Sentences with phrase «by talented actors»

The film has no real focus and the performances — by talented actors, mind you — are bafflingly atrocious.

Half of the movie follows what's left of the Pendleton crew, a collection of archetypes embodied, again, by talented actors seemingly on cruise control.

Buoyed by talented actors, pristine cinematography and a filmmaker smart enough to know when less is more, it is.

Led by talented actors, let me guide you through the horrors of the past!

Not exact matches

Talented screenwriters and actors are hard to come by, giving them considerable leverage against the studios.

The Secret Circle boast an incredibly talented and beautiful cast of actors but that can not help the fact that overall its a little too safe, a little too boring for a show created by The Vampire Diaries» Kevin Williamson.

Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy and directed by John Landis, takes a lame idea and some very talented comedic actors and manages to avoid a complete disaster.

I think it's a shame that Brian DePalma wasted such a varied cast of talented actors and I think that if the film would have been directed by someone else, this film would have turned out quite differently.

Yes, the shrink was played by Paul Giamatti, who is an unbelievably talented actor, but why the hell would anyone want to watch some dudes therapy session?

A handsome and talented young actor who cut his thespian chops on - stage, young Will Rothhaar was bitten by the acting bug early in life, making his feature debut at the age of nine in the gross - out kings Farrelly brothers» homage to the sleazy side of bowling, Kingpin (1996).

Black Panther celebrates black excellence, and nearly every role — lead, supporting, or otherwise — is played by a talented black actor.

Helmed by Perks «author Stephen Chbosky, the film stars talented young actors like Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Nina Dobrev and Mae Whitman.

«Chadwick Boseman was only recently confirmed to be entering the Marvel universe as the emphatic superhero the Black Panther, and while such news left many a film fan scratching their heads as to who this young actor is, it should be a question that's easier to answer when James Brown biopic Get On Up has been released; such is the sheer brilliance of the electric performance by this talented star»... Read More»

Described as a Hollywood Neo-noir, the movie follows Gregg as Howard Holloway, a onetime - child - actor - turned - Hollywood - agent, who allies himself with a talented rising star, Lydia (played by Saxon Sharbino).

Otherwise she's still Noomi Rapace, an attractive and altogether talented actor whose English language film presence is, by now, natural.

Directed by James Ponsoldt, who also co-wrote alongside Susan Burke, knows that, by and large, he can simply let Paul and Winstead run; they're both talented actors, and they're both clearly relishing the chance to play something different.

My first concern was the casting of Channing Tatum; he isn't known as the most talented actor but this is by far the best decision he's ever made.

Despite the addition of other talented comic actors (Randy Quaid, Michael McKean, and Janeane Garofalo), it was a dismal season, and Elliott was put off by the lack of collaborative spirit among some of the long - term cast members.

Viewers would be forgiven for their hesitance to see another movie from the directors of the «Vacation» reboot, but John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, working from a pitch - perfect screenplay by Mark Perez («Accepted»), have crafted an ensemble comedy that lives up to its high - concept premise while giving a gang of talented actors — including the gifted Jason Bateman, so rarely employed to great effect on the big screen — fun characters and big, outrageous moments.

Louis's fellow soldiers are played by the likes of Domhnall Gleeson, Finn Wittrock, and Garrett Hedlund, all talented and interesting young actors with varied backgrounds, who here all blend into the scenery.

Written and directed by Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Creed) and with an amazing cast of talented actors, the film excites and thrills with tight pacing and a sense of awe.

An amazing example of talented actors doing their best to make something genuine of a complex concept but being betrayed by writers and a director who seem afraid to really let the film connect.

The same can not be said for «The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,» where coasting is all there is, in the hopes that these charismatic and talented actors can somehow make tandoori chicken salad out of a screenplay (by returning writer Ol Parker, no longer tethered to the novel by Deborah Maggoch) that's chock - full of unmotivated action, half - baked characters, and lazily - constructed conflicts so contrived they'd get booted out of the «Two and a Half Men» writer's room.

Different, interesting characters and stunning performances by all main actors (ok, Ralph Fiennes steals the show but the rest are so talented too).

It is a marvelous looking movie, gloriously delighting in each hue, vividly brought to life and complemented by a trio of exceptionally talented actors.

Most of this is due to the screen presence of a steady stream of talented actors: in addition to Streep and Shephard, we get their 3 daughters played by Julia Roberts (Barbara), Julianne Nicholson (Ivy) and Juliette Lewis (Karen); Ewan McGregor and Abigail Breslin as Roberts» husband and daughter; Margo Martindale (Violet's sister), her husband Chris Cooper (Charles) and their son Benedict Cumberbatch.

