Sentences with phrase «career as a movie star»

As a result, also for better or for worse, Die Hard launched Bruce Willis's career as a movie star.

An artist disinclined to rest on his laurels, Gere takes the stage in this Mavericks session to reflect on his diverse four - decade career as movie star, sex symbol, style icon, political activist and devoted Tibetan Buddhist.

Not exact matches

Rockwell's career has been a roller - coaster ride because of Hollywood's trouble placing him as either a movie star or a character actor over the years.

With «The Fate of the Furious» hitting theaters on Friday, and looking to make box - office dollars as over-the-top as its stunts, here we look back on the incredible career of «The Rock» from a failed football run and WWE to bona fide movie star:

We're not exactly sure what the former reality television star has been up to lately, as her career seems to be at a standstill since her last web series in 2011, «Dream Maker», save for filming some scenes in «Scary Movie 5» that didn't quite make it to the final cut.

If you were Angelina Jolie, you might take it as a sign that your career is in trouble when you star in a grade - Z serial - killer mystery — and people still think of it as an Ashley Judd movie.

Whether the young actor really was a star in the making or not, his career had gotten off to an inarguably positive start.Over the next several years, Pepper would find success in movies like Flags of Our Fathers and True Grit, as well as the TV mini-series The Kennedys.

Dorsey's movie career ranges from heavy drama (WALK THE LINE), to lighthearted family comedy (JUST LIKE HEAVEN, Disney's GIRL VS. MONSTER, and the American Girl series MCKENNA SHOOTS FOR THE STARS), but her appearance in the Golden Globe ® and Academy Award ® nominated film MONEYBALL established her as a bona - fide star.

Shatner made one final appearance with the regular Star Trek cast in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), then served as one of the crossovers to the new series of films in Star Trek: Generations (1994), in which endlessly theorizing fans finally learned the fate of Captain Kirk.The success of the Trek movies reenergized Shatner's TV career, even if it didn't immediately earn him more film roles.

As for the movie's star, Shannon's notoriously idiosyncratic sensibilities serve him quite well here - as the actor delivers as relentlessly oddball and weird a performance as one has come to expect (although it's just as clear that this marks the apex of his career in terms of his ability to tackle similarly over-the-top figures in the futureAs for the movie's star, Shannon's notoriously idiosyncratic sensibilities serve him quite well here - as the actor delivers as relentlessly oddball and weird a performance as one has come to expect (although it's just as clear that this marks the apex of his career in terms of his ability to tackle similarly over-the-top figures in the futureas the actor delivers as relentlessly oddball and weird a performance as one has come to expect (although it's just as clear that this marks the apex of his career in terms of his ability to tackle similarly over-the-top figures in the futureas relentlessly oddball and weird a performance as one has come to expect (although it's just as clear that this marks the apex of his career in terms of his ability to tackle similarly over-the-top figures in the futureas one has come to expect (although it's just as clear that this marks the apex of his career in terms of his ability to tackle similarly over-the-top figures in the futureas clear that this marks the apex of his career in terms of his ability to tackle similarly over-the-top figures in the future).

Though Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell haven't appeared in a movie together before this, the two stars have a few things in common: both arrived on the big screen after successful careers elsewhere (Wahlberg as a pop star in Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Ferrell as a comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member), and both produce shows for HBO (Wahlberg's Entourage and How to Make It in America, Ferrell's Eastbound and Down).

At this point in his career, if Tom Cruise is not starring as a dark loner or a sci - fi action hero, there isn't any point to watching his movies, but back in the early 90s he really had that special spark that has garnered him the reputation he has today.

Action man DWAYNE JOHNSON has a career as a sports pundit if his movie career stalls - the former wrestler and college football star hit the press...

If an appearance in a spoof movie can be used as as measure of impending career annihilation, the stars of Meet the Spartans had better start applying for waiting gigs in coffee shops — actors such as Kevin Sorbo and Diedrich Bader may not grace our screens again if this abysmal piece of «filmmaking» is anything to go by.

Andrew Niccol's clever satire Simone combines the two, as Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino), an arty director whose career is spiraling downward, replaces a spoiled star with a computer - generated beauty synthesized from earlier movie stars.

If ever there was a watershed movie George Lucas's would top the list: American Graffiti went from un-releasable to becoming one of the benchmark movies of the decade, establishing George Lucas as a visionary to be reckoned with, and becaming a launching pad for more future movie stars than any film in history: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Cindy Williams, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, MacKenzie Phillips, Bo Hopkins, Harrison Ford, Kathleen Quinlan, Kay Lenz, Suzanne Sommers, all of whom went on to notable careers.

From the time vaudeville star Mae Murray arrived in Hollywood in 1916, Leonard gradually became her principal director, he abandoned his own career as a movie actor by 1918, but did make unbilled cameo appearances in later films.Murray's headstrong behavior and open contempt of the studio bosses at Famous Players - Lasky (i.e., Paramount) kept both of them on a slippery slope in this period, but her great popularity with audiences likewise kept the Murray / Leonard team employed.

