Sentences with phrase «female roles in film»

She must have confused him with someone else, for the final extra pretty well sums up the worth of the female roles in this film: «Action Overload,» which edits together all the bartenders» dance sequences — «the hottest moments from the movie,» according to the disc box — into one MTV - ready reel.

Since then Ashley has been taking over the action genre with strong female roles in films like «The Day» and recently in «The Marine 3: Homefront».

Cast members that can clearly be seen in the picture include Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Mark Hamill, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Harrison Ford, Peter Mayhew and newcomer Daisy Ridley, who snagged the lead female role in the film.

Not exact matches

Here are just a few: Jordan Peele became the first African American to win the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Get Out, and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water won for Best Picture — a film featuring a female actor in the lead role hasn't won the category since Million Dollar Baby in 2004.

And only 32 % of films featured 10 or more female characters in speaking roles (compared to 79 % with 10 or more such male roles).

Omitting these female roles would leave us with nothing but males fighting males in an all - male film.

Rarely are female leads given anything of substance to do in action films, so I applaud Besson for writing this role for a woman.

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On the Female Actor side is Kristen Wiig's soap parody, The Spoils Before Dying is going up against Nicole Kidman's film - to - TV flop Grace of Monaco and Susan Sarandon's supporting role in The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe.

The film accolades continued with a 2014 Screen Actor's Guild nomination for Judi Dench for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role and 2014 Golden Globe ® nominations for Judi Dench for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope for Best Screenplay — Motion Picture, and Best Motion Picture — Drama.

Previously, it was reported that Jane the Virgin «s Gina Rodriguez, Orphan Black «s Tatiana Maslany and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl «s Olivia Cooke were on the shortlist for one of the female leads in Johnson's Star Wars film, but now it appears that Mbatha - Raw is also in contention for this role.

Last night, Saoirse praised Jennifer Lawrence for writing her «wage gap» essay and for criticising double standards in the film industry, and she spoke of the frustration she feels with regard to the lack of strong female roles.

Casting agents on the film are reportedly currently looking for a female in her twenties for a lead role in the Jon Watts directed film.

Granted, Hollywood still has a problem of creating substantive female lead roles in films it wants to release in more than nine theaters, but at least this is something of progress.

It was the first time since 1958 films with female actors in lead roles topped North America's box office, according to the Guardian.

Talking to PeopleTV, Clark Gregg says that he's having «a blast» filming Captain Marvel before talking about how proud he is to work on the first MCU movie with a female superhero in the title role.

As a female filmmaker myself, I can certainly see the need for more women role models in the film industry.

Other notable films featuring Weisz are Enemy at the Gates, About a Boy, Constantine, The Fountain and The Constant Gardener, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.

In order to build on the relative balance between men and female in film editing, Lizzie Francke believes that there needs to be more female role models coming througIn order to build on the relative balance between men and female in film editing, Lizzie Francke believes that there needs to be more female role models coming througin film editing, Lizzie Francke believes that there needs to be more female role models coming through.

TIFF on the need for female film critics The Guardian The Rock reveals he was turned down for the role of Jack Reacher in favor of Tom Cruise.

While her backstory and role in the comics is far from fascinating, slapping the moniker «Monica Lynne» on a female protagonist in the film would allow the filmmakers the ability to make her whomever they wanted.

Certainly it isn't because it's a fitting ending to the journey of Bilbo, as he's not even involved in the majority of this film, instead taking a back seat to a host of characters that are either greatly beefed up from their small supporting roles in the original Tolkien work, or, as in the case of lovelorn wood elf Tauriel (Lilly, The Long Weekend) and handsome dwarf Kili (Turner, The Mortal Instruments), complete fabrications injected to put in a love story for, presumably, the young female set.

Both Scott Lang (played by Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) are confirmed as reprising their role, and Marvel made it a point to say it's their first film with a female character named in the title.

The Artist may have continued to build credibility as a genuine Oscar ® candidate as it scored nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, but The Help took the most nomination by a single film with four [Viola Davis nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role; Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role; The Help nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture].

Radiant redhead: Karen recently took the lead female role in the remake of the classic Jumanji film, joining Dwayne Johnson and Jack Black

Hollywood in 2013, has answered the call for more dynamic female roles, and there is no film more reflective of that than this one.

Partly because of the role she's rumoured to be taking on (scroll down for details), and partly because she's the only new major female character in the film.

We had previously ourselves reported that New Regency had been looking at multiple female roles in Assassin's Creed, which could mean that Alicia might be playing a fellow assassin in the film as the studio was seeking out stunt people.

