Most of the positivity surrounding that film was slightly overshadowed by Matthew McConaughey's renewed invigoration
for dramatic acting (or the start of the McConaussance as it came to be known) while the likes of Cranston and Leguizamo filled in as support.
The co-stars shared the Special Jury Prize
for Dramatic Acting at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013.
Not exact matches
«SIFMA's proposed departure from the Advisers
Act is
dramatic,» added Knut A. Rostad, president of the Institute
for the Fiduciary Standard.
Driver and company also interpreted worship in
dramatic terms, noting that Christian worship arises out of an impulse to
act together, «to do something which either changes the relationship to the Divine or express it» Finally, there was a need, again arising out of the religious drama movement,
for material that was appropriate
for production in church.
What is needed
for dramatic change is an accumulation of
acts, adding, adding to, adding more, continuing.
A very interesting paper by Bowman L. Clarke, «Whitehead's Cosmology and the Christian Drama,» Journal of Religion 39 (1959), 162 - 69, begins with an analysis of St. Peter's Sermon in
Acts 2 and uses it to show a Christian
dramatic pattern in four
acts to illustrate what Whitehead may have been generalizing in four stages of creativity, to which he applies the term «the particular providence
for particular occasions» (PR 532).
Which is where I attended The New York Conservatory
for Dramatic Arts - The School
for Film and Television
for 2 years, studying on camera
acting.
Veteran Mark Crossley decided to get in on the
act and give Sheffield Wednesday fans an earlier Christmas present when he scored a
dramatic late equaliser
for Sheffield Wednesday in a 3 - 3 draw with Southampton at Hillsborough in 2006.
Alexander Van der Bellen has been sworn in as Austria's president, the last
act of a
dramatic race
for the position won by the left - leaning economics professor after a repeat vote.
The flyby also put Cassini on course
for its
dramatic last
act, known as the Grand Finale.
Interestingly,
dramatic acts in the name of religion, such as being pierced by hooks and swung from a crane didn't send the strongest messages — instead, the connection was strongest
for the simple
act of regular worship.
Lister - Jones is also generous enough an auteur to allow
for memorable moments from others, whether it's hilarious bits from the likes of Retta (as Anna and Ben's unlucky marriage counselor), Brooklyn Decker, and Jamie Chung; the escalating weirdness of Armisen (who was, of course, a seasoned indie - band drummer before he turned to
acting and comedy); or a knockout
dramatic scene between Pally and the great comedian Susie Essman as Ben's mother, who provides some invaluable advice.
Farrell moved into television with ease, appearing on virtually every major
dramatic weekly series and ultimately winning an Emmy
for her work on the two - part Ben Casey episode of 1963, «A Cardinal
Act of Mercy.»
Synopsis: Audience Award: World Cinema
Dramatic and World Cinema
Dramatic Special Jury Award
for Acting Vicky Hernandéz and Manolo Cruz Sun.
Utterly convincing as a woman choosing between the life she knows and the one she wants, she and Márdila duly shared the World Cinema
Dramatic Special Jury Award
For Acting at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
Dissatisfied with a mere taste of the theatrical arts and eager to extend
acting into a full - time passion, Eigenberg subsequently moved to New York and attended the American Academy of
Dramatic Arts, working odd jobs on the side (construction et al.) to put himself through school.Scattered roles followed, including a guest appearance on The Cosby Show and a bit part in the awful 1989 generation - gap comedy Rude Awakening (co-starring Cheech Marin and Eric Roberts), but Sex and the City (which Eigenberg auditioned
for out of innumerable hopefuls) represented the actor's first huge break.
Yeah, it's well made and well
acted, but everything about it is forced and not really edge - of - seat
dramatic for me.