Having hit new heights recently with his excellent score for Terminator 3 and then the even better, career - best Hellboy, Marco Beltrami was brought in as a last - minute replacement for Trevor Jones on Alex Proyas's big - budget adaptation of Isaac Asimov's I, Robot starring Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan and James Cromwell (who presumably must have somehow cloned himself, given how many movies and tv shows he seems to appear in these days).

Josh Holloway, who looked like he might convert his star turn on TV's «LOST» into a potential crossover movie career, delivers stock lines as if he lacks any real passion for the material, and who can blame him?

The rest of the movie chronicles their long journey to a happy ending while their careers careen in opposite directions as he laughs off the talkies as a fad, fading into impoverished obscurity, while she embraces the new technology and becomes one of its biggest stars.

When «ID» came - out 20 years ago, Will Smith was establishing himself as «The World's Biggest Movie Star», a career move the two - time Oscar nominee recently admitted he now regrets making.

by Bryant Frazer If Prachya Pinkaew's 2003 Ong - bak became a worldwide hit partly on novelty value — star Tony Jaa was a new face, and Muay Thai was sufficiently under - represented in martial - arts movies to come across as a fresh new fighting style — then Chocolate is a logical next career move for the director.

A macho bloodbath with a lot of juvenile humor and fake Catholic mysticism, it stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus (a good actor damned to a career of crummy movies) as immigrant Irish brothers in South Boston.

Such is the career path that may well lie ahead for Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson, this week confirmed as one of the stars of the new trilogy of Star Wars movies.

The big story, however, is the cast, which includes former Disney stars Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez trying to break free from their squeaky clean images with more adult roles, and James Franco continuing his bizarre acting career with a turn as a cornrowed, gold - toothed wannabe gangster that should make the movie worth seeing whether it's good or not.

The real losers are the actors themselves, because this is the type of movie where careers go to die, as evidenced by the involvement of former stars like Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan and Heather Locklear.

Andre had early and quick success in his movie career, starring in a series of three very successful movies as a wisecracking cop who happens to be a bear.

Grace came to prominence as the star of «That»70s Show» and while he hasn't become a «movie star» like Mila Kunis or a brand unto himself like Ashton Kutcher, I've been impressed with how his career has developed since the series ended.

Urban has essentially built a career on mid-range action / genre movies like The Chronicles of Riddick, Doom and Pathfinder, but he is now known to mainstream audiences everywhere as Dr. Leonard McCoy in J.J. Abrams» Star Trek.

During his career as a stand - up comedian and actor, Williams starred in serious roles in movies like Dead Poets Society, Awakenings, Good Morning Vietnam, August Rush and Insomnia.

Blu - ray extras consist of a visual essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda (Nadja) that goes beyond the movie to also examine Milland's career as well as the tragic fate of Russell (a heavy drinker, she died of alcohol - related problems at the age of 36); two radio adaptations (1944 and 1949), both starring Milland; and the theatrical trailer.

Meanwhile, Allen's career has not been materially harmed by the allegations; he's continued to make about one movie every year, working with stars such as Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Emma Stone, Colin Firth, Justin Timberlake, Owen Wilson, Colin Farrell, Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, and many, many more.

It's the movie that both re-launched Robert Downey Jr.'s career as a bonafide movie star as well as the film that became the springboard for the current superhero mania.

Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly have been tapped to star in the Laurel and Hardy movie, respectively, in a film that focuses on the later part of their career when their time as the kings of comedy was behind them.

From a technical standpoint, the film was one for the ages (this was one of those increasingly rare movies that cried out to be seen on the biggest screen possible and was even one of the few to make intelligent use of 3D technology) but what was even more surprising was how effective it was from a dramatic standpoint as well, thanks in no small part to the career - best work from Bullock and the deft use of Clooney's glib star quality to help orient viewers for what might have otherwise been an off - putting experience).

Coincidentally, earlier in the week I watched Stony Island, the debut feature by Andrew Davis, the director who would go on to launch the career of Steven Seagal (whose latest garbage movie I reviewed this week), on which Shults» aunt and star, Krisha Fairchild, is credited as a production assistant.

The beautiful young starlet enjoyed a successful career, starring in movies such as Sin City, 8 Mile and Riding in Cars with Boys.

Still, Marvel star Chris Evans has ideas for an epic crossover that spans his career as a superhero movie star.

Sandra Bullock delivers one of the best performances of her career as the rookie astronaut caught up in a seemingly impossible situation, but the real star of «Gravity» is Cuarón himself, and he deserves every bit of praise for creating what can only be described as pure movie magic.

After starring in more than 20 films and movies, as well as a few national commercials in her career, Galadriel Stineman has become quite the recognizable face.

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From her first Untitled Film Stills and throughout her sensational career, Cindy Sherman has always assumed a multitude of roles in her work, both in front of the camera — as movie star, aristocrat or clown — and behind it — as photographer, stylist, and art director.