Sentences with phrase «favorite performances of the year»

It was an emotional kick to the gut with Michael B. Jordan giving one of my favorite performances of the year.

The CGI in PROMETHEUS is phenomenal and Michael Fassbender's performance as the Android David still remains one of my favorite performances of the year, although not my absolute favorite.

I love the cast and think that more than Sandler deserved a standing ovation though he is one of my favorite performances of the year.

At the halfway mark of 2016, I wrote about my 10 favorite performances of the year thus far.

Anna Kendrick gave my favorite performance of the year.

Bruce Dern and June Squibb give two of my favorite performances of the year.

Not exact matches

For those seeking merriment beyond the hotel doors, guests are fortunate to find an endless supply of joyful happenings throughout the city, from the light spectacles at Boathouse Row and Macy's Center City, to classic performances of holiday favorites like The Nutcracker and A Christmas Carol at Philadelphia's world - renown performing arts centers and monumental New Year's Eve fireworks shows.

But the Indians are nonetheless in position to finish a full season within 10 games of first place for the first since 1959, largely because of performances of closer Doug Jones (4 - 2, with 23 saves); Comeback Player of the Year candidate Candy Maldonado (13 homers and 44 RBIs); and the Rookie of the Year favorite, catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. -LRB-.294).

Three years of brilliant performances make Jones the 100 - and 200 - meter favorite at the trials, especially with Miller — who has not looked sharp in recent European races — saying last week that she is running merely to make the team in Sacramento, with victory in Sydney as her larger goal.

But they couldn't, as the favorite, Riva Ridge, led the herd of horses in the Kentucky Derby round the circle in a dizzying wire - to - wire performance, the likes of which has not been seen in years

He has played a lot of football since last year, given man of the match performances and yet still fell short for both club and country when deemed to be favorites.

After last week's impressive performance, Mariota became the clear cut Rookie of the Year favorite at both European - based Bet365 (+450) and Paddy Power (+500).

Some of my favorite performances this year were M83, Gun N» Roses, and of course Calvin Harris!

@LATWESTIVAL @TheRoxy will feature: Video turntablist / remixer Mike Relm (Youtube Live, Webby Awards), TweetMuseum — one - of - a-kind celebrity Twitter art, Polite in Public Digital Photo booth, 16 year - old DJ prodigy and music blogger Jake Simon, LA's favorite party band City Museum, plus: a SURPRISE GUEST PERFORMANCE by a top touring alternative band!

Other enjoyable performances back Sandler's up: Emmanuelle Chriqui is a charming leading lady; Lainie Kazan's crack comic timing put me in mind of her uproarious portrayal of the ultimate Jewish mom in 1982's My Favorite Year (and she doesn't look like she's aged a day since); as two of the Zohan's old foes, John Turturro is amusing (even if he's in danger of becoming this decade's answer to Vito Scotti if he takes on too many more ethnic roles), while Sandler's longtime buddy and perpetual hanger - on Rob Schneider for once DOES N'T make you want to tear out either his hair or your own.

For years now, composers of all kinds have been hosting live performances of their favorite work, usually shown alongside with the film during the orchestration.

Featuring a performance from Michael B. Jordan that will finally make him an A-lister, my favorite cinematography of the year to date (more on that later), and one of the most outstanding supporting turns of the year as well from none other than Sylvester Stallone, I'd go so far as to say that Creed is nearly perfect.

Goodman's performance is so compelling he remains one of my favorite supporting roles this year.

Jordan Phipps is making big waves this year in the genre community, with a stellar performance in this year's festival favorite Close Calls and a lead role in the upcoming Halloween horror anthology 10/31, so we were thrilled to catch up with Jordan on the Orange Carpet for quick interview following our screening of Close Calls at the 2017 Halloween International Film Festival in Kill Devil Hills, NC, where she would go on to win the Best Actress award.

Tracy Letts» performance in Lady Bird is my favorite on - screen dad in years and years (though we'll get to other fine portrayals of onscreen dads of 2017 in a later post).

Tandy's age (she was 80 when she won) and rich Hollywood history (dating back to 1932) made her the sentimental favorite that year; she didn't pick up any of the major critics» awards, and her performance as Miss Daisy hasn't really endured.

Michael B. Jordan gave one of my favorite performances of last year in the heavy hitting Fruitvale Station.

Matthew McConaughey may have become a star as a leading man in major - studio films like «A Time to Kill» and «The Wedding Planner,» but in the last few years the laid - back Texan has reinvented and revived his career with a string of sparkling performances in low - budget indies: Richard Linklater «s «Bernie,» Steven Soderbergh's «Magic Mike,» William Friedkin «s «Killer Joe,» Jeff Nichols» «Mud» and now Jean - Marc Vallee's «Dallas Buyers Club,» which has made McConaughey a strong favorite to land a Best Actor nomination.