Kemp launched into print modeling as well, appearing in a widely seen campaign
for The Gap, then segued into
acting with parts in Stephen Sommers» Victorian - era supernatural thriller Van Helsing (2004) and Renny Harlin's lurid psychological thriller Mindhunters (2005), opposite Val Kilmer and LL Cool J. Kemp deftly merged his ballroom finesse and his
dramatic evocations with prominent billing in Jon M. Chu's dance - themed urban drama Step Up 2 the Streets (2008); he played Blake Collins, the proprietor of a dance school who finds his chief proclivity — an utter contempt
for street dancing — upstaged by the arrival of a brash and talented young newcomer at his school.
A U.S.
Dramatic Special Jury Award
for Achievement in
Acting was presented to: Benjamin Dickey,
for Blaze (Director: Ethan Hawke, Screenwriters: Ethan Hawke, Sybil Rosen, Producers: Jake Seal, John Sloss, Ryan Hawke, Ethan Hawke)-- A reimagining of the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw Music movement; he gave up paradise
for the sake of a song.
For example, in «Before Sunrise» and «Before Sunset,» every conversation was made
dramatic by our wondering if the two characters were going to fall in love, and admit it, and
act on that.
John Logan, screenwriter
for Gladiator, provides some good moments of
dramatic tension, even if Shinzon looks and
acts a bit too much like Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus to think he wasn't borrowing ideas from himself.
Yan caught Warner Bros. / DC's attention with her first feature film, Dead Pigs, which won the World Cinema
Dramatic Award
For Ensemble
Acting at Sundance.
Unlike their more recent roles, in which she played a delightful weirdo and he played a taciturn weirdo who also was capable of murdering you, Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves will have to stretch their
dramatic chops a bit
for their next
acting gigs, venturing into territory less in line with their actual personas.
We tend to want to remember our greatest actors
for their «big» moments — ones ripened with
dramatic stakes and
acted out with a heightened, sometimes histrionic, intensity.
Nichols» script draws inspiration from Nancy Buirski's celebrated 2011 documentary the Loving Story and invents some peripheral characters
for the sake of
dramatic expediency, without weakening the emotional wallop of the film's understated final
act.
While I do think, from a story standpoint, it's a shame that Garrigan wasn't limited to being a mere witness to the events of the Amin era, as he was portrayed more in the book, instead of a constant catalyst
for Amin's rage, considering he is a fictional character, we'll just chalk up his constant missteps as
dramatic license taken by the screenwriters in drawing out Amin to commit some of the most heinous
acts of torture shown in film this side of a Mel Gibson directorial effort.
It's a
dramatic, accurate and harrowing film, effectively photographed and brilliantly
acted, and it's also instructive,
for the way it depicts the specific nature of institutional fanaticism.
Jim Carrey's Dark Crimes has been panned
for «vulgarity» while critics calls it «the worst
dramatic acting of his career»
As with many of the
dramatic acting categories, last year's winner, Aaron Paul isn't around (neither is Josh Charles
for «The Good Wife»), but there are plenty waiting in the wings: Ben Mendelsohn, Kit Harington, «Scandal» star Joe Morton, even a potentially returning John Slattery.
Not only does it begin with an account of how bits of movie dialogue (from «Rio Bravo,» «His Girl Friday») have entered her life, and the lives of her friends and colleagues, but it then segues into a great quotation from Steve Roman on SCTV (playing Juan Cortez, the first Puerto Rican Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court in the
dramatic television series, «There's Justice
for Everybody»): «It's got good actors, and that spells good
acting.»
This team also singled out Benjamin Dickey in Ethan Hawke's latest directorial effort, «BLAZE,» to receive the U.S.
Dramatic Special Jury Award
for Achievement in
Acting.
And on the television front, Bob Odenkirk won best actor in a
dramatic series
for Better Call Saul, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story won four times, including
acting prizes
for Sarah Paulson and Courtney B. Vance, and Atlanta «s Donald Glover, showing off the very authentic mustache he'll be wearing in the upcoming Han Solo film, won
for best actor in a comedy series.
World Cinema
Dramatic Competition: Special Jury Award
for Acting: Vicky Hernandez and Manolo Cruz in «Between Sea and Land»
Strongly
acted by a cast top - lined by Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey and David Oyelowo, «The Butler» has its share of strong
dramatic moments in a story inspired by the real - life career of a White House employee who served eight presidential administrations
for a total of 34 years from 1952 to 1986.
