Sentences with phrase «familiar character actors»

In lieu of his missing family, Sumida lives surrounded by a colorful clan of vagabonds, populated with familiar character actors from Sono's Cold Fish and Guilty of Romance, and seemingly inspired more by European Theater of the Absurd than the original manga.

It's startling to see an unselfconscious swagger transform familiar character actors like Noah Beery Jr. (usually a cozy heart - warmer) and Allyn Joslyn (often an officious snob) into virile, unpredictable sky jocks.

Still, for a rainy day mindless crime thriller that won't require much investment, this one is satisfactory and offers a chance to catch up with some of our most familiar character actors.

The supporting cast members encompass a lineup of familiar character actors, mostly doing familiar things.

«Inside Llewyn Davis» gets its milieu just right, from cold - water flats to the West Side digs of bohemian academics (Ethan Phillips and Robin Bartlett — the Coens repurpose familiar character actors as well as anyone this side of Charlie Kaufman or Ryan Murphy), but there's never a sense of fawning, things - were - so - much - better - then - man nostalgia that often surfaces in films like this.

In short, it's a classic «B» movie — not in the sense of lobster men from Mars or sorority row slashers, but in the way it combines familiar character actors and familiar story elements to produce a sufficiently satisfying, if not especially memorable, film perfect for whiling away a rainy afternoon.

TMS: The cast is pretty huge, and alongside the leads, there are also familiar character actors like David Harewood, Tom Hollander, Tobias Menzies, and Natasha Little.

And familiar character actors like Jeffrey Tambor and Philip Baker Hall (miles away from «Magnolia») again are mere props in Carreyland, even though they've proven themselves worthier than that.

Kawachi's presence hearkens viewers back to the golden age of Nikkatsu Action filmmaking, having starred in titles like The Warped Ones (1960) and Tokyo Drifter (1966), and Sugata is a familiar character actor from Kill Bill: Vol.

The movie is pretty packed with stars and familiar character actors, and the Coens are great at finding ways to showcase both kinds of performers in ways they're rarely seen in other movies.

Along with its period setting, the episodes feature a grand cast of old Hollywood stars and familiar character actors, including such all - star victims as George Burns, Eve Arden, Rudy Vallee and Walter Pidgeon and grand suspects as Ray Milland, Don Ameche, Ida Lupino, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Vera Miles and Mel Ferrer.