Sentences with phrase «dramatic chops as»

Not exact matches

But if you suggest he may not have the chops to take on a massive scripted dramatic presentation of the Bible as a 10 - hour miniseries, his eyes will tell you he wants to throttle you.

That alone would be reason to get excited, and Coogler makes good on the landmark project's potential by featuring a predominantly black ensemble, casting some of the best young actors around — from Chadwick Boseman (who proved his dramatic chops playing James Brown, Jackie Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall in recent years) to Michael B. Jordan (even more buff, and twice as charismatic, than he appeared in the director's two previous features, «Fruitvale Station» and «Creed»)-- as well as such legends as Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett.

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.

Reynolds was to show her dramatic chops again some 40 years later as the difficult title character in Albert Brooks» Mother, for which she was lauded with a Golden Satellite Award, a Golden Globe nomination and an Online Film & Television Award nomination.

Finally, unlike his brief appearances on Game of Thrones (as the elusive Rickon Stark), young actor Art Parkinson gets to show off some dramatic chops playing Vlad's son, Ingeras.

Whitehouse and Freeman may have cut their teeth and first come to prominence as comic actors, but both possess impressive dramatic chops, the colder elements of their characters delivering jolts when prefaced by the lightest sprinklings of humour.

Turns out the 26 - year - old actor is just as natural at charming the ladies and fielding dick jokes onscreen as he is exercising his serious dramatic chops.

Even today, as someone whose latest work is more likely to turn up in an art house than a multiplex, Murray commands ample respect for his dramatic and comedic chops.

It's easy to forget that before he became synonymous with shirtlessness, six - pack abs, groovalicious good times, partying with his bros, and keeping it mellow, Matthew McConaughey was heralded in some corners as the Paul Newman of his time, a strikingly handsome actor with serious dramatic chops.

The former proved that she had chops far deeper than her famously «bubbly» image, and her abilities were then further tested a year later, again opposite Shahrukh Khan, in an even more intensely dramatic role in Yash Chopra's Indo - Pak «love legend» Veer - Zaara; and she has since continued to challenge herself — and triumph — in more ambitious projects such as Deepa Mehta's harrowing Canada - set domestic abuse tale Heaven on Earth (which should reach U.S. screens sometime this year).

Pegg's character remains comic relief, too often his scenes end with the equivalent of a rim shot, but Pegg shows his dramatic chops during a confrontational sequence where he's used as a human bomb.

Luhrmann... confirmed he'd found his man: «In casting Tom one had to find an actor who could credibly be (as Fitzgerald describes him) «one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven,» had five - star acting chops and in the big dramatic showdown scenes between Gatsby and Tom, hold the screen against Leonardo DiCaprio, in the appropriate age group.

For all her chops as a dramatic actor, she's our new Judy Holliday and Goldie Hawn, only even sharper.

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.

And if you've only seen Lewis in the slapstick comedies he made as a young man, his dramatic chops will surprise you.

Whether it be the superpowers of Coogler's direction or just the rare blooming of Sly's dramatic acting chops, Stallone brings his A-game in what might be his best performance as a pure actor since 1976.

The underutilized Brie Larson, who blindsided nearly everyone with her dramatic chops in «Short Term 12» (she'd appeared in mostly light comedy up until then, and even started as a teen pop singer) is once again in terrific form, and it's probably only a matter of time before she leaves behind relatively unremarkable roles like the object - of - affection in «21 Jump Street» for good.

«Coogler makes good on the landmark project's potential by featuring a predominantly black ensemble, casting some of the best young actors around — from Chadwick Boseman (who proved his dramatic chops playing James Brown, Jackie Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall in recent years) to Michael B. Jordan (even more buff, and twice as charismatic, than he appeared in the director's two previous features, «Fruitvale Station» and «Creed»)-- as well as such legends as Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett.

Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig, not at all far removed from their time in the trenches together at Saturday Night Live, trading in their comedic chops for a darker, more dramatic turn as costars.

Superlative work is rather expected from the likes of Davis, Stone (whom it is good to see show off her dramatic chops in a high - profile film after her excellent work in the virtually unseen — and frankly overall forgettable — Paper Man), Howard, Sissy Spacek (as her lush of a mother), Allison Janney (as Stone's cancer - stricken mom) and Cicely Tyson (as Stone's family's former maid), so perhaps making an even more memorable impression is the work by two less familiar stars.

Yes, she's got dramatic chops — as she's proven time and again in films such as «Shutter Island,» «Cairo Time» and «The Station Agent» — but Miss Jackie's kid has a gift for comedy, too.

, trading in their comedic chops for a darker, more dramatic turn as costars.