Chronicles of Hari — Indian film about an actor who specializes in female roles on stage.

Under the jury president, Jane Campion, the best films so far in main competition here have revolved around female characters — complex, imperfect, beautifully drawn these leading roles offer up a counter to the majority of films that get paid attention to here in the US, on the festival and awards circuit leading up to the Oscars.

Parris was great in that conniving - yet - textured role, but the film's female lead Tessa Thompson sucked up most of the attention (granted, deservedly so).

The trend continues after Marky Mark, as the list is mainly comprised of actors who've starred in uber - lucrative franchises or big - budget superhero movies, films for which there are conspicuously few female roles.

Coogler also notes the tenderness and sweetness of Rocky and Adrien's relationship in the first film and revives that, too, with Jordan and newcomer Tessa Thompson (in a well - written supporting female role, for a change).

The evolution of females in the MCU from supporting characters to the forefront of the films has certainly served «Black Panther» breakout Gurira, known for her fan favorite role as warrior woman Michonne on AMC's «The Walking Dead» and one of the newest members of the MCU.

Despite the contemporary setting for the film — it's described in the official festival program as «A Big Chill for our current social media moment» — its depiction of gender roles are a few further decades behind still, with female characters assuming domestic roles as an excuse to steal away and talk about men and destiny.

THR does leave themselves some wiggle room by saying that the film is «understood» to feature a reporter played by Ben Platt who blows the case wide open, so I suppose there's technically a chance that there was some miscommunication somewhere along the line and the film could actually be featuring a female journalist in that role.

Davies» films have always supplied strong female roles (think Gena Rowlands in «The Neon Bible,» Gillian Anderson in «The House of Mirth» and Rachel Weisz in «The Deep Blue Sea») and this story, which followed an ordinary farm girl in the 1910s with a dream of being a teacher, who begins to assert her independence in the face of cruelties dealt by people ranging from her abusive father (Peter Mullan) to the initially sweet young man (Kevin Guthrie) who falls in love with her marries her, only to come back from the horrors of World War I irrevocably changed.

It was also exciting to see female characters represented in such prominent roles, especially since the film is set less then a decade after women were granted the right to vote.

It also gestures to another way in which the film has been presented: That it is a win for diverse casting, because it's a predominantly female cast with two actresses of color, Tessa Thompson as a physicist named Josie Radek and Gina Rodriguez as a medic named Anya Thorensen, in prominent roles.

For over two decades, Olivier Assayas has provided complex, multi-dimensional roles for women, from Clotilde de Bayser in Winter's Child (1989) and Maggie Cheung in Irma Vep (1996) to Connie Nielsen in Demonlover (2002) and Juliette Binoche in Summer Hours (2008); the female lead in an Assayas film requires an actress of international standing at the top of her game.

Naomie Harris and Berenice Marlohe play two very different female characters in director Sam Mendes» entry in the franchise, but both actresses are aware of how the female role in the Bond films has changed over the years.

Zeta - Jones landed the lead female role in the 2005 sequel of the 1998 film, The Legend of Zorro.

We previously reported that Jolie was in talks to take a small role in the film, but Deadline says there are rumors that she might take on the female lead (though they do note that her involvement is «less solidified»).

On Wednesday, Stone was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role for her role in the film.

Tessa Thompson, who will play the role of Valkyrie in the upcoming Marvel superhero film Thor: Ragnarok, says she approached Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige with a group of other female Marvel Cinematic Universe superheroes and asked whether there is a possibility of an all - female superhero film.

«The To Do List» may not be a film of great substance, but this comedy about a young girl's strange, semi-erotic journey from untouched maiden to minx accomplishes something both rare and significant for a teen movie: it places a female character in the central role as unapologetic sexual aggressor.

Apparently a huge fan of English TV star Miranda Hart (an unknown in the USA), Feig gives her a funny and meaty role, and she almost steals the film from McCarthy at times; they're like a kind of female Laurel and Hardy.

After all, this film about fighting male and female twins (both played by Sandler) is exactly the kind of film Sandler made fun of himself for in his last serious role in Funny People.

The film, following «a world famous, hard - drinking actor [who] is forced to drive across country with his estranged son,» seeks male and female actors ages 25 — 65 for background roles in a Hollywood red carpet scene.

The radiant redhead recently took the lead female role in the remake of the classic Jumanji film, joining Nick Jonas, Kevin Hart and Jack Black.