Sentences with phrase «charming film starring»

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It celebrates a time when the small charming town became Punxsutawney, Pa. in the filming of the movie «Groundhog Day» starring Bill Murray and Andie McDowell.

«We are enjoying a starring role in Hollywood's featured films and successful television programs because of our incredible and diverse locations — from beautiful parks and shorelines, to historic Main Streets, charming neighborhoods and bustling urban sites.

But while everyone was captivated by her charm and quirky sensibilities, her sartorial choices and stunning presence proved that she was definitely the star of the film.

Though not perfect, The Last Star Fighter is still a film with plenty of charm, and nostalgia value, and for that it works very well.

The charming and effervescent continental film star Lillian Harvey made her Hollywood debut in My Weakness.

Inspired by true events, this film stars Richard Gere as Clifford Irving, a charismatic and charming writer who persuades the world that he is the authorized biographer for the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes.

There's little that happens in On Golden Pond that isn't thoroughly predictable from the start, but the film is blessed with so much star power, charm and honest sentiment that everyone in the audience is willing to ignore the cliches and go the distance.

Critic Consensus: Tarantino's third film, fashioned as a comeback vehicle for star Pam Grier, offers typical wit and charm — and is typically overstuffed.

Critics Consensus: Tarantino's third film, fashioned as a comeback vehicle for star Pam Grier, offers typical wit and charm — and is typically overstuffed.

Christoph Waltz (who is becoming Tarantino's good luck charm) is without a doubt, the star of this film.

After starring in acclaimed films like The Killing of A Sacred Deer and Dunkirk, Keoghan told how he reckons the Irish charm could have something to do with his success abroad.

director Mike Mendez — that, while it has a charming sense of humor about itself, leans too heavily on CGI blood; The Girl With All The Gifts (B), a well - shot British zombie film that attempts to inject new life into a tired genre, and almost succeeds thanks to young star Sennia Nanua; and the disappointing Phantasm: Ravager (C --RRB-, a low - budget labor of love which, while it plays like a Phantasm fan film, ultimately undercuts the emotional closure it attempts to bring to the franchise by failing to resolve the central conflict between good and evil.

Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, and Riley Keough star in a charming caper film set at a NASCAR race.

Starring former Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens, the film tells the tale of a hunky veteran who pays a visit to the grieving family of a fallen comrade and turns out to not be the perfect (and irresistibly charming) houseguest he at first seems like.

I haven't seen Turbo, the latest 3D animated film in cinemas starring Ryan Reynolds, but from the trailers and general feedback it looks like the harmless and charming fun that we're used to from DreamWorks Animation.

Lyricist Benj Pasek and Oscar and Tony - winner songwriter Justin Paul (who teamed for La La Land), accepted the award, giving special mention to the «disgustingly charming» Hugh Jackman, the film's star.

Her new film stars Annette Bening and Julianne Moore as a lesbian couple with two kids, whose lives become upended when their children's birth father, an anonymous sperm donor, shows up in the likable, charming but intrusive form of Mark Ruffalo.

He was most memorably charming back in his «Cheers» days, but he clearly made an impression early on; Harrelson had his feature debut in the 1986 sports comedy film «Wildcats» starring Goldie Hawn, which also happened to be Wesley Snipes» first film too.

Jeff Baena had the difficult task of uglying up the wonderful Aubrey Plaza for his zombie - comedy Life After Beth, a charming indie film that stars Dane DeHaan as Zach, who finds out that his deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead.

But don't expect a «proper» Star Wars experience, this film doesn't have the charm, the humour and the characters of a fully paid up franchise member.

Carroll actually made her film debut in 1954's «Carmen Jones» and was an established recording artist, Broadway star («No Strings») and groundbreaking sitcom star («Julia») when she earned a lead actress nomination for the charming 1974 romantic comedy «Claudine.»

The film is inspired, of course, by the 1950s TV series starring James Garner, who played a cheerful gambler who preferred to charm and con people rather than shoot them, although he was able to handle a sidearm when that seemed absolutely inescapable.

Albeit a pedestrian endeavor, with a retread script and standard direction, it must be said that Shanghai Noon definitely delivers on entertainment, as the two stars carry the film with their own special blend of quirky charm that breathes life into tired lungs.

