Sentences with phrase «dramatic roles makes»

The intensity Theron brings to her serious dramatic roles makes her an interesting choice to play Kelly, someone who is not necessarily known for projecting warmth.

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Let me give you a dramatic hypothetical — If Ozil was shunted into a Full Back role, I could understand his inability to be a very effective FB... the mistakes — missed tackles, etc... but he would still be expected to TRY to track / mark out the wingers, still TRY to tackle, still TRY to bomb forward and make the crosses.

This is because two local couples — who happen to live in the same section of the same building on Grand Street — ended up playing very high profile roles in the dramatic, history - making day.

For, in reciting these brachot, we are making a bold and dramatic claim — that this wedding is a moment that matters in an ultimate way, that it has a crucial role to play in the redemption of the world.

Breaking Bad vet Banks hold nothing back in making Pappy McAllan a thoroughly despicable figure, but the quiet revelation here is the deglamorized Blige, a model of understatement and careworn dignity in perhaps the singer's most demanding dramatic role to date.

A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Knaggs established himself in London on stage in William Shakespeare's Cymbeline and made appearances in various British films of the 1930s, including roles in Victor Saville's South Riding and Michael Powell's The Spy in Black.

Much of what makes the movie work so well are the moving performances from Molly Shannon and Jesse Plemons in roles that allow them both to stretch in unprecedented dramatic ways.

As for Clooney, he has been stripped of the self - deprecating character tics that made even his dramatic roles in «Michael Clayton» and «Up in the Air» such joys to behold; here he plays someone so closed - off he's virtually inert.

After making a cameo as herself in The Muppets in 2011, Silverman went a different direction by taking on a dramatic role in Take This Waltz, a film following a married couple whose relationship begins to crumble when one half of the pair forms an emotional bond with a neighbor.

A true showcase for Aniston's incredible - yet rarely seen - talent for dramatic roles, given how she brings so much weight to a safe drama that never takes risks and prefers the easy way with clichés, dreams and silly hallucinations that would befit more a movie made for TV.

He played a dramatic role as one of the inventors of silicon breast implants in the made - for - television docudrama Breast Men (1997).

It was back to dramatic roles in the early 1940s, and as age crept up on Dunne, she made a seamless transition to starring character roles in such films as Anna and the King of Siam (1946) and Life with Father (1947).

Although he made his name playing ruthless, genteel villains like Die Hard's Hans Gruber and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves» Sheriff of Nottingham, Alan Rickman proved himself equally remarkable in romantic, comic, and good - guy dramatic roles.

A large white whale does make an appearance in «In the Heart of the Sea», but it's a supporting role, and Howard fails to establish any dramatic tension early between the hunters (the whalers) and the hunted (the whales) or later, the hunter (the whale) and the hunted (the whalers).

Castleknock native and Hollywood heartthrob Colin (38) had to make a dramatic transformation for his role in the film and gained 40 lbs in the space of two months.

Limitations of the time sort of hold the artistic value of this film back, making it harder to deny the dramatic fumblings which highlights in style could have made up for, but the fact of the matter is that aesthetic value is rich enough to play a big role in making the film reasonably attractive.

There's a long tradition in film of comedic actors transitioning into dramatic roles with indies that gravitate towards a grey area in between the two genres, particularly in movies that make sure to hit the Sundance Film Festival before their wide release.

Since then, Brittany has continued to make a name for herself through a variation of roles that range from psychotic dramatic characters to bubbly romantic comedy leads.

With her sparkling presence and sharp timing, the stunning Lombard delighted audiences in some of the greatest screwball comedies ever made, but she spent the early part of her brief career playing dramatic roles and romantic ingénues.

The 39 year old has made his name in dramatic films with roles in movies like End of Watch, Shooter and Fury, so he was worried he would mess up as the sidekick of Ant - Man's alter ego, Scott Lang, played by Paul Rudd.

Starring a young John Garfield in one of his earliest roles, They Made Me A Criminal is also a rare dramatic departure for director Busby Berkeley, famous for his elaborately choreographed musicals.

Washington, known for his dramatic roles, has never anchored a comedy, so when he was presented with «2 Guns,» it was the screenplay's humorous elements which made him decide to sign on.

