Sentences with phrase «dramatic performance as»

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

Her roles in comedies such as Francis Ha are a lot of fun while her dramatic performance as Abbie in 20th Century Women was filled with emotion and skill.

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.

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.

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He said that while he received a scathing assessment of Comey's performance from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Monday, that memo was not a catalyst for his dramatic decision as the White House had said earlier.

Later that month, «Poblano» made a dramatic reveal — the man behind the stats was none other than Nate Silver, the wunderkind known to baseball stats nerds as the inventor of PECOTA, a remarkably accurate system for predicting baseball players» future performance.

As opposed to just sending out a simple «sorry the network is slow, we're working on it» email, the company crafted a beautiful and dramatic video to acknowledge their performance wasn't up to standard, and to explain what they were doing to fix it:

Conversely, active investing (also referred to as «stock picking») involves the individual selection of securities by an investor or portfolio manager.The shift away from active and into passive has been dramatic, driven by both the lower cost and historically better performance of passive funds.

«But we have to not panic as well, just today was a dramatic performance.

determination as a footballer yet he's constantly caught up more in being dramatic on the pitch than acutally putting a good performance in.

Sergio Aguero delivered the performance Mauricio Pochettino feared as he fired all four goals in Manchester City's dramatic 4 - 1 win over 10 - man Tottenham.

In a dramatic about - face and as parents revolt against what they see as over-testing of their kids, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is reportedly pushing for the role of test results in establishing teacher performance evaluations to be reduced — possibly even to zero.

«The results seem pretty dramatic,» says Mark P. Mattson, PhD, a senior investigator at the National Institute on Aging in Bethesda, Md. «Even though the number of subjects in the study was not really high, they had really high, statistically significant improvements in their performance on the memory test,» added Mattson, who studies caloric restriction and the brain in his role as chief of the Cellular and Molecular Neurosciences Section at the Laboratory of Neurosciences but was not involved in Dr. Floel's investigation.

As a high - level athlete, I saw the dramatic impact that training had on my performance.

You can enjoy a better body, an increase in athletic performance and other positive effects such as clear skin, a stronger immune system and a dramatic increase in energy and endurance.

As a former professional soccer player he came to discover the dramatic effect that changing his diet had on his athletic performance and energy levels.

But it wasn't until I learned how to tap into the power of superfoods that I began to see dramatic improvements in my mood, energy levels, as well as overall health and performance.

The latter made his name as a filmmaker with the 2009 country musician drama Crazy Heart (which landed Jeff Bridges his Academy Award), and further established himself as a storyteller interested in making mood / performance - driven fare with the dramatic thriller Out of the Furnace and Whitey Bulger biopic Black Mass..

What human intrigue there is finds itself secured by consistently inspired performances, the highlights of which include the dashing, then - up - and - coming Jude Law as Lord Alfred «Bosie» Douglas, - a man who must choose between embracing his lover and escaping the tragic fate of this lover - and, of course, leading man Stephen Fry, whose capturing of Oscar Wilde's classic charisma, broken by a profound vulnerability which Fry captures through striking dramatic layers, molds a leading man more consistently engrossing than the film itself.

In 1929, Dunne was cast as Magnolia in the Chicago company production of Show Boat; her superlative performance led to a movie contract with RKO, where after a few inconsequential programmers like Leathernecking (1930), she became one of the top dramatic stars at that studio.

There is indeed a certain immersion value even within the film's style, subtle though it may be, and when it comes to substance, no matter how thinly or formulaically it goes handled, it carries a potential that is reflected in the film carrying wit and dramatic elements as a portrait on man's interactions with his environment and his peers, anchored by memorable characters who are themselves anchored by memorable performances.

There is a certain intimacy to Hibbs» efforts, though not as much as there is to the efforts of a cast full of dated performances, some of which are dated to the point of mediocrity, while other hold up well enough to be rich with charisma, if not a little dramatic weight, with Audie Murphy himself, as himself, all but carrying the film with his particularly grounded charisma, and charming chemistry with his peers.

Forest Whitaker might have turned in an Academy Award - worthy performance as Idi Amin in «King of Scotland» but it was McAvoy in a fictional role that kept the film bio on its unsteady dramatic feet.

Yet it's still not quite Oscar - winning caliber (but still worthy of a nomination), and Stiller's playing against type doesn't come off as honest a performance as, say, Michael Keaton, in Clean and Sober (1988), that comic's first dramatic role.

