Sentences with phrase «dramatic actors do»

That's not necessarily his fault; dramatic actors do not necessarily make it up as they go along, and had he been given half a character, Rickman could probably have played him.

Not exact matches

In 2011, Seth Rogen decided to do something about it with «The Green Hornet,» and while we appreciate the effort, we would've preferred a more dramatic actor in the role.

The film boasts a shockingly good ensemble that allows typically dramatic actors like Chiwetel Ejiofor a chance to be funny and comedians such as Kristen Wiig and Donald Glover a chance to do their thing.

Still, the inclusion of dramatic actors such as Cruise and Kidman on the overpaid list does lend credence to the fact that paying an actor large amounts of money to star in a movie is pretty risky, if not foolish.

More importantly, Washington's efforts, alongside those of director Spike Lee, have done much to dramatically expand the range of dramatic roles given to African - American actors and actresses.The son of a Pentecostal minister and a hairdresser, Washington was born in Mount Vernon, NY, on December 28, 1954.

As he did with Jonah Hill, Miller will direct an actor known for comedy in a dramatic role, with Steve Carell playing du Pont.

As ever, the director has a real gift at working with actors; Richard Pryor's dramatic chops surprised viewers of Schrader's «Blue Collar» back in 1978, and Cedric the Entertainer's solid turn here should do likewise.

Even though I don't consider Owen Wilson an action nor dramatic actor I believe this is his best job as of yet.

After Ray, Foxx was viewed seriously as a dramatic actor, but he hasn't been given much of note to do in recent years.

I suppose the only real surprises to be found come from the fact that there are some poignant dramatic scenes, delivered by actors that aren't exactly known for doing them.

I admire Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren as actors, but there were dramatic licenses taken in the film which I didn't agree with.

Adam Sandler is the type of comedic actor who would get an Oscar nomination for stepping out of his comedic comfort zone to do something with a little more dramatic heft to it.

I don't want to be considered [just] a comedic actor, or a dramatic actor... I'd like to do it all.

* So what else is a comedic actor to do when they want some respect, than to try their hand at some dramatic acting!

Pacino does a good job, as usual, but Robin Williams (A.I., One Hour Photo) is the one who impresses, with a performance that helps us remember that he is actually a very good dramatic actor.

Though «People Places Things» is tailored to Clement's strengths as an actor with well - placed moments of deadpan humor, it also gives him a chance to flex his dramatic muscle, or at the very least, showcase a different, more mature side compared to his goofier work in «Flight of the Conchords,» «What We Do in the Shadows» and «Dinner for Schmucks.»

The actors do most of the talking and thus the discussion is largely from their point of view, though Zamm also finds ways to inject remarks about technical matters or dramatic intent.

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.»

The Oscar - winning actor, who does a fine job of balancing dramatic fare like Sicario with appearances in blockbusters like Guardians of the Galaxy, was cast in Star Wars: The Last Jedi a long time ago... but we still don't know who he's playing.

Actor Peter Dinklage presents the final award of the night at Sundance, the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic to «I don't feel at home in this world anymore.»

The move surprised a lot of people, considering there was already plenty of buzz about funnyman Steve Carell, who went through a drastic physical transformation to play multimillionaire John du Pont, delivering a career - defining dramatic performance worthy of a Best Actor nomination and possibly a win.

Those who saw the 2014 indie The Skeleton Twins won't be surprised to know that Hader is a terrific dramatic actor, but what he does towards the end of this season is truly jaw - dropping.

«Pawn Sacrifice» certainly whips up a dervish of energy, and as a piece of dramatic entertainment, it's mostly engaging, and features character actors doing very good work.

Some of the things that she does in this film, and I've said this before: You don't learn at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art or the Actors Studio.

Transferring to this, one, as a comedic actor, you watch people like the great Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, Jamie Foxx, that started out comedians and ended up doing really dramatic roles.

He told me he always wanted to go ahead and get back to doing comedies again and just seeing the way Judd and Seth worked was really similar to the way David worked with his dramatic stuff which is making sure the actors had the characters down and they would just improv and let them do whatever.

What is acclaimed dramatic actor Tony Leung, better known for starring in arthouse flicks such as In The Mood For Love (2000), doing in a frivolous family fantasy movie such as this?

Gertrud renounces external eventfulness in order to cultivate internal or imaginative eventfulness» — and using the (constant - and - never - moving as a way to allow viewers to focus on acting and the body rather than on technical formalist tricks, in fact, the shots are the longest technically allowable before the invention of digital shooting) camera merely as a functional recording - device rather than as an originator of instant meaning and knowledge as in Hollywood, this film remains the best summation of the truism that a longwinded presentation of several actors merely speaking for ten - minutes - a-scene while the camera does not move and no artificial and manipulative «cinematic language» is involved, in other words, the dreaded «merely filmed non-cinematic literature and theatre,» not only has a much greater capacity to teach than any Hollywood mode of filmmaking but is more dramatic than any car chase.

Vaughn had done dramatic roles earlier in his career, but he became known mostly as a comedic actor from the early 2000s on, making the shift seen in this film not so shocking.

It's when the film reaches Candie's plantation that it drops off considerably, largely due to less dramatic tension as well as an unconvincing performance by Samuel L. Jackson as Candie's trusted house slave (while the other actors at least make some attempt at period verisimilitude, Jackson sounds as contempo as he did in Jackie Brown and Pulp Fiction).

A capable dramatic actor, he is supposed to be broadly comedic here, like a verbal Mr. Bean, but comes up short with a twitchy, unappealing performance you don't enjoy as the common thread.

Jamie Foxx is the rare comedian who didn't really hit it big in movies until he began appearing in dramatic roles — like his lead performance in Ray, for which he was awarded the 2004 Best Actor Oscar — and is now better known as a dramatic actor than a comedicActor Oscar — and is now better known as a dramatic actor than a comedicactor than a comedic one.

Austin filmmaking reasserted itself in dramatic fashion Saturday night when River City actor / writer / director Macon Blair's «I don't feel at home in this world anymore» took the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize for U.S. feature.

I love Meet the Parents and don't mind him dabbling in that kind of crowd - pleasing comedy, but I see every movie he does hoping that he might find the meaningful, dramatic glory he has long deserved as much as any actor.

The Russo Brothers don't force the comic / dramatic friction among these characters — it emerges from the skill and personality of each actor.

What I did know is that the actor Tom Blake Nelson has written and directed three films enormously admired: «Eye of God» (1997), «O» (2001) and «The Grey Zone» (2001), all three dealing in a concrete dramatic way with important questions: Religion, redemption, race, the Holocaust.

It's what silent cinema does at its best: delve into the depth of the moment, drawing out action to explore the dramatic textures and letting the actors reveal the emotions of the characters, to show the audience rather than explain in intertitles.

The actors bring a suitable amount of inflection to their lines, but in dramatic scenes, such as when headliner BC Da Bossman's father is shot, voices alone don't convey the drama of the scene.

They may be based on real stories, but are highly embellished and done with actors who make things over-the-top dramatic.