Sentences with phrase «dramatic performance»

Accounting for both dimensions by trading on combined quality and price signals yields dramatic performance improvements over traditional value strategies.

The most dramatic performance aspect is the traction upon striking the ball that produces the instant roll.

It is a heartbreaking, soul - bearing performance that was the first truly great dramatic performance of her career.

He pulls off a very dramatic performance and despite being older now, he can still do impressive action stunts.

During the benefit, dramatic performance art and installations demanded attention amid the silent auction.

If you're looking for gross out comedy, look elsewhere; Ben Stiller gives a career best dramatic performance in this film.

Students analyze and critique the whole and the parts of dramatic performances, taking into account the context, and constructively suggest alternative artistic choices

Students construct social meanings from informal and formal productions and from dramatic performances from a variety of cultures and historical periods, and relate these to current personal, national, and international issues

The rest of Birdman's fine cast include; Zach Galifianakis who impresses in a more serious dramatic performance as Riggan's lawyer and business partner, Emma Stone who often steals the show in a strong yet intimate portrayal as Riggan's ex-drug-addict daughter Sam.

BE: On a related note, I'm putting together a piece of the best dramatic performances by «SNL» alumni, which will definitely include your role in «Happiness.»

Just when you thought he was starting to break out of his comedic slump with dramatic performances in movies like Funny People and Reign Over Me, he goes and stars in a movie that looks exactly like one of the parodies from Funny People.

He's been applauded before for his more dramatic performances in such films as Little Miss Sunshine and The Way, Way Back; yet when it comes to physical transformations, the awards show voters tend to favor the sort that involve full - blown «changes» (weight losses / gains, etc.)- not so much the prosthetic - assisted variety (see: Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in the Hitchcock biography from a couple years back).

He has an eye for young talent, but is even better with seasoned pros; as the grief - stricken father, Carell gives the finest dramatic performance of his career.

REVIEWER: But there are basic things dramatic performances don't show.

It was amazing that after just a few weeks of implementing Kate's advice, I was seeing dramatic performance improvement in my daily training and in my first sprint tri of the season, I PR'd the run!

Kristen Wiig is back at Sundance with another impressive dramatic performance too.

Nobody could accuse Shah or Galloway of being scrupulously scripted and on - message at the hustings; both delivered dramatic performances.

Featuring strong dramatic performances from comedians Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids) and Bill Hader (Adventureland), longtime collaborators on «Saturday Night Live,» the film also stars Luke Wilson (Legally Blonde), Ty Burrell («Modern Family «-RRB-, Joanna Gleason («Love & War «-RRB- and relative newcomer Boyd Holbrook (2014 Maryland Film Festival closing film Little Accidents), all of whom impress.

The revolutionary i - VTEC Turbo technology uses a variable flow turbocharger, which is exclusive to the RDX, and provides dramatic performance benefits while maintaining excellent fuel efficiency.

As Marcus Winters and Jay Greene reported in our pages, the first students who were retained saw dramatic performance gains in both reading and math, as compared to low - performing students in prior cohorts who had moved to 4th grade with their age peers (see «Getting Ahead by Staying Behind,» research, Spring 2006).

The Infiniti G37 Coupé offers dramatic performance in a thoroughly seductive shape.

Gunnarsson and Bangsho (2012) found dramatic performance improvements in runners utilizing the 30-20-10 approach.

The latest development of the Tantri story is the incorporation of the story into contemporary dramatic performance such as Drama Gong and Sendratari.

The now -90-year-old legend delivers an emotionally charged dramatic performance as a jazz musician who struggles with the death of his wife and the possibility that she was unfaithful to him.

Past participants - both in the U.S. and from work cultures all over the world - have experienced dramatic performance improvement in sales calls, consulting engagements, technical projects, strategy sessions and crucial business meetings.

David Starsky is just the sort of uptight, anal retentive stick - in - the - mud that Stiller's has a lot of success with in films like Meet the Parents and Along Came Polly - while Wilson's Ken Hutchinson is reminiscent of virtually every character in the actor's repertoire (with few exceptions, including his rare dramatic performance in The Minus Man).