The film blew me away with its charm, and I'm delighted that a sequel is in the works with one of its stars, Elizabeth Banks, directing.

I left «Wonderstruck» dry - eyed but occasionally charmed, particularly by a sly reference to a beloved work of children's literature (fans of «From the Mixed - Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler» will recognize both a bookshop's name and a covetable sleepover), and by the idea of Julianne Moore as a silent - film star.

Some entries in the largely undistinguished dysfunctional - family - holiday - film subgenre — The Family Stone (also with Keaton) and Jodie Foster's Home for the Holidays, to name two — are watchable despite their forced zaniness and predictable emotional beats; the spectacle of attractive stars packed into the frame to act out universal problems (meddling parents, sibling rivalries, unfulfilled romantic and professional lives) has its charms and comforts.

Like most fans of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I found the relationship between John Boyega's Finn and Oscar Isaac's Poe Dameron to be one of the film's most charming aspects.

The Last Jedi filmmaker Rian Johnson wrote his own review for the new Star Wars film complimenting the movie overall and declaring that Ehrenreich «brings his own charm and swagger to the character» rather than merely imitating Ford.

The film has its charms — not the least of which is a cameo appearance by Jim Thompson... as Charlotte Rampling's husband — but Mitchum (who would reprise the role of Marlowe in the truly terrible 1978 version of The Big Sleep) is the one who gives the film its secret force, as if he were confronting the end of both his leading - man identity and the world that formed him as a star with bravery and grace.

Little Nicky wasn't a terrible film, but it failed to convey the talents of star Adam Sandler and his fine supporting cast well; it intermittently provided some wit and entertainment, but most of the flick lacked charm or flair.

The best metric is that sense of charm, which this film and its star have in spades.

That would be the Frances of the title (the Ha isn't explained until the film's charming final frame), a joint creation of and career high point for both star Greta Gerwig and director Noah Baumbach, who met on the director's «Greenberg» and co-wrote the script.

It's not the most amazing film ever, but as these things go it is very light on its feet and super charming - which is exactly what it needed to be - plus it stars Romain Duris (SWOON).

The Ryan Gosling — and Emma Stone — starring film about a jazz pianist and aspiring actor who fall in love has charmed audiences and critics around the globe.

The independent film produced by Youree Henley stars Charlie Sheen as the title character, a successful graphic designer whose fame, money and charm have made him irresistible to women.

Plus, he probably wanted to let the film's star Alden Ehrenreich have the spotlight as the charming smuggler.

Costner acquits himself well enough in the film, as he still has the same relaxed Midwestern charm that made him a star, but he has to work harder to hide his age.

The forgetful but charming Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, was always the standout star of Finding Nemo — and the first trailer for her much - deserved follow - up film, Finding Dory, does not disappoint.

Written by and starring two of the leads of smash hit Manual of Love (Manuale d'amore), My Best Enemy (Il Mio miglior nemico) shares many of the problems of that charming but flawed film.

The movie is awful, from the script's blending of Southern charm and Jewish slang, to the over-the-top performances by its actors, but when an internet posting begins a rumor that star Marilyn Hack (Catherine O'Hara) should garner an Oscar nomination come awards time, the film's publicist (John Michael Higgins) goes into overdrive, generating even more buzz about possible nominations for its other two stars, Victor Allen Miller (Harry Shearer) and Callie Webb (Parker Posey).

This zombie apocalypse tale is a prequel to his 2011 bestseller, Warm Bodies, an oddly charming romance that became a film of the same name starring Nicolas Hoult.

Destiny 2 has many actors and actresses returning from the previous game to produce more exceptional performances while bringing a certain charm to their respective characters including Nathan Fillion voicing Cayde - 6 Hunter Vanguard having starred as Captain Malcolm Reynolds in Firefly and Serenity, Richard Castle in Castle and surely to be the on screen Nathan Drake in the Uncharted film; Gina Torres voicing Ikora Rey and Warlock Vanguard having starred as Zoe in Firefly and Serenity and Jessica Pearson in Suits; and Claudia Black voices Tess Everis having starred as Aeryn Sun in Farscape, Sharon Montgomery in Pitch Black and videogame roles such as Chloe Frazer in Uncharted 2, 3, 4 and The Lost Legacy as well as Crysis, Mass Effect 2 and 3 and Diablo III.