Our group members are made up by some of the most talented British actors of today, Paddy Considine (Steven, an level headed architect, who still pines for the one that got away), Eddie Marsan (Peter, the insecure one who is still bullied), Martin Freeman (Oliver, an estate agent and company man) and Rosamund Pike (Sam, Oliver's sister, who inadvertently joins the group for midway through their Golden Mile challenge).

The acting in Forgetting Sarah Marshall is very good and is done by a very talented cast of mostly television actors with a sprinkling of cameos from a few of the Judd Apatow crew (Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd, Bill Hader).

There's an often - true stereotype about directorial debuts by actors: they've got great performances and plenty of moments for a talented cast to make an impact, but such movies don't yet necessarily reveal any visual flair or cinematic storytelling style.

Amblin Entertainment returns to present a Bad Robot production of Super 8, directed by filmmaker J.J. Abrams («Lost», Mission: Impossible III, Star Trek), starring a cast of young kids and talented character actors, including Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning.

That's a lot of characters, played by some genuinely, uniquely talented actors, and so much potential.

Colin Hanks, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television, «Fargo» «Working on «Fargo,» with such an immensely talented group of artists, was a dream come true.

One of countless forgettable thrillers scored by Jerry Goldsmith during the past couple of decades, Malice starred Alec Baldwin (an extremely talented actor who rarely seems to get films worthy of his talents) and a pre-attractive Nicole Kidman during her dodgy perm days.

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Such a commitment helps to suggest in turn all that Altman gained by coming into contact with the values of the English stage — through not only the virtually all - English cast and setting but also the talented screenwriter, Julian Fellowes, whose background is substantially that of an English actor.

Cumberbatch is surrounded by expert players, including Keira Knightley as the only woman smart enough to be part of the code - breaking team at Bletchley Park, and such talented actors as Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Charles Dance, and Mark Strong.

However, the upcoming sequel is also filled with new characters voiced by an ensemble of talented actors and actresses, including Idris Elba, Dominic West, Diane Keaton, Ed O'Neil, and Eugene Levy.

Bale and Harrelson turn up best here, but they are surrounded by many other talented actors.

After starring in films directed by Andrew Niccol, Clint Eastwood and David Cronenberg, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1999 for his performance in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley.

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.

Here comes The Ides of March, an election campaign drama / thriller directed by George Clooney with about as many talented actors as you can squeeze into a movie: The aforementioned Gosling joins Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marissa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright and George Clooney himself in the role of the spotlighted political candidate.

«I am immensely proud of All the Light in the Sky, which is the result of 3 years of collaboration and development between Jane Adams and I. Jane is one of the smartest, most talented actors working today and Factory 25 will guarantee that her great work in this film is appreciated by an equally smart and sophisticated audience.»

Her post on Facebook went on to suggest that producers were looking to add «va va voom to the cast list» by casting non-white actors and that the policy was putting «talented white performer's [sic] out of work».

Co-directors Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn have assembled quite the cast of talented voice actors, including Anna Kendrick as female lead Princess Poppy, joined by Justin Timberlake as Branch, the one Troll who eschews all the singing, dancing and hugging, thanks to his fear of being captured and eaten by the Bergens.

For all of Owen Wilson's career one - noted - ness, the inimitably talented actor is perfectly suited to tell this story at this point in his career, when he faces his fiftieth birthday accompanied by a slate of unnecessary sequels («Shanghai Dawn,» «Wedding Crashers 2») in the pipeline.

Foy turns in the kind of genre performance that isn't available, not among movies made by talented directors, for actors of her caliber as often as it should be.

But while Quinto is a talented and promising young actor, Spock's character as written by screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman is all wrong.

The presence of such talented, inventive and intelligent actors as Robert Downey, Val Kilmer (as detective Gay Perry) and Michelle Monaghan marked an exponential leap in quality and wit over the scripts that had been realized by other directors.

Then, at the conclusion of DIFF, Fort Worth native and widely - admired actor and filmmaker Bill Paxton will be remembered and honored with a posthumous presentation of the Dallas Star Award, and Zoey Deutch, the talented star of the recent hit indie film, BEFORE I FALL, will receive the Dallas Shining Star Award during the DFS Honors event presented by the Arthur E. Benjamin Foundation at The Highland Dallas (5300 E. Mockingbird Lane).

Shot mostly in black and white, it's an Oedipal melodrama about two brothers (the over-serious, monotonous Vincent Gallo and youthful Leonardo DiCaprio lookalike Alden Ehrenreich) whose lives have been blighted by a talented but egotistical father (Klaus - Maria Brandauer, a fine actor wasted here).