A US
Dramatic Special Jury Prize
for Ensemble
Acting was presented to The Surrogate, written and directed by Ben Lewin, starring John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood and Annika Marks.
World Cinema
Dramatic Special Jury Award
for Acting Vicky Hernandéz & Manolo Cruz, «Between Sea and Land»
The comedic actor hasn't had many opportunities to show off his
dramatic acting chops until the release of Colossal, so it's a relief to see that he's more than just an SNL alumnus with a knack
for making people laugh.
All three are at their most movie star charismatic here, with their formidable
dramatic chops lending real gravitas and palpable emotional stakes as they continue their struggles and conflicts with each other and within in order to
act for the greater benefit of their kind.
Ensemble drama BABEL leads the nominations at next year's (07) Golden Globe Awards, boasting seven nods including Best
Dramatic Picture and an
acting accolade
for star BRAD PITT.
Gertrud renounces external eventfulness in order to cultivate internal or imaginative eventfulness» — and using the (constant - and - never - moving as a way to allow viewers to focus on
acting and the body rather than on technical formalist tricks, in fact, the shots are the longest technically allowable before the invention of digital shooting) camera merely as a functional recording - device rather than as an originator of instant meaning and knowledge as in Hollywood, this film remains the best summation of the truism that a longwinded presentation of several actors merely speaking
for ten - minutes - a-scene while the camera does not move and no artificial and manipulative «cinematic language» is involved, in other words, the dreaded «merely filmed non-cinematic literature and theatre,» not only has a much greater capacity to teach than any Hollywood mode of filmmaking but is more
dramatic than any car chase.
It is the worst kind imaginable and the movie plays it
for all its great
dramatic worth in its final
act.
This turns out to be an appropriate fit
for the material, however, as the movie is often genuinely hilarious; it's also worth noting that the expectedly
dramatic third -
act developments (including that darned fake break - up) are subsequently not as jarring as they could've been.
Release: Christmas Day 2013 [Theater] By the seem of things, Mr. Stiller has been secretly getting all the little memos we, the patient viewers, have continued to slip underneath his door over the years, beseeching, imploring the actor to put his dormant
dramatic sensibilities to good use
for once — actually
act in a movie instead... Continue reading The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Bonus points to former «SNL» cast member Will Forte
for flexing some impressive
dramatic acting chops.
The most
dramatic alteration is the central
act of theft pulled off by bored billionaire Thomas Crown (Brosnan) is an art heist, not a bank robbery, and the film is better
for it.
Grand Jury Prize:
Dramatic — Fruitvale U.S. Directing Award:
Dramatic — Jill Soloway, Afternoon Delight Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award — Lake Bell, In A World Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S.
Dramatic — Bradford Young, Ain't Them Bodies Saints and Mother of George Special Jury Award
for Acting — Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley, The Spectacular Now Special Jury Award
for Sound Design — Upstream Color
In light of that, you'd think that he would take his
acting seriously (as his
dramatic weight loss
for All Things Fall Apart suggested) or at least the producing side and make something with even slight commercial prospects.
For those in the mood for this kind of tale, it's a well - acted and absorbing piece of dramatic fiction, which is the least you would expect from an Irving adaptati
For those in the mood
for this kind of tale, it's a well - acted and absorbing piece of dramatic fiction, which is the least you would expect from an Irving adaptati
for this kind of tale, it's a well -
acted and absorbing piece of
dramatic fiction, which is the least you would expect from an Irving adaptation.
Bale and Lawrence are already slated to
act together (alongside Bradley Cooper) in Russell's untitled Abscam drama written by Eric Singer, but whereas that tale of con artists and FBI agents seems more of the frenzied, lighthearted type, «Earth» appears a proper
dramatic challenge
for all three main parties involved.
Acting for Wong Kar - wai is a totalizing experience — since there's no script, the actors and the director are creating characters, a
dramatic arc, and a new expressive vocabulary all at the same time.