Sentences with phrase «deserves star of the film»

This is why child actor, Dakota Fanning, deserves star of the film because her depiction of a creepy kid is exactly the tone this movie is going for.

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Adapted from Bernhard Schlink's 1995 novel by the same name, the film gave star Kate Winslet her first and well - deserved Oscar for her portrayal of the illiterate Hanna Schmitz.

Kimberly Elise, who deserves better material, stars as Helen, a woman who in the course of the film will confuse learning how to lose her temper... Read More»

The story in the film — and this is where I really believe the film gets even less credit than it deserves — follows the short, troubled life of a small Puerto Rican newspaper, The San Juan Star.

The pitch - perfect Bridesmaids just gets funnier with each viewing, more than deserving of its Oscar nod and for launching Melissa McCarthy as a major film star.

Amy Adams (Catch Me If You Can, Pumpkin) emerges as the star of the show, however, and the film deserves a look because of her funny, touching performance.

But what kicks it into a higher level is that it's a terrific vehicle for Jennifer Lawrence, one of the few movie stars who deserves one, who is a film star in the classic sense.

Region: US The film: Curtis Hanson's «90s masterpiece still stands as one of the very best movies of that decade, making stars of its two unknowns - Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe - and giving its leading lady, Kim Basinger, a much - deserved Oscar.

It's been nearly 20 years since Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton starred in the comedy about three women striking back at their ex-husbands and getting what they deserve, and now the trio of actresses will reunited for a new feature film project at Netflix called Divanation.

Penned by the duo that delivered 500 Days of Summer, directed by Smashed helmsman James Ponsoldt, and starring the charmingly charismatic, damaged doofus Miles Teller, the film's buzz certainly felt potentially deserved.

Well, it seems now he is getting his greatly deserved time to shine as not only the director of The Last Jedi, which stands among the best of the Star Wars films, but he has also been given the keys to create an entirely new trilogy from scratch.

The film, a sort of indie take on The Fault in our Stars but better, had high expectations laid upon its post-Sundance shoulders that were unwarranted, but it deserved a better fate.

Those new characters come in all colors and genders, and Johnson, Kennedy and J.J. Abrams — the first to put out a «Star Wars» film with a female protagonist — deserve a lot of credit for that.

... as we watched movies produced and distributed by Amazon Studio and Netflix (last year's «Beasts of No Nation» was, thankfully, no fluke)... and we savored a bumper crop of deserving films about the African American experience, directed by and starring African Americans.

Though the film became mired in the controversy regarding the personal life of its writer / director / star, Nate Parker, I believe that the picture deserves to be seen for its powerful staging of a vital tale from our history.

Four years later, he returned with «Birth,» starring Nicole Kidman, a strange, unclassifiable, but deeply wonderful film that didn't find the audience or critical reception it deserved at the time, but which has gone on to be something of a cult favorite.

Heaven Can Wait — Gene Tierney stars in Ernst Lubitsch's 1943 film about a man (Don Ameche) trying to convince the Devil (Laird Cregar) that he really doesn't deserve to go to heaven because of his lifetime of amorous misdeeds.

This past summer, DC's iconic superheroine got the blockbuster treatment she deserved, in the form of a film starring Gal Gadot and directed by Patty Jenkins.

For all of the versatility he's exhibited this year and last, for brilliant contribution to Wolf of Wall Street in giving it its theme song, for having lost 46 pounds to play Ron Woodruff, for starring in Focus Features» swan song, Dallas Buyers Club, for being the only reason that film got made — there seems to me no one more deserving of the accolade of Best Actor and I do believe McConaughey will take it, at last.

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.

After the awards, The Revenant star Will Poulter told us, «I'm actually taking five weeks off right now» — a well - deserved break after the sub-zero shooting conditions of Iñárritu's film.

A Single Man Where: Embarcadero Center Cinema, 1 Embarcadero Ctr., 415-352-0835 When: All Week Why: An official selection of the Toronto, Tokyo and London film festivals, former fashion designer Tom Ford's directorial debut, about a homosexual English professor contemplating suicide after the death of his lover, gives Colin Firth (BBC's Pride and Prejudice) what he has long deserved: a richly conceived starring role worthy of his talents.

A starring location in popular films like Inception, Point Break, and Gidget, Leo Carillo State Beach deserves its own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.