Sentences with phrase «flashy performance of»

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.

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Reputable brands have been around for years, have loyal followings, don't rely on flashy marketing and claims, and have excellent reviews about the performance of their products.

Even the flashy, linen - suited Finbar (Risteard Cooper)-- a local fella - done - good — gives an absorbing and oddly matter - of - fact performance as it appears he is one of the truest, and most distressed, believers in what he dismisses as «old cod».

«World War Z» is packed with a lot of talented actors in small supporting roles (including James Badge Dale, David Morse and Peter Capaldi), but it's essentially the Brad Pitt Show, and he's one of the few guys who can pull off such a star - centric performance without making it feel flashy.

The documentary variously consists of archival performance footage, home movies, photographs, pointlessly flashy graphics, and many, many talking heads.

Thanks to the performance of Michelle Williams, opposite the flashier, more contrived flourishes of Ryan Gosling, the...

Thanks to the performance of Michelle Williams, opposite the flashier, more contrived flourishes of Ryan Gosling, the results were worth seeing.

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.

Neither of these performances are the flashiest you'll see this year but they're certainly deserving of recognition, if for no other reason than they're marks of exceptional maturity for both actresses.

Chiwetel Ejiofor is another standout actor of the year who conveys so much emotion and range without it being a flashy or showy performance.

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.

She'll have some other Lead performances vying for Oscar's attention, but this seems like the bait and flashy sort of supporting turn that the Academy loves to give a prize to.

Black Panther doesn't quite have an actor who fits that profile (Forest Whitaker comes closest, but his role within the film is probably too minor, while Lupita Nyong» o's role might be too quiet to attract Academy voters), but it does have an up - and - coming movie star, in a major supporting role, who gives the kind of flashy - but - deep performance that actors love.

Hill has the flashier part as the egomaniacal wild card Efraim, and although it's not as great as his performance in the likeminded «The Wolf of Wall Street,» he's such a magnetic presence that it explains how someone like David could be charmed so easily.

Jared Leto's reinvention of The Joker is flashy and fun, but he isn't on screen enough to really make an impact or deliver a full performance arc.

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

Carell's flashy, ostentatious performance is just the sort of thing Academy voters fawn over, and while his positioning in the lead category isn't as patently insane as Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs, it's still a clear supporting role that ended up pushing out actors like Ralph Fiennes and David Oyelowo, both of whom were the actual leads of their respective films.

Carell's flashy, ostentatious performance is just the sort of thing Academy voters fawn over, and while his positioning in the lead category isn't as patently insane as Anthony Hopkins in

Miller gets to play the flashy role of a flamboyantly gay character inhabiting a time period where this was not a popular thing (the film appears to take place in Pittsburgh sometime in the 80's, though a specific time is never hammered down), and handles it well, but it's Watson in particular who needed a grand performance in his first major role of her post Potter career.

It's arguably the least flashy of the performances on this list, but that was sort of the point.

Under its 5 - foot hood, however, is a flashy version of an engine scheduled to eventually power other large sedans and performance cars.

You don't have to worry about depreciation on this lively Performance Vehicle!!!! ** This flashy Camaro would look so much better out doing all the stuff you need it to, instead of sitting here unutilized on our lot ** All smiles!!!

Among the new vehicles dealers saw for the first time was a flashy sports coupe called the Avenger; a new Honda Accord - sized compact sedan named the Stratus; a hardtop version of the Viper sports car; a two - door Neon sports coupe with a high performance engine; and one vehicle that had dealers nearly transfixed.

Interesting features of this model are Supercar performance, flashy looks, racing - derived equipment (Z06), and lots of sports - car bang for the buck * Money - Back Guarantee is valid for 5 days or 250 miles, whichever comes first.

Although the 2017 Highlander doesn't offer anything too flashy, it's still a fine competitor and stacks up well in terms of performance and fuel efficiency.

The Civic Si has never been the flashiest car, and has been overshadowed in recent years by an influx of new, affordable performance cars.

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.

The compact Velocity Micro Edge Z55 ($ 4,299, as tested) eschews a flashy paint job and lighting scheme for stellar performance at a lower price than most systems of its ilk.

Some of the most popular custom ROMs include CyanogenMod, which focuses on maximizing performance over flashy looks, but does let you choose themes.

Microsoft is always flashy in their presentation and awes people with fleshly lights and stage performances but that's because they're Microsoft, masters of marketing, which is all they're really good at, everything else is smoke and mirrors, but at the end if the day, literally, everyone says essentially «alright that was fun but let's get down to business as its PlayStation time.»

In 1998, the Los Angeles — based artist produced the first objects of his ongoing «Record Projection» series, a group of small, flashy assemblages crafted from colorful, mass - produced plastic forms — drinking straws, dish scrubbers, stick - on bows, hair rollers, and poker visors, for example — attached to vinyl records that, when set atop spinning turntables, become animated instruments in Williams's expanded cinema — like performances.