Though my favorite performance of the movie (a performance I'll definitely remember by the end of the year) easily goes to Sam Rockwell as Owen, who almost steals the whole show.

My favorite female performance of the year belonged to Essie Davis in Jennifer Kent's The Babadook, but that seems like the exception to the rule laid down by the two Agatas (Kulesza and Trzebuchowska) in Ida, Emily Browning in God Help the Girl, Tilda Swinton in Only Lovers Left Alive, Anne Dorval in Mommy, and the heroine in The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.

Monroe is the heart and soul of «The Guest,» and she's essayed one of our favorite performances of next year too, in David Robert Mitchell brilliant horror film «It Follows.»

We begin as always with a look at ten of my favorite characters in cinema this year, the roles and performances that stick with you long after the credits have rolled.

We got a terrific performance in End of Watch, saw him pull off double duty with Enemy, gave my favorite performance of last year in Prisoners, and repeated with what will likely be my favorite performance as Lou Bloom in Nightcrawler this year.

To wrap up my 4th year attending the Berlin Film Festival (aka Berlinale), I want to recap a few of my favorite films and favorite performances of the 2017 festival.

The guys talk over their favorites of Hoffman's many remarkable performances (see our full tribute to his 20 year career), his influence on the film and theater worlds, and how he will be remembered from here on out.

Like most other critics guilds, AAFCA will soon be convening to vote for its Ten Best films and favorite screen performances of the past year.

For several years, we've provided a platform to examine the best of the festival by surveying critics in attendance for their favorite films, performances and other accomplishments.

It has one of the strongest screenplays of the year but it's also colorful and lively, with strong voice performances across the board (although Phyllis Smith as Sadness is my favorite).

It features my single favorite male performance of the year in Michael Fassbender «s Brandon, a short - tempered, brittle husk of a man, simultaneously transparent and opaque, desperately searching for the next petit mort in a quest to stave off the deep pain he can't get away from.

Regardless of the criminal omissions by the Award types, Mads Mikkelsen's performance in «The Hunt» was my favorite of the year.

I think Rylance gave my single favorite male performance of the year in Bridge of Spies, so it stings a bit seeing him not win, but he's going to have a real chance at the Oscar and I doubt Isaac will even be considered for nomination, so this feels like a situation where I'm okay with how it ended up.

Rooney Mara gave my favorite female performance of the year, and she probably has the most raw screen time of any of the actresses in this category (being the absolute lead of the film will do that for you).

Last year, Prisoners was one of my favorite movies of the year thanks to the the awesome performances of the cast, especially by Jake Gyllenhaal.

It also includes my favorite Amy Adams performance of this year — a wonderfully low - key counterpart to her wilder, more calculating role in «American Hustle.»

And Mara is neck and neck with Saoirse Ronan for my favorite overall female performance of the year (and overall performance at all, really), so she got the nod over Stewart.

This isn't really an actor - driven movie, however, and Williams isn't given enough to do to make it plausible for her to register as anybody's single favorite supporting - female performance of the year.

No one is talking about this performance, and while it isn't my favorite of the year, it is one that I believe deserves more recognition than it got (and to be fair, I had mostly forgotten about it myself until seeing the nominations, so I'm part of the problem), so kudos to my colleagues for recognizing it and doing something about it.

The follow - up to one of the most charming family films of the last ten years is almost equally charming, featuring the return of everyone's favorite bear in an adventure that takes him behind bars and includes a wonderfully villainous performance from Hugh Grant.

Upset scenario: This year's Oscar acting favorites are all BIG performances, with plenty of EMOTING and SHOUTING and, yes, a little grandstanding.

That was my favorite female performance of the year.

What truly makes the character fascinating however is the voiceover performance from South Park co-creator Trey Parker; he has mentally never left the 80s, boasting his own curated selection of classic songs from the era's one - hit wonders (I'm not sure what it says about me that this animated feature has one of my favorite licensed soundtracks of the year), often grooving along to his evil doings.

We got a terrific performance in End of Watch, saw him pull off double duty with Enemy, gave my favorite performance of last year in Prisoners, and repeated with what will likely be my favorite performance as Lou Bloom in Nightcra...

April is National Poetry Month, and since I wrote a 5 - Minute Film Fest on poetry in general a few years ago, I thought I'd focus on my favorite style of performance poetry: spoken word.

Long considered one of America's favorite family sedans, the Honda Accord greets the 2015 model year with a familiar lineup consisting of LX, Sport, EX, and Touring trim levels, and power plants promising varying degrees of performance and efficiency.

Personally, my favorite aspect of the new C - Class is the styling, which moves from slightly apologetic to bold and a bit threatening on the Sport, clearly influenced by the tweaks AMG, Mercedes» in - house performance tuner, has made to its own models these past few years.