Sentences with phrase «ensemble casts of films»

The film marks the feature directorial debut of Parker, an actor who has directed several short films and been part of the ensemble casts of films including The Great Debaters, The Secret Life Of Bees, Red Tails and Ain't Them Bodies Saints.

The upcoming reboot of the Ghostbusters franchise features one of the funniest ensemble casts of any film this year: Along with stars Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon, the sci - fi comedy will also feature appearances by Cecily Strong, Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd and a bunch of other big names.

Not exact matches

Starring former Mouseketeer Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, the musical tells the story of two struggling lovers in modern day L.A.. From striking visuals to inspiring musical sets, the film has already won awards at the Capri Hollywood International Film Festival for best ensemble cast and best film score.

The film works mainly on the performances of Pitt, and a strong ensemble cast that lend some credibility to a somewhat disjointed script.

Featuring a strong ensemble cast and solid camera work, the film starts out as one kind of story before metamorphosing into a bittersweet tale of retribution that never fails to engage.

Just as important to the films» emotional core is the often underutilized but never the less wonderful ensemble cast, all of whom do themselves proud with the moments that they are given.

At 134 minutes, the film may seem challengingly long, but the strength of its ensemble cast and unusually evolving narrative results in a satisfying watch that's reminiscent of tucking in with an engrossing book.

By all accounts, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained is a massive film in both scope and scale, boasting a large ensemble cast, a story that spans years, and a mix of locations and climates.

Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Cooper, and Ewan McGregor head an ensemble cast in a darkly comedic tale of a large Oklahoma family reunited by a funeral, the second directorial effort for noted TV and film producer Wells (The Company Men).

Jackson was seen as part of the ensemble cast of the critically acclaimed film BOBBY, directed by Emilio Estevez, and starred in the psychological thriller SHUTTER for 20th Century Fox / New Regency, which was shot on location in Tokyo.

Despite the efforts of a strong ensemble cast — featuring Bruce Dern, John Ortiz, Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Jon Hamm, Catherine Keener and Patton Oswalt — the film fails to drive home its point, about the power of the stuff we leave behind when we die, with the same emotional punch that the people on - screen seem to be telegraphing: grief, longing, regret, resentment and sundry other flavors of moroseness.

Along with acting in Broadway and off - Broadway plays in the late»90s, Williams also played the young Sharon Stone in the film version of Sam Shepard's Simpatico (1999), joined the ensemble cast of the romantic comedy Just a Little Harmless Sex (1999), and starred as a contemporary young woman transported to fairytale land in the splashy NBC miniseries The 10th Kingdom (2000).

An ATF agent in the former and Jennifer Lopez's morally questionable boyfriend in the latter, he turned in solid performances as part of a strong ensemble cast in both critically acclaimed films.

It has a marvelous ensemble cast and all the visceral impact and moment - to - moment tension of a fine thriller, together with the distinctive visual style of an art film.

Rogue One is an ensemble film, however the rest of the cast doesn't quite reach that iconic status of a Han Solo or a Princess Leia.

dick clark productions announced today that the cast of the film The Big Sick, including Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter and Ray Romano, will receive the «Hollywood Comedy Ensemble Award»; actor Jamie Bell will receive the «New Hollywood Actor Award» for his recent work in «Film Stars Don't Die -LSB-...]

Cooper's ensemble cast in 2013 far and away outdoes that of his critically more successful debut film in 2009, and is probably one of the best casts of the year.

An ensemble cast that included Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, and Diane Kruger was also key to the success of the film.

Despite not portraying the American hardcore scene in the most authentic light, Ten Thousand Saints is a well - acted, technically sound film with a wonderful ensemble cast and an adequate amount of charm.

On top of this, the authentic ensemble cast offers an inspiring sincerity to the screen that makes it a film I highly recommend to all.

«Boyhood,» director Richard Linklater's experimental coming - of - age film that was shot over 12 years on a shoestring budget, followed with three nominations for its ensemble cast and for Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette.

Tremblay's acting ability is already stellar at his young age and his capability of negotiating certain emotions in this film is far more impressive than seasoned - performers within the ensemble cast.

Filming on The Hateful Eight will take place entirely in Colorado starting December 8th, and in addition to the previously confirmed cast of Kurt Russell, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, Walton Goggins, and Samuel L. Jackson, The Wrap adds that Denis Minochet, James Remar, James Parks, Dana Gourrier, and Zoe Bell are expected to fill out the ensemble.

In Bran Nue Dae, Perkins went west to Perth and north to the remote Kimberleys to work closely with a large ensemble cast on the much - anticipated film of a much - loved stage musical — seen by 200,000 people when it toured the country in 1990 and 1993.

Like most John le Carré movies, Our Kind of Traitor is a handsome and well - polished piece of filmmaking, and the film earns a strong shot in the arm from its more - than - capable ensemble cast.

Which isn't to say that the film doesn't boast plenty of powerful and often disturbing sequences (it does), nor that its mostly - female cast don't deliver a forceful ensemble performance, with Natalie Portman exceptional as the traumatised but driven central character, biologist Lena.