After breaking out with Wedding Crashes and The Hangover a few years back, Bradley Cooper «s been trying to make the transition into more dramatic roles.

An entire disc is devoted to extras, which include a dramatic TV role and several commercials made in the»50s and»60s.

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 embarrassing to watch, and Dignam's clunky, stilted dialogue — which the actors (including Jean Reno and Jared Harris in supporting roles) struggle in vain to rescue via dramatic pauses — only makes matters worse.

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.

Also, I do think Chris Pratt can play a serious dramatic role, but in a movie like this, where it is very self - serious most of the time, and doesn't give his character much to do, let Chris Pratt make jokes, and release some of the forced tension.

But whenever the laughs come, they come big, and the movie never bores, thanks to three stellar performances: Streep, mostly known for her dramatic work, proves to be an adept comedienne; Willis, famous for macho action roles, makes a surprisingly convincing geek; and Hawn continues to prove whe's one of the finest comic actresses in film today.

It's good to see the gifted Washington in a departure from the heavy dramatic roles he's made his name in, and he has a ball as the funloving and well - meaning Dudley; the fact that he does so well in a lighthearted role is just a testament to his remarkable talent.

Great satellite character and a great dramatic actress who usually makes me cringe when she's on screen made me laugh and forget all about her usual chilling roles.

, Mario Van Peebles» re-creation of father Melvin's struggle to make the 1970s black - power flick Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song; Kinsey, a film biography of sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, with Liam Neeson in the title role; and Primer, a twisting techno - thriller that won the top dramatic honor at last winter's Sundance Film Festival.

«While LOGAN was always going to be perceived as the last chapter in a successful «super hero» franchise, and a final performance in this role by my brilliant friend Hugh Jackman, Scott Frank, Michael Green and I always viewed the task of writing it as, first and foremost, an opportunity to make a dramatic character piece, one that just so happened to feature beloved comic book characters.

She can play the leading lady in dramatic roles, but she makes for a great character actress who is not afraid to get down and dirty in a role.

What You Need To Know: Films like «Girl Most Likely,» «Hateship / Loveship» and «The Skeleton Twins» had their fans, but Kristen Wiig is still waiting for the role that really makes people start to think of her as a dramatic rather than a comedic actress.

Joaquin Phoenix (Ladder 49, The Village), while not exactly a dead ringer for Johnny Cash, does nail down his mannerisms and singing style well enough that you can readily accept him in the role, and he does an exceptionally fine job in the dramatic moments that are crucial to making what might otherwise look like a self - centered S.O.B. into a sympathetically troubled soul yearning for guidance his whole life and never quite able to find it until it appears in the guise of another woman.

Elsewhere, pop - culture whiplash is to be expected as audiences take in «Foxcatcher,» featuring Steve Carell in a shape - shifting dramatic role as a psychotic millionaire, or «Birdman,» in which gonzo Mexican director Alejandro Iñárritu gets onetime Batman Michael Keaton to bite the role that made him a star.

I love an actor who's willing to make an art out of our desires to see him almost fail — which is also what's so useful in seeing him punch slightly above his weight class in a heavy dramatic role, as in Born on the Fourth of July, or in a role where he has to fly off the rails with manic emotionalism, as in Jerry Maguire.

Williams, who only breaks into his spastic brand of humor in one scene, makes one of his better dramatic turns here and Perry, Hawke, Hansen, Charles, and Smith are all believable and effective in their respective roles.

«At the same time, there is a strong evidence - base indicating that the use of dramatic enquiry — a drama - based practice where the teacher and pupils work in roles within a fiction to explore a story in a particular setting with developing characters — as well as the creation of a «community of writers», where the teacher writes alongside the children as a role model, can make the process of writing more meaningful for children.»

Hebelieves that technology, particularly in the form of the Internet, «willplay a dramatic role not only in spawning a new generation of activistsbut also in helping the slice of America that traditionally sits out the electionsto feel more connected to the decisions being made on its behalf.»

The C7.R was engineered from the beginning alongside the C7 Z06 road car, a dramatic help in making both cars better at each role that they serve.

This time around however, there has been a complete role reversal, and while Samsung continues to improve on what it started last year, LG has made some dramatic revisions to their flagship G series.