Sentences with phrase «dramatic acting with»

Steve Carell adds himself to the long list of distinguished comedic actors who have made the crossover to dramatic acting with terrific results, Alan Arkin yet again shines as one of the all time great character actors and Toni Collette excels as the emotional core of the film.

McCarthy makes her foray into serious dramatic acting with Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Wiig's already gotten a head - start with Hateship Loveship and Bridesmaids (to a lesser extent), but Hader is taking his first stab at dramatic acting with The Skeleton Twins.

Not exact matches

According to that analysis, it has been characteristic of John Paul II's diplomacy that his dramatic acts of public witness to the importance of freedom» in Poland, before the United Nations, in Cuba, and so on» have stood in tension with the continuing, more traditional, diplomacy of the Vatican, even to the point of contradiction.

It very well might have been the case that Vickers» instrument would have cracked by the third act, but that was Wagner's point, a point that Vickers certainly understood (while many musicians do not)» and one he would have managed with great dramatic skill.

In our time, with its dramatic revelations of the evils of nationalism, of racialism and of economic imperialism it is the evident responsibility of the Church to repudiate these attitudes within itself and to act as the pioneer of society in doing so.

A very interesting paper by Bowman L. Clarke, «Whitehead's Cosmology and the Christian Drama,» Journal of Religion 39 (1959), 162 - 69, begins with an analysis of St. Peter's Sermon in Acts 2 and uses it to show a Christian dramatic pattern in four acts to illustrate what Whitehead may have been generalizing in four stages of creativity, to which he applies the term «the particular providence for particular occasions» (PR 532).

Veteran Mark Crossley decided to get in on the act and give Sheffield Wednesday fans an earlier Christmas present when he scored a dramatic late equaliser for Sheffield Wednesday in a 3 - 3 draw with Southampton at Hillsborough in 2006.

«frenzies, possessions, mania, melancholy, nerves, delusions, aberrant acts, dramatic tics, passionate loves and hates, sex, visual and auditory hallucinations, fears, phobias, fantasies, disturbances of sleep, dissociations, communion with spirits and imaginary friends, addictions, self - harm, self - starvation, depression».

At this stage, the only art pieces they produce are collections of scribbles, and the only acting experience they have are the dramatic adventures they have with their toys.

Yummy Yucky is sure to get your child laughing along with the very expressive toddler who acts out each pair of food opposites with comically dramatic effect.

I tried to come up with a strategy so that I wasn't purely acting on those dramatic instincts when he wielded his sharp new teeth again.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned President - elect Donald Trump on Wednesday of a «dramatic impact» on New Yorkers if Trump moves ahead with a repeal and replace of the Affordable Care Act.

«Nonsense such as this, along with Mayor Warren's support of the failed SAFE Act, are the reason the City has seen a dramatic spike in shootings this year,» NYSRPA President Tom King stated.

The dramatic reform package — called the «Clean Up Albany Act of 2011» — creates an independent Joint Commission on Public Ethics with «robust enforcement powers» to investigate both the executive and legislative branches of government.

Heath Ledger plays the least likely priest since Sean Penn donned a collar in We're No Angels, though his acting is worse (Penn, albeit a great dramatic actor, hit an all - time low with that film).

Farrell moved into television with ease, appearing on virtually every major dramatic weekly series and ultimately winning an Emmy for her work on the two - part Ben Casey episode of 1963, «A Cardinal Act of Mercy.»

Critic Consensus: With a slow build to a dramatic conclusion, In Country benefits largely from its strong acting, particularly by Emily Lloyd in the lead role.

A regular on the short - lived CBS dramatic series «Hard Copy» (1987) that introduced her to husband Michael Murphy, she also acted with him in Robert Altman's critically - acclaimed HBO series «Tanner» 88» (1988).

Dissatisfied with a mere taste of the theatrical arts and eager to extend acting into a full - time passion, Eigenberg subsequently moved to New York and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, working odd jobs on the side (construction et al.) to put himself through school.Scattered roles followed, including a guest appearance on The Cosby Show and a bit part in the awful 1989 generation - gap comedy Rude Awakening (co-starring Cheech Marin and Eric Roberts), but Sex and the City (which Eigenberg auditioned for out of innumerable hopefuls) represented the actor's first huge break.

Kemp launched into print modeling as well, appearing in a widely seen campaign for The Gap, then segued into acting with parts in Stephen Sommers» Victorian - era supernatural thriller Van Helsing (2004) and Renny Harlin's lurid psychological thriller Mindhunters (2005), opposite Val Kilmer and LL Cool J. Kemp deftly merged his ballroom finesse and his dramatic evocations with prominent billing in Jon M. Chu's dance - themed urban drama Step Up 2 the Streets (2008); he played Blake Collins, the proprietor of a dance school who finds his chief proclivity — an utter contempt for street dancing — upstaged by the arrival of a brash and talented young newcomer at his school.

It surely wasn't a typical J. Chan, but it was really fun to see him in a more dramatic context with more acting skills demanded of him.

It surely wasn't a typical J. Chan, but it was really fun to see him in a more dramatic context with more acting skills demanded

RDJ holds all the cards here, his performance is comedic gold with a touch of genuine dramatic acting.