Comic Steve Martin gives an underappreciated dramatic performance as a phony preacher man.

Named one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch in 2007, Swedish - Canadian actress Malin Akerman has since been tearing up Hollywood with her beauty and charisma, her sharp comedic timing, and her touching dramatic performances.

It's hard to tell if Cage's performance is a grand stab at all - out, no - holds - barred comic acting or one of the worst dramatic performances in a film this year.

Sure, they may have popped up in the odd film to give a solid dramatic performance, or cameo in a comedy, but the real magic from seeing these actors on - screen just is not the same anymore.

The result is a weird audio - visual sensation that effectively dilutes whatever dramatic performances were generated by a sprawling ensemble led by veteran French cinema icon Lino Ventura as Jean Valjean.

That's not a surprise for Straub, who uses selections from the second section of Montaigne's monumental Essays, but it is for Serra, whose actors in Story of My Death give far more deliberately dramatic performances than those on view in his previous movies, Birdsong and Honor de Cavalleria.

By now, it's not surprising to see Stiller play up the serio end of seriocomic for Baumbach, who coaxed a richly dramatic performance out of him in Greenberg.

But all of McConaughey's qualities, along with bringing - in big bucks at the box office and delivering one - of - a-kind dramatic performances, make him true movie - star material.

Director Rob Greenberg's experienced background in television is evident through his quirky sitcom style coupled with overly dramatic performances and storylines reminiscent of telenovelas.

Emily Blunt (Dan in Real Life, The Devil Wears Prada), despite a commendable dramatic performance and convincing American accent, seems a bit miscast as Rose's carefree (and careless) goth / punk sister, Norah, not feeling edgy enough to give off that vibe of a tatted, spunky mess of a person the role is written to be.

It features a startling dramatic performance from Johnny Depp whose recent appearance in a spate of average movies from The Lone Ranger to Transcendence makes Black Mass especially gratifying.

In a surprisingly convincing dramatic performance, Billy Eichner comes closest to matching the heat of Paulson and Peters.

The rest of the cast is strong, too: Will Forte shares great chemistry with Peake and proves his convincingly earnest everyman from Nebraska was no fluke, with another standout dramatic performance as Ted Fielding; while Sharon Horgan reliably fills her few brief moments on - screen with humour, and Brendan Morris» subtle underplaying of the Casey's troubled son, Lenny, marks him as a bright new talent to watch.

Isabelle Huppert's Golden Globe - winning dramatic performance in Paul Verhoeven's taut mystery «Elle» (Sony Pictures Classics) debuted well at Cannes.

Katniss Everdeen, «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2» (2015) After four movies, it was time to say goodbye to this cinematic saga, and Lawrence went - out on top with her best, most effective dramatic performance in the series.

For the first time this is a film that I think truly deserves the preferred «performance capture» label over the more commonly used «motion capture» one, as the Na «vi do come off not so much as computer - generated creations (see: any Robert Zemeckis - directed mo - cap endeavor) than true (pardon the pun) avatars for genuine dramatic performances.

Proyas is a fantastic visionary, even if he isn't too great at eliciting top notch dramatic performances from his stars.

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.

John Garfield's intensely dramatic performance, the noir visuals, and moody tone elevate the melodrama.

She's able to convey bubble - brained zaniness about as well as anyone in the movies right now, and then she can switch gears and give you a scary dramatic performance in something like «Vanilla Sky.»

In Mad Men, Elisabeth Moss has given perhaps the finest female dramatic performance on American television this side of Edie Falco in The Sopranos, and this simple exchange contains everything that makes her Peggy so fascinating and affecting — the unexpected cadences and pauses, the precise line readings, and her face, on the cusp of either smile or frown, dominated by her wide, soulful eyes, which seem constantly to search for, connect with, and then avert those of her scene partner.

Stephan James delivers a star turn as Owens and Jason Sudeikis gives a lovely dramatic performance as Snyder.

He gave two top - tier dramatic performances in 2005: one as an international arms dealer who gets in over his head in Andrew Niccol's Lord of War, and one as a weatherman whose personal life falls into shambles in Gore Verbinski's detour film The Weather Man.