Sentences with phrase «deft aplomb»

Hiddleston juggles Loki's clashing motivations (the desire to rule, pent up hatred for Thor and Odin, his complicated parentage, a lingering love for Asgard he can't quite quell) with deft aplomb, and the screen sings when he finds himself in a reluctant team - up with Thor for a good chunk of acts two and three, culminating in a ripping action sequence based around invisible portals teleporting combatants from world to world and location to location that might be one of the best superhero action climaxes we've seen in years.

Beginning with Eisenberg (here enjoying the role of his young career, at least until someone inevitably casts him as the lead in a Woody Allen biopic), the entire cast — including Justin Timberlake, who plays Napster co-founder Sean Parker as a kind of sleazy Svengali — deliver their lines with deft aplomb.