Co-founding the Silver Spring Stage and the Maryland Academy of Dramatic Arts, with his wife Madolyn in the late»60s, Tabakin worked in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore - area theater communities as a director and acting coach, as well as directing the Jewish Community Center of Washington's drama school.

By Sean O'Connell Hollywoodnews.com: Eminem surprised a number of people (myself, included) with his dramatic acting chops in the gritty «8 Mile.»

Yan caught Warner Bros. / DC's attention with her first feature film, Dead Pigs, which won the World Cinema Dramatic Award For Ensemble Acting at Sundance.

Crowe, despite his considerable talents as a dramatic actor, is plainly incapable of presenting Javert's convictions believably, starting with the embarrassingly obvious fact that acting well while singing is way beyond his reach; his warning to Valjean to heed his words and remember his name is delivered with such flatness and with so little affect that it's difficult to think of anything else.

(The requisite inclusion of needlessly dramatic bits of business within the third act leaves the film with a rather unpleasant aftertaste, however.)

The movie lacks the dramatic power and impact of Kazan's 1954 Oscar - winning drama, «On the Waterfront,» with which it shares some thematic similarities, but it is sincerely acted by all the cast.

Unlike their more recent roles, in which she played a delightful weirdo and he played a taciturn weirdo who also was capable of murdering you, Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves will have to stretch their dramatic chops a bit for their next acting gigs, venturing into territory less in line with their actual personas.

This is blood, sweat and tears acting of the highest order from Gyllenhaal, but considering the film is fundamentally about a father trying to reconnect with his daughter, it's frustrating how little opportunity he's given to flex his dramatic muscle.

We tend to want to remember our greatest actors for their «big» moments — ones ripened with dramatic stakes and acted out with a heightened, sometimes histrionic, intensity.

The one - time MacGruber comedian broadens his dramatic range but remains a cipher with little to do except act agape alongside us at his family's redneck behavior.

The film is filled with well - crafted, well - acted, beautifully shot scenes, that ultimately add up to the same thing, with little dramatic thrust.

November 3, 2017 • Garlin and Cardellini put their dramatic acting chops to the test with a quiz based on the iconic Sunset Boulevard line, «All right, Mr. DeMille.

With her stripped - down dramatic performance in «Cake», everyone sat up to take notice of Jennifer Aniston's acting skills.

But Michôd also sandbags himself with a charisma - free hero, whose most dramatic act in the first two - thirds of the film is scraping the burned bits off his toast.

As with many of the dramatic acting categories, last year's winner, Aaron Paul isn't around (neither is Josh Charles for «The Good Wife»), but there are plenty waiting in the wings: Ben Mendelsohn, Kit Harington, «Scandal» star Joe Morton, even a potentially returning John Slattery.

Not only does it begin with an account of how bits of movie dialogue (from «Rio Bravo,» «His Girl Friday») have entered her life, and the lives of her friends and colleagues, but it then segues into a great quotation from Steve Roman on SCTV (playing Juan Cortez, the first Puerto Rican Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court in the dramatic television series, «There's Justice for Everybody»): «It's got good actors, and that spells good acting.»

Still, if it skimps on character depth and somewhat dawdles during its first two acts, in which a pair of taut centerpieces helps prop up dramatic filler (including a subplot involving Olivia Wilde's single mom), The Next Three Days refuses to puff up its action with message - movie sermonizing.

Playing roles on opposite ends of the genre spectrum has provided Arturo Castro with keen insight into what makes both successful comedic and dramatic acting.

It's an insanely charming film, filled with excellent performances that showcase its young cast's comedic and dramatic acting skills.

Still the greatest movie of all time, it's also a virtual lexicon of film - noir visual and dramatic style, as seminal in its way as «The Maltese Falcon» or «M.» Scripted by Welles and one - time Hearst crony Herman Mankiewicz, photographed by Gregg Toland, with music by Bernard Herrmann and ensemble acting by the Mercury Players: Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, George Coulouris, Ruth Warrick, Paul Stewart, et al..

The film takes dramatic license with the truth and cushions the anguish with over-emoting melodramatic music, yet the acting is deeply felt and the redemptive message of Lomax's memoir is intact.

Still the greatest movie of all time, it's also a virtual lexicon of film - noir visual and dramatic style, as seminal in its way as «The Maltese Falcon» or «M.» Scripted by Welles and one - time Hearst crony Herman Mankiewicz, photographed by Gregg Toland, with music by Bernard Herrmann and ensemble acting by the Mercury Players: Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, George Coulouris, Ruth Warrick, Paul Stewart, et al. («Rosebud?

Nat Lady Bird is totally a comedy but with enough investiture and realness in the story, characters and acting that it feels dramatic but it's such a blanket of a film that some feel it's not funny when it is and Beanie Feldstein suppplies lots of that humour.

The comedic actor hasn't had many opportunities to show off his dramatic acting chops until the release of Colossal, so it's a relief to see that he's more than just an SNL alumnus with a knack for making people laugh.

All three are at their most movie star charismatic here, with their formidable dramatic chops lending real gravitas and palpable emotional stakes as they continue their struggles and conflicts with each other and within in order to act for the greater benefit of their kind.

Worn out by the frantic opening sequence in Istanbul, the world - weary agent picked himself up in M's hour of need, and his double act with his boss formed the dramatic core of the piece.