Sentences with phrase «first dramatic turn»

Rowan Rewind Before his first dramatic turn as Maigret, Rowan Atkinson was known best for his comedic talents on series like Mr. Bean and Blackadder.

This is McKay's first dramatic turn after directing broad comedies like Anchorman, and The Other Guys, and he handles the change well, infusing the film with much needed levity when needed.

Not exact matches

From the first magazine published in 1741, to the first billboards in the late 1800s, the art of getting the public's attention and turning it into sales has gone through a dramatic evolution over the past few hundred years.

Sometimes the first act of commitment is more dramatic than any others which follow, and the believer looks back to it in gratitude as a turning point in his life.

Then, when I was 18, God intervened in my life, the first of two dramatic turning points.

After some dramatic results in Europe, it was our turn in europa league & we also had a 3 goal lead from the first leg like all the other dramatic fixtures.

Born February 17th, 1954, former model Rene Russo's first dramatic role of note was on the 1987 TV series Sable, in which she played Eden Kendall, the literary agent to a children's author - turned - crimefighter.

Hammer landed two of his first major roles at polar opposite ends of the dramatic spectrum: one playing the young Christian evangelical minister Billy Graham in actor - turned - director Robby Benson's chronicle of Graham's early life, Billy: The Early Years (2008), and another playing the son of Satan on the small screen fantasy adventure series Reaper.

Entertaining and light in its first two episodes, Trust turns more dramatic with higher stakes in episode three as a cold - blooded mafia killer enters the picture.

... But through the first half of Season 3, there's just the sense that the show could use a shake - up — some dramatic turns to keep its core dynamics interesting.

He switched gears a few times with little success, turning to romantic drama in At First Sight and to science fiction in Red Planet, but neither fit his dramatic intensity.

By all accounts, this new project represents something of a turn for Cohen, giving him what's likely to be his first dramatic leading role.

At first, he simply wants to avoid going back to his life as a thief, but he discovers a more dramatic lifestyle once he meets Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and is given a chance to don a suit that will turn him into a superhero with the uncanny ability to shrink in size while managing to actually increase his physical strength.

At O. Perry Walker College and Career Preparatory High School, one of the first charters to open after Katrina, the mostly African - American student body has turned in dramatic gains in achievement.

Audi might not have invented the concept of the «four - door coupe», but with the first generation A7 Sportback it certainly ran with it, turning out a dramatic fastback shape that managed to take Audi's otherwise restrained and often samey styling and give it a new personality.

Hopkinson's lively writing turns this historical event into a dramatic tale, beginning with a young boy's first experience with injustice when he is nearly expelled from a Virginia school for hanging a portrait of Abraham Lincoln in the classroom...

The dramatic search for survivors turns into a televised media event - the first, Greene argues, of a very modern phenomenon.

Dramatic at first, no doubt, but they need to occur more naturally during gameplay, requiring less effort from players to activate, which in turn would perhaps make them easier to use in a tactical manner.

Upon starting the game you are led by on - screen instructions, which introduce you to the basic controls and actions, a dream section later turns into a movie - like sequence where Riddick makes his first steps into the dangerous prison environment of Butcher Bay, accompanied by dramatic music and opening credits.

Turn 10 Studios and Playground Games debuted the first gameplay of «Forza Horizon 2,» highlighting its massive, wide - open world featuring dramatic weather and day - to - night cycles, all in beautiful 1080p resolution on Xbox One.

New Pontiff, New Pavilion — In a turn of events slightly less dramatic than the whole Benedict thing yet surprising nonetheless, the Vatican has confirmed that it will be participating in this year's Venice Biennale — the first time in the independent state's 84 - year history that it has had a pavilion at the art event.