Sentences with phrase «flashy performance»

We are instead given a number of impressive, but token flashy performances by veteran actors in tough guy bit parts (Pete Postlethwaite and Chris Cooper as irredeemable lifelong criminals) and newcomers in «dramatic stretches» (The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner who is good (again) but not as great as the star - makers would have you believe, and most notably, Blake Lively, excellent as a drug - addled neighborhood floozy).

Actor - director - playwright Laura Anne Harris takes a look at five of the year's best performances that deserve more attention: Rachel Weisz in The Lobster, Mahershala Ali and Andre Holland in Moonlight Margarite Breitkreiz in Marija and Rebecca Hall in Christine During Awards season, flashy performances tend to get all the praise.

The Big Short had flashier performances from the entire ensemble and much better writing.

The only fun to be had was in the campy, flashy performance of Jude Law, as an evil usurper, who combined casual physical elegance with the facial expressions of a man coming apart.

Bold graphics, expressive sheet metal, big wheels, aero extras and more all play a part, and naturally, most of these choices check in with flashy performance numbers and upscale cabins, too.

But across the board, even in local groups where corrections are still very much a part of training, I do see an increased emphasis on finding ways to make sure that the dog is motivated and having fun — especially among competition trainers, since happy, confident dogs tend to give flashier performances.

This gives the large and mostly impressive cast a lot to work with, something that proves crucial to the movie's success as director John Wells seems committed to flashy performances and comical explosions above all else.

If the Critics go for a left field choice, they might nominate Molly Shannon in the supporting race for what is probably the flashiest performance on the show.

Lyle Kessler's 1985 play «Orphans,» making its Broadway debut starring Alec Baldwin, remains a tiresome mix of pilfered Pinter and stolen Shepard enlivened by flashy performances.

It's by no means a flashy performance, but it's the backbone of the film.

Lily Gladstone, «Certain Women» (IFC Films) Academy voters who tend to fall for huge, flashy performances should study Gladstone's work in «Certain Women.»