Sentences with phrase «first starring performance»

Dean's first starring performance was guided by the capable hands of director Elia Kazan, who had been looking for the right actor to play the role of Cal Trask in John Steinbeck's East of Eden (1955).

And it's fascinating the way that Buscemi — in his first starring performance for the Coens after three consecutive bit parts — so often operates as our interlocutor in the film: the «sane» one despite his criminality, untouched by the weirdness of «Minnesota Nice,» who merely wants everything to go as planned, and who bit by bit comes violently unglued as it doesn't.

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Oliver Bjorkstrand potted both of the Jackets» goals Tuesday night (1:16 apart in the third period), recording the third multi-goal game of his career, and earning first - star honors for the performance.

The Arsenal and England international star Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain may not have had a very good season so far and he still needs to show us a lot more to secure more regular first team football, but after an impressive performance in the centre of midfield against Sunderland in the FA cup, I reckon he should start against Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday.

Arsenal had only scored five goals in their first five games, but they doubled that to ten with an outstanding performance at the King Power Stadium, and the star of the show was our Duracell Bunny — Alexis Sanchez.

I have definitely been happy with what I have seen from the Arsenal and Switzerland international star Granit Xhaka so far at Euro 2016, after the central midfielder followed his Man of the Match performance in the first game with another performance of real class in his second match against Romania yesterday.

Well it might have been a struggle for his national side in general, but at least the Arsenal and Switzerland international midfield star Granit Xhaka put on a strong performance in his first game of the Euro 2016 tournament and that is good news for the Arsenal fans keen to see what Arsene Wenger has added to the Arsenal squad with his first transfer of the summer.

He signed a one - year deal to return to New England in 2013 and had a star performance, recording four interceptions in 13 games while being named to his first Pro Bowl team.

Looks to be a great signing for the club and has helped ease the pressure of losing so many first team stars this summer with another fine performance on the wing.

His buddies enjoyed watching his first - star performance.

The young Ajax star made it into Louis Van Gaal's squad for the finals following his first full season with the Dutch champions, and his performances in the Eredivise have caught the attentions of the Premier League giants.

The young winger Alex Iwobi started this season as the breakthrough star from the Arsenal Academy, and was a regular starter in the first half of the season, but although he had some excellent performances he didn't really follow that up with actually putting the ball in the back of the net very often, and he was finally squeezed out of the First team squad in the last couple of months and relegated back to the U23 reserve first half of the season, but although he had some excellent performances he didn't really follow that up with actually putting the ball in the back of the net very often, and he was finally squeezed out of the First team squad in the last couple of months and relegated back to the U23 reserve First team squad in the last couple of months and relegated back to the U23 reserve side.

A scintillating first half with three goals was followed by a controlled and battling performance in the second half, so the Arsenal stars at both ends of the pitch were left feeling much better about the chances of challenging for the title this season.

Having watched Man City younger Phil Foden turn in a star performance in the Manchester derby friendly last week, Neville quipped that the 17 - year - old was at the wrong Manchester club if he wanted the chance for regular first - team...

In a stunning performance that saw Arsene Wenger's side score all three goals within the first 20 minutes of the game, our star players rose to the occasion, with Mesut Ozil scoring one and creating another for Alexis Sanchez who netted a brace.

United's performance was a world apart from the sluggish display which marked the first game under Moyes last summer — a 1 - 0 defeat against a Singh All - Star XI in Bangkok — but Van Gaal's team was much stronger, with only Welbeck and Jonny Evans starting both games.

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The beloved Legislative Revue performance, held every other year at Queens Theatre in the Park and starring the borough's elected officials, has been postponed from Nov. 20, much to the disappointment of its organizers and those who planned to participate.The off - beat musical comedy has been a centerpiece of the nonprofit's fund - raising calendar since 1997, when Jeffrey Rosenstock, the theater's executive director, created and first produced the show.

A few days after first going online, the telescope already showed performance on par with the the best results ever obtained in the search for the farthest stars and galaxies.

Though subsequent performances in Better Than Sex (2000) and Russian Doll (2001) earned Wenham even more critical acclaim overseas, it was his role as a transvestite playwright in director Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge that gave the rising star his first true taste of international success.

