olesia Shewchuk, Style Dayne, Rachel Sheen and Dan Zachary.

The ominous premonitions to a brutal season closer, the haunting performance by Brian Cranston, and the strong performances given by the supporting cast creates characters that the audience truly care about, and makes Walt's transformation all the more horrifying.

I was also impressed by the supporting cast members.

There's similarly little doubt that the film benefits substantially from the above - average efforts of its various stars, with Hemsworth and Brühl's stand - out work complemented by a supporting cast that includes, among others, Stephen Mangan, Christian McKay, and Olivia Wilde.

Thanks for the review of the movie, its bad that a movie can be let down by the supporting cast.

Then you can surround it by a supporting cast for complexity and nutrition.

Davis, who was on the Dallas staff when Troy Aikman had a horrible first two years, realizes that a quarterback has to be judged in part by the supporting cast he has to work with.

Hollywood tends to reward — and remember — bombastic performances over more subtle fare, and DiCaprio's frequent casting as the stoic protagonist allows his scenes to be eaten away by his supporting cast.

Not exact matches

The three - day conference, run by the Small Business Administration, is a chance to cast the spotlight on the importance of supporting small - business owners and shine a light on best practices to that end.

Its board of directors is supporting the Loblaw takeover bid but the deal requires approval from at least two - thirds of the votes cast by QHR shareholders at a special meeting to be held in October.

the only beings ever cast into the lake of fire by god were the angels that supported lucifer.

Odin, the chief god of the Norse, was associated with death by hanging, and a possible practice of Odinic sacrifice by strangling has some archeological support in the existence of bodies perfectly preserved by the acid of the Jutland (later taken over by the Daner people) peatbogs, into which they were cast after having been strangled.

«By casting vision to both the fact people and the passion people you greatly increase your chances of harnessing the support of both parties and increasing the probability of success.»

Another is that by broad - casting on Sunday mornings, the paid - time religious broadcaster is more likely to be seen by those for whom Sunday morning is a recognized worship period, the sympathetic viewer whose viewing and support is essential for paid - time programs.

Reduced to essentials, Shaw's contention is that Hecker and those of his «Americanist» cast of mind did represent an assimilationist current in U.S. Catholic thought — a tendency to bend over backwards to «fit into» American culture — that eventually made possible Ted Kennedy, Barbara Mikulski, Nancy Pelosi, and Joe Biden: cradle - Catholic politicians who support public policies that flatly contradict basic moral truths taught by the Church on the basis of reason and revelation, justify their votes in the name of «democracy» and «pluralism,» and are supported by a lot of fellow - Catholics in doing so.

Chiwetel Ejiofor is physical and magnetic as Pearson, but he's supported by one of the most overqualified supporting casts in a Netflix movie to date.

Plus, the game is played by 21 other people besides the QB at any given time, and the Bucs in my opinion have a much stronger supporting cast.

I'm serious he looks so different but that's my point by having a good supporting cast it's hiding his inadequencies.

The supporting cast includes receivers Jadon Johnson, Tyler King, Damani Richardson and Chris Gary; lead running back Jamar Walker; and an undersized offensive line that has been diminished by injury, but not overwhelmed by the opposition.

They have two of the top five players in the league flanked by a pair of perennial All - NBA performers and a veteran supporting cast.

The tank job was short - circuited by success as Goran Dragic and Bledsoe turned into a potent dual - threat attack and as a cast of supporting characters filled the gap.

By no means do I agree with this idea, but wonder if more teams will eventually try recycling QBs after their rookie deal, and just essentially having an amazing supporting cast with a solid enough QB to take them all the way.

But Marino is an example of a good player surrounded by a terrible supporting cast in his senior season.

One is the open fin keel, a 6,000 - pound torpedo of cast iron supported by two fins, with a yawning hole between (see drawing page 30).

Supported by a great British cast including Michael Gambon and Derek Jacobi you can forgive the odd casting of Timothy Spall as Churchill and Guy Pearce's somewhat off - putting performance as David, both of whom fail to convince.

Watson is supported by a very accomplished cast.

By the time historically Labour supporters cast their «yes» votes, they had been led to conclude that support for independence was incompatible with support for the Labour Party.

Speaking to about 1,000 people Nixon cast her support as primarily driven by racial disparity in marijuana arrests, declaring that «I want to do it first and foremost because it's a racial justice issue.»

With their efforts and support bolstered by this poll, our members will work until the final vote is cast to elect Sean Patrick Maloney to Congress,» said Cilento.

Among registered voters in New York City, 42 % would be less likely to vote for a candidate supported by the mayor while 28 % would be more likely to cast their ballot for that candidate.

(The I.D.C.'s official line, delivered by a spokesman, is that «We're humbled that so many New Yorkers came out yesterday to cast a ballot in support of the I.D.C.'s policy - driven agenda.

As the city's 51 other Council members one - by - one cast their vote for Mark - Viverito, those from Queens who had not originally pledged their support congratulated the new speaker.

A lot of postal votes will already have been cast by then, but still, that period of time is enough for a further shift in support.

When he broached the income inequality discussion, he framed it not as a matter of the very rich versus the very poor, but the zeroed in on the need to reform public education in the state, casting the teachers unions (generally supported by Democrats) as the villains in this telling.