The expected strength of
the film is actor Aaron Pedersen, here featured as an understated murderer - rapist.
But the star of
the film is an actor called Jack Black, whom you might recognise from Tim Robbins's films Bob Roberts and Cradle Will Rock.
Not exact matches
A standout element of the
film, about supervillains recruited to go on nearly impossible government missions,
is its impressive cast, whose members blend so well into their respective roles that you may not even recognize some of the
actors.
This may
be the first time that DiCaprio
was genuinely free to
be the most energetic and commanding character in a
film, not left to share his spotlight with a veteran
actor in a flashier role.
Actors were laid off and fewer
films were produced initially, but the various players adapted, innovated and improved.
«As the
actor in the
film, you just have to step away and say, I don't know anything, really, and whether any of it
is true or false.
Actor Joel Edgerton («Warrior,» «Exodus,» «The Great Gatsby») wrote, directed and stars in the
film, which
is clearly reminiscent of similar thrillers like «Fear,» «Fatal Attraction» and even Michael Haneke's fantastic «Caché,» but gleefully twisted enough to distance itself from the pack.
As the
actor who redefined what it means to
be The Man in Hollywood with
films like «Pulp Fiction,» he simply put too much into the role, making the Octopus one of his least memorable characters to date.
The
film features a little - known cast whose biggest names
are the British
actors Mark Rylance and Simon Pegg.
Except that
's not working either — newly discovered emails that
were leaked as part of a hacking job on Sony last year show the company offered to pay $ 5 million for
actor Daniel Craig to use a Sony Xperia as part of the upcoming James Bond
film, Spectre.
Black Panther
is the first standalone
film to focus on the titular character, the superhero alias of King T'Challa of the fictional country Wakanda, portrayed by
actor Chadwick Boseman.
Whether Styles has the chops to make it as a
film actor is yet to
be seen, but given the confidence Nolan has in the singer - turned -
actor, Dunkirk
is as good a first chance to prove himself worthy as Styles could have hoped for.
Of course, there will always
be skeptics who claim Nolan cast the singer to help market his
film, but the truth of the matter
is, the director's
films have always contained concepts (like «Inception» and «Interstellar») or iconic figures (Batman and The Joker) who
are far bigger than any
actor who has appeared in them.
The British
actor was perhaps best remembered for his role as Severus Snape in the «Harry Potter»
films.
The
film boasts a shockingly good ensemble that allows typically dramatic
actors like Chiwetel Ejiofor a chance to
be funny and comedians such as Kristen Wiig and Donald Glover a chance to do their thing.
But this
is more frequently an issue for TV
actors, as shows have season deadlines that aren't always as forgiving as the ones for
films.
To add insult to injury, Wilson screened The Birth of a Nation — which glorifies the Ku Klux Klan and portrays
actors in blackface, among its other racist offenses — in the White House and subsequently praised the
film for
being «so terribly true.»
A note at the beginning of the
film states that all of the dog's barks have
been translated into English, which
is the reason
actors like Bryan Cranston, Jeff Goldblum, and Edward Norton
are voicing canines.
This
was the case recently when Amy Pascal, Sony's co-chairman and chief of its
film division, came under intense criticism for her remarks about President Barack Obama and less than flattering statements about high - profile
actors, including Angelina Jolie, Kevin Hart and Adam Sandler.
For years he held private screenings of the movie (it
's also
been shown at a few
film festivals), and there
was even a moment when he and Stern thought of remaking it with Hopper directing once more and a younger
actor in the lead.
It
's similar to the ways movie directors set up blue screens behind
actors so they can overlay scenery after they
film a scene.
In a recent interview with The Guardian,
actor Christopher Eccleston opened up about
filming «Thor: The Dark World,» and said it
was like a «gun in your mouth.»
«This
is an
actor playing an
actor in a
film that
's supposed to
be a documentary,» Schiller told Business Insider.
Reagan
was a well - known
actor before he became president, but he wasn't always watching his own
films in the White House theater — that
was only on special occasions like his birthday.
As the
film pushes in on the face of Jesse Eisenberg, the
actor playing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, one of the final captions before credits start rolling says Facebook «
is currently valued at 25 billion dollars.»
The line
was said by
actor Bill Murray in a famous scene in the 2003 Sofia Coppola
film Lost in Translation.