The cameo performances by Helen Mirren (as a doctor), Vanessa Redgrave (a piano teacher) and Patricia Clarkson (the victim's mother), among others, reveals Mr. Penn to be a great director of actors with a mind - reading ability to discover a character's truth in the tiniest dramatic nuances.

As for dramatic roles, in addition to «Stranger Than Fiction», he gives an admirably restrained performance in Adam Rapp's «Winter Passing».

On top of trying to be a Big, Important Film, Jones is also meant to be a showcase for McConaughey's post-Oscar relevance as a dramatic actor, and he turns in a solid but unmemorable lead performance.

Josh Gad delivers his best dramatic performance to date as the belittled Jew who has to do all of the talking when the stage lights of the courtroom are on.

As Spader stands, he has been criminally ignored for virtually his whole career, WN Bilbo is a performance that stands out in heavy dramatic elements.

From Bill Murray's performance as the grumpy titular character in St. Vincent; to Steve Carell's long - awaited dramatic turn in Foxcatcher; to Marion Cotillard's incredibly vulnerable performance in the Dardenne brothers» Two Days, One Night, the festival is still going strong as we approach the final days.

Darkest Hour Gary Oldman gives the performance of his career as Winston Churchill, fighting to rally his country and inspire a war cabinet bent on surrender, in this dramatic study of a crucial month during World War II.

The idea is that, should the mood strike, a performer may add a beat mid-bar as though choked - up with emotion, their dramatic license with the material thus extended liberally and their performance, we are told, made immeasurably better and more real.

We are instead given a number of impressive, but token flashy performances by veteran actors in tough guy bit parts (Pete Postlethwaite and Chris Cooper as irredeemable lifelong criminals) and newcomers in «dramatic stretches» (The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner who is good (again) but not as great as the star - makers would have you believe, and most notably, Blake Lively, excellent as a drug - addled neighborhood floozy).

As Kennedy cousin (and family fixer) Joseph Gargan (from the Fitzgerald side of the family) Ed Helms gives a fine dramatic performance.

The dramatic scenes are hilariously ridiculous (often unintentionally so); many of the performances feel stilted and off - beat; and the combination of 3D visual design and an attempt to use more on - location settings (as opposed to sound stage or green screen) results in moments that feel unusually amateurish for The Wachowskis.

It's a breakout performance that showcases O'Connell as an true performer, from his body and physicality to the subtly of his emoting and, conversely, the gravitas of his presence in some of the movie's big dramatic moments.

She doesn't really do anything overly dramatic; her performance is as subtle as it is emotionally provocative and powerful.

Affleck also pulls his dramatic weight as Michael's best friend, and Eric Christian Olson gets most of the laughs, but it's Barrett's performance in the final act that steals the show.

Julianne Moore's recent Oscar win could find her comedic performance in Maggie's Plan a refreshing balance to her dramatic roles and nominations and find a spot for her as well.

Mendelsohn's performance is both comedic as well as dramatic.

It packs the biggest wallop, and it features what is surely the strongest of all Frank Sinatra's dramatic performances, as well as the most affecting and glowing of Kim Novak's.

It marries ferocious, unnerving violence and waves of profanity to powerful, psychologically acute performances in a way that is intensely dramatic as well as almost unbearable to...

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.

In this way, he creates a universe in which it's possible, for example, for Kurt Russell to give an effective, dramatic performance, even as it's clear that he's shamelessly imitating John Wayne.

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.

The restraint in his performance marks something of a diversion for Rudd, taking on a more dramatic persona here (though he's not completely sullen — just think more stoic, as in Perks of Being a Wallflower and dial the infectious inanity of Anchorman down to 1).

The word is already out for McConaughey, who underwent dramatic weight loss to add to his performance, but the scene stealer appears to be Jared Leto as the transvestite Rayon.

Powerful and dramatic, Flight is a nice return for Robert Zemeckis, as well as a showcase of a knockout performance by Denzel Washington, a well - executed story, and the most intense airplane crash sequence you might ever see.

She's easily the favourite in the dramatic category for her performance as a neuroscience professor with Alzheimer's in Still Alice, and a strong bet in the comedy equivalent for Maps to the Stars, David Cronenberg's acid Hollywood satire, for which she won best actress at Cannes.

His experience is of equal dramatic weight as Ma's, and while that is certainly resulting from Abrahamson and Donoghue's presentation, it also has to be credited to Tremblay's remarkable performance.