For 1956's Hollywood or Bust, Tashlin was again in the director's seat, but the movie was the team's last; after Martin and Lewis» relationship soured to the point where they were no longer even speaking to one another, they announced their breakup following the conclusion of their July 25, 1956, performance at the Copacabana, which celebrated to the day the tenth anniversary of their first show.Working again as a solo performer, Lewis also served as producer on his first post-Martin star vehicle, 1957's The Delicate Delinquent.

Benjamin Walker stars in his first feature, having earned the role in part due to his Broadway performance as another president, Andrew Jackson, in the musical Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson.

Starring Saoirse Ronan in a career - defining role (even more so than her first Academy Award - nominated performance in 2007's Atonement), it may just be among the finer historical period pieces in recent memory.

It has a hurtling pace, nonstop intensity and a stylish, appealing performance by Will Smith in his first real starring role.

It stars Day - Lewis in his first role since Steven Spielberg's Lincoln in 2012 and supposedly his last performance before he retires.

Of the world premieres, the major gets for Toronto include Freeheld, Peter Sollett's LGBT drama starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page; Stonewall, Roland Emmerich's drama about the birth of the gay rights movement; Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van, which is rumored to feature an awards - worthy performance from Maggie Smith; Jay Roach's film Trumbo, starring Bryan Cranston as the famed Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted in the 1940s; Terence Davies's anticipated follow - up to The Deep Blue Sea, Sunset Song; Charlie Kaufman's first stop - motion film, Anomalisa; and Eye in the Sky, Gavin Hood's thriller about piloted aircraft warfare, starring Aaron Paul and Helen Mirren.

They're flanked by returning stars Ike Barinholtz, Carla Gallo, and the real star of Neighbors, Rose Byrne, who turned in an absolutely scene - stealing performance in the first film.

Donnie Yen and Alan Tudyk's performances help smooth out Rogue One's rough spots, but can't fully salvage the first Star Wars standalone film.

But there are so many excellent performances that you're carried along: Lucas Hedges as her sweet first boyfriend, whose grandmother lives in Christine's dream house on the right side of the tracks (class and money are major themes, though always in a minor key); Timothée Chalamet (star of Call Me By Your Name) as her super-cool, careless second one (pictured above).

Lauren and Christopher adapted The Strange Ones into their first feature film of the same name, starring James Freedson - Jackson and Alex Pettyfer, which world premiered to critical acclaim at the SXSW Film Festival in 2017, receiving the Jury Award for Best Breakthrough Performance.

«Jerry Maguire» (1996) Cruise may have given better acting performances, but he's never shone as much as a movie star as he did in his first collaboration with Cameron Crowe, «Jerry Maguire.»

First, the dramatic elements are well made, with some very good performances (particularly by Luke and a very menacing portrayal of a meddling father by country star, Tim McGraw), but all too often things veer into schmaltzy melodrama.

It's also Herzog's first collaboration with madman and meglomaniac star Klaus Kinski, who delivered the most expressive performances that visionary director Werner Herzog ever put to film.

It also welcomed its first - ever transgender presenter, Daniela Vega (the star of A Fantastic Woman, which won Best Foreign Language Film), to introduce Sufjan Stevens» performance of Call Me By Your Name's «Mystery of Love.»

That's a small sampling, and there are more waitng in the wings for Monday, when the festival will hold its first screenings of Guillermo del Toro's «The Shape of Water,» which contains an acclaimed performance from Sally Hawkins»; Andy Serkis» «Breathe,» featuring Claire Foy; and «Unicorn Store,» directed by and starring Brie Larson.

I was blown away by her performance in First Girl I Loved and then seeing her less than a month later in Deadpool, I knew that she was destined to become a bigger star.

The first, by James Whale from 1936 is a nuanced portrait of a racially complex society, with dignified performances from its minority characters (including the electrifying Paul Robeson) which is turned into a much simplified musical starring Howard Keel and directed by George Sydney.

