Sentences with phrase «engaging performances all»

The artist would make groundbreaking audience - engaging performances and action paintings, involving and stressing all of the viewer's senses.

PlayStation always strives to deliver engaging performances for its titles by utilizing incredible talent.

Tjupukai showcases the 40,000 year old Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture with engaging performances, dance, food and arts.

Naturalistic, utterly engaging performances are what draws the viewer into the murky, slippery world of the film.

All these years later, this affectionate tribute to old Hollywood and innocent matinee westerns is just as funny, thanks to a knowing script (by Steve Martin, Lorne Michaels and Randy Newman), engaging performances (by Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short) and Landis» savvy direction, which is larger than life in all the ways that those original westerns were.

was such an energetic and expertly put together film, managing to subsume itself into the waters of inspirational sports films without shambling through them, punching up the tired tropes with exciting camera work and engaging performances.

So color me tickled pink that Creed was such an energetic and expertly put together film, managing to subsume itself into the waters of inspirational sports films without shambling through them, punching up the tired tropes with exciting camera work and engaging performances.

With its luscious looks, meticulous period details and engaging performances (even if Hopkins sometimes veers into a slightly mannered impersonation), Gervasi's «Hitchcock» entertains, to be sure.

Directed solidly by Jodie Foster, both Clooney and O'Connell give engaging performances but Roberts must try harder.

Perhaps even more unlikely is just how robustly this fanciful project connects, with crisp production value, humorous writing and engaging performances all around.

I suppose it's difficult to fault the director for lacking adequate emphasis on dialogue, as Walker and Alba don't exactly light up the screen with engaging performances, but it sure would go a long way to making us give a damn about them once the roller coaster ride gets underway.

It also has some very engaging performances by its stars, with another very strong turn by Julianne Moore, and Samuel L. Jackson is in top form.

Thanks to truly engaging performances and Christopher Blauvelt's darkly atmospheric cinematography, which drags the audience deep down the noir rabbit hole alongside Katherine, one is easily lulled into State Like Sleep despite the central mystery lacking interest.

It's superbly well - shot and edited, with engaging performances from the entire cast.

The transition from the bunker to the outside world would not have been so organic and interesting if not for the fascinating story and wonderfully subtle and engaging performances from the 3 leads.

This neat little film from director Donal Foreman captures modern Dublin with naturalistic, engaging performances from an unknown cast and a captivating visual style.

«Belle» is big and fun, «The Mob Song» really conveys Gaston's menace, and «Gaston» is set to be one of the movie's crowning moments, with some bright and engaging performances.

All the cast deliver engaging performances - and a particular shout out to Francesca Cherruault as the been - there - done - that Beatrice who had many in the cinema laughing at loud multiple times.

Okay, so the premise sounds a bit familiar, but the execution looks far above average thanks to MacLachlan's warm, honest approach and engaging performances all around.

Sparkles with engaging performances, especially the five lead girls.

The capable crew of veteran English thespians delivers engaging performances.

With his previous film I Wish, we knew that Japanese filmmaker Kore - eda was an expert at drawing engaging performances out of adorable young children.

King Cobra has the intensity, excitement and poison every thriller needs, and wild, engaging performances to boot.

He closes the camera in on his two actors (Hopkins and Anton Yelchin), pulling engaging performances from the Oscar - winning star and the youngster opposite him.

It had engaging performances with some heart and gave me new images and spectacle to enjoy.

It's one of the most dynamic and engaging performances of the year, one that seems to exists in the bone marrow of the thespian through to the final credits.

It helps that the cast give funny, engaging performances that counter the film's ridiculousness.

Intense and engaging performances from Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy bring the well - written screenplay to life.

Highly engaging performances by Dev Patel in the lead role and Jeremy Irons as his curmudgeonly mentor gradually warm up the Cambridge story, but the Indian part feels perfunctory and unconvincing.

Despite some engaging performances and good scenes, it's by far the least original, and least accomplished, of the six Redford - directed films.

Lovely, engaging performances keep the film's heart beating in a sweet if sometimes listless search for Eden.

Critics Consensus: A terrific follow - up to The Year My Voice Broke, Flirting is a teen movie worth watching, thanks to emotionally engaging performances and an endearing script.

With engaging performances from Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah, the movie, which follows a workaholic (Hanks» Allen Bauer) as he falls for an honest - to - goodness mermaid (Hannah's Madison), is an agreeable romantic comedy that's deservedly become a minor classic of the genre.

Critic Consensus: A terrific follow - up to The Year My Voice Broke, Flirting is a teen movie worth watching, thanks to emotionally engaging performances and an endearing script.

But my favorite person here is Crothers» Dick Hallorann, who provides the most engaging performance throughout the film.

Even an engaging performance by Margot Robbie as the proverbial last woman on Earth isn't enough to save Z for Zachariah from becoming yet another ploddingly pretentious Sundance dud.

By the time the nigh endless climax rolls around, Fright Night has certainly established itself as just another in a long line of needless horror remakes - with the movie's failure especially disappointing given the strength of Farrell's engaging performance (and it's also worth noting that David Tennant does manage to inject some life into the proceedings with his small role as a Vegas vampire hunter).

Larson turns in an engaging performance as a woman uncertain about just who she wants to be.

Flashing his baby blues and a fiery temper, the actor gives a fully engaged performance that almost makes us want to forgive the movie's laziness.

The best thing about Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer is the engaging performance of red - haired Aussie starlet Beatty, who will play the titular star in Eloise in Paris.

Jordan's Eric «Killmonger» Stevens is easily the most compelling and sympathetic Marvel Studios film baddie since Loki (and, arguably, the best MCU antihero yet), thanks to a combination of smart writing and an engaging performance by Jordan.

He also delivers the film's most interesting and engaging performance.

The film starts off rather promisingly with an engaging performance from Fabian, but eventually degenerates in style and content to a pastiche of other horror films such as The Blair Witch Project, The Exorcist, Children of the Corn, and so on.

The life of drug dealer George Jung is the subject of another engaging performance by Johnny Depp.

Edgerton, in the film's most nuanced and engaging performance, certainly does his best to make us believe.

George Clooney offers an engaging performance as Matt.

Much of the charm of this film stems from an engaging performance by young Doireann.

Chick flick or no, Pitch Perfect delivered a wonderfully engaging performance that isn't marred by any overly dramatic aspects or even much mean - spirited rivalry (I really liked how the two main rival groups enjoyed getting together to jam more than just being jerks to each other).

That's not to say the film lacks humor — Ray Milland's engaging performance makes sure of that — but when it comes to its supernatural shenanigans, it takes its business quite seriously.

The sentimental and episodic third act compounds the movie's progressively uninvolving atmosphere, and it's disappointing to note that the film has, by the time the abrupt conclusion rolls around, squandered most of the good will generated by its opening stretch - which ultimately confirms Dom Hemingway's place as little more than a showcase for Law's consistently engaging performance.