Sentences with phrase «excellent ensemble»

Lately I've randomly been watching movies with excellent ensemble casts, and here's one more.

This film itself is a perfect storm of realistic immersion, including the fine black - and - white cinematography, rich production design and excellent ensemble performances.

Prisoners» excellent ensemble shows the numerous emotions a family endures through such a taxing ordeal.

«The Class» managed five, though I'm a little disappointed to see the film's excellent ensemble go unacknowledged, even in the «young actor» categories.

During this time, however, Lee, scripter James Schamus, and the uniformly excellent ensemble quietly develop and shade the various characters and relationships in preparation for the more serious second half, when the titular meteorological event hits.

Like Hammer Films (most affectionately known as Hammer Horror), Amicus Productions was based in England and among other genres, specialized in gothic horror films with plenty of atmosphere and excellent ensemble casts.

Critics Consensus: Though it occasionally stalls, Talladega Nights» mix of satire, clever gags, and excellent ensemble performances put it squarely in the winner's circle.

This excellent ensemble cast is portrayed as average Americans who are navigating a dangerous and unstable environment, trying to flourish in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

A story about characters and peoples relationships, quietly underplayed by an excellent ensemble cast.

Despite some intermittent pacing issues and some horrendous sound quality problems during the first 30 minutes, the film delivers on all other fronts, with superb performances from its excellent ensemble cast (especially protagonist Cliff Curtis) and a nuanced script that tackles its complex story line on multiple levels.

Critic Consensus: Though it occasionally stalls, Talladega Nights» mix of satire, clever gags, and excellent ensemble performances put it squarely in the winner's circle.

With an excellent ensemble cast, headed up by Kurt Russell and Samuel L. Jackson, the story meticulously plays out to ultimate absurdity, where nothing ends up the way you think it will.

«At least once per season, John Logan and company get together and decide (with all due respect to the excellent ensemble cast), screw it: this week we're doing The Eva Green Show.»

The 2009 comedy was a big hit with both audiences and critics, putting a smart spin on the zombie genre with an excellent ensemble and one of the best - used...

Like many of the successful films at TIFF, it also relies heavily on an excellent ensemble that includes Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, and, most notably, Hong Chau.

Thankfully, with a warm, authentic script, a lighter story that still deals with some heavy themes, and an excellent ensemble cast in top form, this return visit is a much more enjoyable experience.

Its addictive combat system is complimented by an excellent ensemble cast you'll come to root for as they aim to save the world of Alrest.

Not to be ignored, Rafe Spall, Hamish Linklater, Jeremy Strong, Finn Wittrock, John Magaro, Marisa Tomei, and Melissa Leo fill out the excellent ensemble.

An excellent ensemble makes the most of a multi-strand female - centred film that drifts very close to melodrama as it explores various aspects of motherhood.

Though Blanchett and the excellent ensemble cast do find some humor in Allen's sharp dialogue, this isn't funny business.

Pattinson anchors everything with a remarkably charismatic and nuanced turn in an excellent ensemble.

And no worries — though it's the most boring storyline of what has become an excellent ensemble show, there are no spoilers regarding what's become of Bill (Stephen Moyer), save that his telepathic human lover, Sookie (Anna Paquin), is determined to find him, with or without the help of the third leg in their triangle, vampire sheriff Eric (Alexander Skarsgård).

Peele's genre - bending comedy / horror / social commentary film boasts an excellent ensemble cast featuring the likes of Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener, Alison Williams, Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield and Stephen Root, but it's relative unknown Betty Gabriel who steals the show as Georgina, the family housekeeper who spends most of the film barely hiding a sinister edge as she torments Kaluuya and cuts off his ability to contact the outside world.

Written with a surprisingly agile ear by Jack Frost (not the Michael Keaton one) screenwriter Michael Cooney, Identity is marked by its excellent ensemble and, despite the pyrotechnics of the premise, its reserve.

What can be pointed out is the excellent ensemble cast — Ray Liotta and Kerry Washington both do solid supporting work as married friends of the couple, and Dennis Haysbert, nearly unrecognizable from his days on «24», also does good work as a friend of Jeff's.

Both are helped by an excellent ensemble, many of them nonprofessional actors.

Darabont's story - telling talents shine through here and his script, which takes some time in getting to know our characters, is further abetted by an excellent ensemble cast consisting mostly of unknowns.

Featuring an excellent ensemble of actors with strong chemistry, the series» portrayal of a warm, lived - in world is supported by the work of production designer Devorah Herbert, who incorporates articles from real life — and her own life — to give the series a certain texture and authenticity.

The excellent ensemble cast also includes Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer, Richard Jenkins, Lauren Lee Smith, and John Kapelos.

His debut is still the better film, but thanks to its excellent ensemble cast, «Don't Think Twice» continues Birbiglia's impressive form with a funny and poignant alternative from the typical studio comedy.

If even 2000 of them liked five films better than The Shape of Water (which has an excellent ensemble cast and there was no good reason to leave it out) then that might not be the green light everyone is hoping for.

The supporting cast is deep and also stands up to create an excellent ensemble.

Birbiglia's got himself an excellent ensemble, featuring Gillian Jacobs (Community), Keegan - Michael Key (Key & Peele), Kate Micucci (Garfunkel and Oates), Tami Sagher (30 Rock and How I Met Your Mother), and producer and writer Chris Gethard.

Director Lee, best known for the «Best Man» comedies, handles the huge, excellent ensemble and tonal shifts with skill as the crew argues about sexism and politics, along the way mocking everyone from President Obama and R. Kelly to Bill Cosby and the Kardashians.

The Way Way Back is an excellent ensemble piece with casting done by Allison Jones.

Gloria's Paulina García and irresistible newcomer Michael Barbieri are the standouts among an excellent ensemble cast in this unsentimental but moving story of neighboring families entangled in one another's lives in gentrifying Brooklyn.

Anderson crafts together an excellent ensemble film that deftly weaves from story to story without leaving anyone bored.

An excellent ensemble makes the most of a multi-strand female - centred film that drifts very close...

This is an excellent ensemble, anchored by Oyelowo.

While Noah Baumbach used him as part of an excellent ensemble, Mike White places Stiller front and center.

It is an excellent ensemble, and all involved play their roles with aplomb.

In fact, it's so terrifically nuanced that there's not one bum note in the excellent ensemble cast (which also features Marie - Josee Croze, David Wilmot, Pat Shortt, Killian Scott, and Owen Sharpe).

The excellent ensemble of disabled and non-disabled dancers play with issues of prejudice, political correctness and the ferocious possibilities of the dancing body in a powerful double bill by Yasmeen Godder and Hetain Patel.

Writer / director Stephen Gaghan, however, isn't joking around, but despite an excellent ensemble cast, «Syriana» fails in just about every way possible, most likely because it takes nearly an hour before the audience can recognize the film's many characters and plotlines.

Its addictive combat system is complimented by an excellent ensemble cast you'll come to root for as they aim to save the world of Alrest.