Though the Best
Actor category is often brutally crowded, Spall is likely one of the year's first legitimate Oscar contenders - and, the actor admitted at the same lunch, he's also a candidate for an unlikelier honor if the film catches on after Sony Pictures Classics releases it in Dece
Actor category
is often brutally crowded, Spall
is likely one of the year
's first legitimate Oscar contenders - and, the
actor admitted at the same lunch, he's also a candidate for an unlikelier honor if the film catches on after Sony Pictures Classics releases it in Dece
actor admitted at the same lunch, he
's also a candidate for an unlikelier honor if the
film catches on after Sony Pictures Classics releases it in December.
Actors were laid off and fewer
films were produced, but the industry of course recovered as it settled into a newly competitive paradigm.
Contrast that with the most profitable
actor, Kristen Stewart, whose movies (which have basically
been Twilight
films, so far) earn $ 55.83 for ever dollar she
's paid.
The discussion involved
films, of course, with one commenter suggesting that A-list
actors like Tom Cruise command huge salaries because they
're proven draws.
It
was probably the worst
film ever made and... But I had the second lead in it and an
actor named Scott Brady
was the lead.
It
's called «Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon» and it refers to the fact that pretty much any
actor or actress
is most likely just a few roles away (or less) from having worked with Bacon, who has starred in more than 80
films and TV shows.
It
's an odyssey that led
actor Leonardo DiCaprio to obtain the
film rights to Bushnell
's life for a possible movie starring DiCaprio in the lead role.
The latest news in the unfolding scandal embroiling
actor - director - writer Nate Parker
is that the Toronto International
Film Festival said it still plans to host the international premiere of Parker's already highly - lauded
film, The Birth of a Nation, next month.
12 Years a Slave The misleading poster by Italian
film distributor BIM Distribuzione featured the giant head of movie star Brad Pitt, who served only a supporting role in the
film, while the movie's lead
actor Chiwetel Ejiofor
was given a tiny spot at bottom right corner.
While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing
film, which features Marvel'
s first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black
actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «
s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.
This
film, shot in black - and - white and starring French
actor Jean Dujardin,
was released in fewer than 2,000 theaters.
The Artist, which
is set in the 1920s and tells the story of a silent era
film actor,
was actually mostly silent itself and employed subtitles — a fact that made the movie quite unique for its era, but may have also hurt ticket sales.
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.
A standout element of the
film is its impressive cast, whose members blend so well into their respective roles that you may not even recognize some of the
actors.
For Washington, the
film is a «very natural fit,» says Jeffrey Wright, the
actor Washington asked to play Charles Ogletree, the Harvard lawyer who represented Hill.
«This job
is working with interesting people and interesting
actors — I didn't feel like I needed to
be in another period drama, but this
was just a really interesting director who had done a really interesting
film,» says
actor @douglasbooth of the @tribeca
Film Festival
film «Mary Shelley.»
Actor John Travolta — best known as starring in
films such as Pulp Fiction and Grease — will
be among the numerous celebrity attendees, serving as a special guest speaker.
Set mostly in the fictional African nation of Wakanda, the
film boasts a director and primary star who
are both African - American men (director Ryan Coogler and
actor Chadwick Boseman), while the cast also features numerous other notable black stars, such as Oscar winners Lupita Nyong» o and Forest Whitaker as well as Angela Bassett and Michael B. Jordan.
Soon - to -
be actor Sara Ali Khan
was spotted during a look test for her upcoming
film at a Goregaon
film studio yesterday
A couple of years ago, the
film writer David Thomson, a great fan of Hoffman, suggested the
actor was not stretching himself.
Joy Reid
is a «homophobe» and a «liar» while MSNBC
is «allowing her try to weasel her way out of this situation using ridiculous lies,» charged Michael Lucas, a gay pornographic
film actor and director.
Anton Yelchin, a rising
actor best known for playing Chekov in the new «Star Trek»
films,
was killed by his own car as it rolled down his driveway early Sunday, police and his publicist said.
For example, Gary Oldman's portrayal of Winston Churchill in «Darkest Hour» may have earned him the Best
Actor statuette, but the
film itself
was only the 51st highest - grossing release of 2017.
The
film depicts all of this with the lead
actor being Scientologist Tom Cruise.