The film's cast took home the Best Ensemble Cast prize, with Mahershala Ali winning Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Juan, a father - figure of sorts to the film's lead character Chiron, a young African - American male coming to terms with his sexual orientatcast took home the Best Ensemble Cast prize, with Mahershala Ali winning Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Juan, a father - figure of sorts to the film's lead character Chiron, a young African - American male coming to terms with his sexual orientatCast prize, with Mahershala Ali winning Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Juan, a father - figure of sorts to the film's lead character Chiron, a young African - American male coming to terms with his sexual orientation.

WAFCA also honored the cast of «Barbershop» as the best acting ensemble, while selecting «Lilo and Stitch» as Best Animated Feature and dishonoring the George Clooney / Steven Soderbergh film «Solaris» as the year's biggest disappointment.

An ensemble piece co-starring Sam Worthington and Terrence Howard, the film casts Schwarzenegger as the head of a corrupt DEA task force whose members are gradually falling to foul play.

Sparkling direction by James Ivory, distinguished performances from the ensemble cast, and a charged score by Richard Robbins all combine to create a film of immense power.

Supplementals include a 19 - minute featurette from the ROSAS production house — «Improv and Ensemble: The Evolution of a Film» — that's almost too glossy for a film like All the Real Girls, but it does add the perspectives of Zooey (pronounced Zoë) Deschanel and other key cast and crew members, Orr unfortunately not among them.

In fact, it stands up to comparison with the 1992 film of David Mamet's magnificently squalid play Glengarry Glen Ross, which in many ways it resembles, not least in featuring a peerless ensemble cast that includes Kevin Spacey.

Of the reviews written by women, 33 % were for films featuring a female protagonist or ensemble cast and 67 % were for films featuring a male protagonist.

Rob Marshall cast a strong ensemble consisting of Broadway actors and film actors who may not be known for their singing abilities.

The minor negatives of the film surround the respective storylines of the ensemble cast.

Of the reviews written by men, 18 % were for films featuring a female protagonist or ensemble cast and 82 % were for films featuring a male protagonist.

Lots of heart and laughs, «August: Osage County» has the year's best cast ensembles and is one of the year's best films.

Golden Exits; the latest film from Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up Phillip, Queen of Earth), is an unnerving American ensemble drama shot on 16 mm that boasts a star - studded cast led by Emily Browning, Chloë Sevigny and indie stalwart Jason Schwartzman.

Goodman also discussed the process of starring in such an action - driven film that only features three characters throughout the majority of the narrative, after starring in movies that have featured notable ensemble casts.

Featuring a memorable ensemble cast of both British and American actors, the film centers on a group of reckless criminals that inadvertently become involved in a labyrinth - like plot full of two - timing back stabbers set to the tone of Ritchie's trademark comic violence and tongue in cheek humor.

Fortunately, Chandor has a stellar ensemble cast of actors at his disposal, most of whom are at the top of their game here — particularly Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons as the steely head of the firm, and Paul Bettany in a dynamic performance that makes you wonder why he's been wasting his time making genre films for the past few years.

He has gathered an interesting cast for this multi-layered ensemble film of intersecting stories.

Featuring interviews with the likes of Paula Abdul, Matthew Morrison and Harry Shum Jr. of «Glee,» and the directors and choreographers of recent movie and TV musicals, the featurette is an interesting retrospective on the film that covers the choreography, ensemble cast and the effect that it still has on Hollywood today.

There are a lot of films that could make it in the ensemble race if you go by big casts with lots of respectable actors in them and studio marketeers pushing those movies.

Unusually for Bertolucci, the film is an ensemble piece, with great glancing richness of detail conveyed by a wonderful cast.

DEADLINE — Hard to imagine there will be a hotter film package unveiled at Cannes next week than 355, a large - scale espionage film that Simon Kinberg will direct with an all - star international spy cast of Jessica Chastain, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Fan Bingbing and Lupita Nyong» o. They'll play international agents in a grounded, edgy action thriller that aims to alter a male - dominated genre with a true female ensemble, in the style of spy franchises The Bourne Identity, Mission: Impossible and James Bond.

Writer - director James Gunn, along with his ensemble cast, unveil details about the forthcoming «Guardians of the Galaxy» and its characters as the Marvel film enters its first days of production.

Table 19 may be a bit too slow for some people to appreciate this type of film, but the amazing ensemble cast and great writing amplifies the amazing art of storytelling, reaffirming that there are interesting and unique stories out there that don't involve super heroes, or the next big Hollywood trend.

I must admit, on paper, an ensemble cast of comic book characters in one movie looked to be one of those convoluted mess of a film designed, yet fail, to please the fanboys (i.e. spider - man 3).

Kelly explored Donnie's pain and took in piercing glances at the more adult pain of the ensemble cast, but his film was really about seeing how great Katharine Ross looked at age sixty, and about laughing at the mere sight of Patrick Swayze.