Best Bear Attack: The Revenant Best Mosasaur Attack: Jurassic World Best Blind, Flamethrowing Guitar Player: Mad Max: Fury Road The Winklevi Award for Excellence in Playing Twins: Tom Hardy, Legend Worst Romantic Chemistry: Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, 50 Shades of Grey (Runner - up: Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Secret in their Eyes)(Honorable Mentions: Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending; Chris Hemsworth and Tang Wei, Blackhat) Best Fake Soap Opera: Joy Best Fake Magazine: Trainwreck («S'Nuff») The Gay Panic Award: Get Hard (Runner - up: The D Train) Best Alec Guinness Impression: Max von Sydow, Star Wars: The Force Awakens Worst Liam Neeson Impression: Sean Penn, The Gunman Best Turn - of - the - Century Reference to The Atlantic: Crimson Peak The Unbroken Award for a Portrait of Endurance that Gradually Becomes an Exercise in Endurance: The Revenant Best Use of «Smells Like Teen Spirit»: Pan Best Use of «Freebird»: Kingsman: The Secret Service Best Use of «Girls Just Want To Have Fun»: Anomalisa Least Convincing Hacker: Chris Hemsworth, Blackhat Least Responsible First Responder: Dwayne Johnson, San Andreas Person You'd Least Want in Charge of National Intelligence: Andrew Scott (Sherlock's Moriarty), Spectre Most Comprehensive Annihilation of an Intended Franchise: Josh Trank, Fantastic Four Best Driver: Ben Kingsley, Learning to Drive (Runner - up: Robert DeNiro, The Intern) Worst Total Box Office: Confession of a Child of the Century, $ 74 (Runner - up: Paranoid Girls, $ 78) Most Disturbing Sex Scenes (Human Category): Love Most Disturbing Sex Scenes (Puppet Category): Anomalisa Best Performance Playing a Character Named «Toussaint»: Jimmy Jean - Louis, Joy (Runner - up: Fabrice Adde, The Revenant) The «Marry Me and I'll Buy You a Piano» Award: Far from the Madding Crowd The «That Was Beautiful; What Happened?»

We've got our first look at Meryl Streep in what will presumably be her next Oscar - nominated role as a hard - rocking front - woman in director Jonathan Demme and screenwriter Diablo Cody's upcoming comedy Ricki and the Flash... In a film loaded with music and live performance, Streep stars as Ricki, a guitar heroine who gave up everything -LSB-...]

It stars Dustin Hoffman (74) as a weary gangster, his first lead role in a television series (he won an Emmy in 1986 for his performance as Willy Loman in a television adaptation of Death of a Salesman), Nick Nolte (70) as a trainer for whom the word grizzled appears to have been created and eye - catching supporting roles for Michael Gambon (71) and Dennis Farina (67).

Stay away from this garbage and hope that our last great action star returns with a performance featuring more character and that trademark smirk that made him a household name earlier in his career and first brought him into the spotlight.

Patti Cakes A canny mix of slickness and grit, this exuberant hip - hop fairy tale from first - time writer - director Geremy Jasper stars Australian actress Danielle Macdonald in a sensational performance as a twentysomething aspiring rapper from New Jersey.

THE PUNISHER (Grade: C --RRB-: This low - budget film version of the aptly named Marvel Comic — about a vigilante hero with no super powers out to avenge the murder of his entire extended family by a gangster — has some terrific non-digital stunts and an intense lead performance from first - time star Tom Jane.

Stephan James (in his first starring role following appearances in «Selma» and «When the Game Stands Tall») gives a breakout performance as Owens, who attended The Ohio State University in the early 1930s and became a champion under demanding coach Larry Snyder (a rare «dramatic» role for «SNL» vet Jason Sudeikis).

Despite first appearing in a film role in 1981, it was another 20 years before he become well known internationally, thanks to his performance as louche, washed - up rock star Billy Mack in his first collaboration with Richard Curtis.

Summary: Stay away from this garbage and hope that our last great action star returns with a performance featuring more character and that trademark smirk that made him a household name earlier in his career and first brought him into the spotlight.

Elizabeth Olsen, I Saw the Light — Star Tom Hiddleston garnered most of the early press for his transformation into country «n» western legend Hank Williams, a performance he nails, but coming out of TIFF, much of the praise also went to Olsen in the role of Williams» first wife Audrey.

While Glenn Close was barely recognizable in a brief, highly CGI'd performance in the video - game inspired sword and sorcery film «Warcraft,» her contemporaries Susan Sarandon, Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren, Sally Field, and Meryl Streep have had starring roles in first - rate independent films this year.

Ellen DeGeneres» star - studded selfie, Lupita Nyong «o's tearful acceptance speech, Bette Midler's first - ever Oscars performance: See...

Also starring John C. Reilly sporting an epic beard and Katie Holmes in her first movie in years, the movie has plenty of talent surrounding it and early word is that Kline has another magnificent; y quirky performance to tack onto his resume.