Sentences with phrase «for character drama»
Extra points for the character drama being less shallow than typical; for example, the main obstacle keeping Beca and Jesse apart isn't their groups» rivalry, but their contrasting personalities — Beca's guarded and Jesse's a bit too eager to intervene in various aspects of her life.
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Born in Los Angeles, 36 - year - old Markle is best known for her role in legal drama «Suits,» in which she has played the character Rachel Zane since 2011.
OK, prepare to suspend your disbelief: The mystery - adventure drama is based loosely on Washington Irving's 1820 short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and follows the character of Ichabod Crane, who has woken up after sleeping for 250 years and is now partnered with police Lt. Abbie Mills in modern day Sleepy Hollow, N.Y..
They didn't elaborate on the matter, but according to Variety, it was because MacLaren's «epic origin tale» differed from their hopes for a more classic character - driven drama.
I just know the character of human beings in general and logic dictates we have a world of drama queens ready to have the spotlight on them for their victimhood.
This is ironic, given the fact that I waited until I was married to have sex and have been known to shout at the TV when my favorite dramas take it for granted that characters attracted to one another with sleep together after the first date.
She is delicate (like a barracuda) in her maneuvers around the third main character in Leaf's drama, a graduate student who is writing her dissertation about the moment in 1973 when Margolies lost an election for the presidency of a national feminist association to a rival supported by Feinberg.
Many people start watching for the drama and to keep up with the hype, but loyal Shondaland fans stick around (even 14 seasons deep) for the inspirational characters, encouraging messages and authentic stories.
Through these three dramas, Rhimes allows viewers to see themselves in her characters, and each show offers something for everyone.
They were thus «liturgical» in nature, intended for the whole community; and as, say, in the production of a drama with religious overtones, they were both religious in nature and social in character.
The second was meant for the preacher, judge, the bailiff who were the figure characters in the somber drama and for the condemned Joan.
A parent will not be able to provide a reference; if the student has done paid or voluntary work, or has studied for qualifications such as music or drama exams, there may be a teacher or employer who can provide an academic or character reference.
Lang, who earned his stripes on «The Bill», «Casualty» and currently juggling scripts for three series, including the hit crime drama «Unforgotten» and a forthcoming Netflix production, adds: «The rule of thumb is that a third of the character is you, a third is people you know, a third is made up, and it's that final third where true empathy can hopefully be felt.»
Although the conversations are imagined, and some characters and scenes altered for the drama, Graham based This House on real events, having interviewed individual politicians from the period.
Though the movie doesn't exactly open with a lot of promise - Hemsworth's character is, for example, first glimpsed seducing a nurse à la James Bond - Rush eventually settles to become a consistently engrossing drama that boasts a handful of genuinely exciting racing sequences (although, by that same token, it's hard not to wish that filmmaker Ron Howard had spent a little more time on the individual races).
This contradiction seems to stem from the writer's need to set up the basis for the drama despite inconsistency in the character.
On the whole, I was hardly interested in this snoozefest of a mystery «thriller», but there are moments in which I found myself genuinely invested in this layered and meditative drama, and for those moments, I give some credit to Refn for actually waking up, and even more credit to the real force behind this misguided character study.
For his performance as the title character DEXTER, Hall (who served as an executive producer) won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards in 2010 and the 2007 TCA Award for Individual Achievement in DraFor his performance as the title character DEXTER, Hall (who served as an executive producer) won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards in 2010 and the 2007 TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drafor Individual Achievement in Drama.
In other words, he's much better at effects - laden set - pieces than character drama, and this film is crying out for more of the latter.
Not bad medical drama hampered by the fact that for a great deal of the film Spader's character behaves like an idiot.
Its respect for its characters undercuts the drama, but not to the extent that we sit there drifting into a coma.
I disagree with the other reviewers saying there is nothing to connect to with the characters or the story when I think the actors do a good job, the stories tend to be strong, and the drama is good, especially for a USA show.
Writer - director Tanya Hamilton's intellectually ambitious debut drama Night Catches Us is all the more notable for setting well - drawn fictional characters in a fraught, real moment in civil rights history.
Whether viewers come for the political intrigue, the space battles, or the character drama, there's pretty much something for everyone.
The Runner doesn't lack for drama, but the characters are so thinly and predictably drawn, and the movie's supposed insights into the art of political compromise so banal, that nothing catches fire.
Its power lies in its attention to the drama of everyday existence, and Mr. Olshefski's sharp eye for character.
I will admit I had some trepidation when I first heard they were making another season of Stranger Things, and this is exactly why: it doesn't make sense that this same town keeps getting attacked over and over by horrors from beyond, plus now all the mystery of the first season is drained away and it is nearly impossible to create believable drama for the characters that can compare with
Speaking of Burton, forget the Jews, because this film really looks bad for atheists, as I can see some Bible thumper saying that the most inaccurate thing in this (Snicker, snicker) Biblical drama is Burton's character feeling guilty about killing Christ.
Every time a character opens their mouth for some tin - eared quip that wouldn't be out of place on a soapy drama like Gossip Girl, it knee - caps the rest of the storytelling.
Given the film's emphasis on character and political drama, it didn't come with tons of room for involving material.
The shift in motivation and purpose for all of the characters sets up the new chapter beautifully, leaving everyone anticipating a great third season for this most epic of space dramas.
More recently, Tierney was seen on the CBS Drama, THE GOOD WIFE, as well as the critically acclaimed RESCUE ME as the love interest of Dennis Leary's character, and reprised that role for the show's last season.
I'm a sucker for crime dramas so I watched The Bridge with high expectations.Overall I was pleased.The main characters compliment each other well and Diane Krugers character became more interesting after I learned she had aspergers, a form of autism, from a critic review.Demian Bichir was great as well and I look forward to the next few episodes.I like the Mexican / American themes crossing
Grainger was also recognized for her character of Charlie Cooper in a one - off television adaptation of Kate Long's novel THE BAD MOTHER»S HANDBOOK; Grainger starred opposite Catherine Tate, Anne Reid, and Robert Pattinson in this popular comedy drama.
Wish I Was Here seems, in its early stages, to be lacking the personal touch that made Garden State so memorable and distinctive, and it's not until Braff shifts the focus to both his and Patinkin's respective characters that the movie becomes the engrossing, heartfelt drama one might've hoped for.
While there are several mile - wide plot holes and one key under - developed main character, the film emerges as a tight, intriguing old - fashioned drama that gives audiences a hero worth rooting for.
It'll be a snooze for those looking for a standard post-apocalyptic thriller, but accepting it as a drama with rich performances and three - dimensional characters, it's elegantly wrought.
A textured drama about a musical family complete with richly realized characters and a pleasing soundtrack for all generations.
Fated: The Silent Oath is exactly the kind of game that VR was made for, and it's nice to finally see the technology put to work on small, intimate, emotive character drama.
A delicious combination of idiosyncratic character drama and increasingly violent and violently absurd comedy, this Netflix title opened the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance this year and is an assured debut for Blair, the star of Jeremy Saulnier's Blue Ruin and Green Room.
Actor Edward Pawley played numerous character roles in 1930s crime dramas and is best remembered for playing notorious criminal Danny Leggett in the James Cagney vehicle G - Men (1935).
Ted's favorite author, Howard Bellweather, protests Brian's Hero Award while collecting his own, Emmett works for men who are similar to the politically correct characters of the fabulous new gay TV drama, «Gay as Blazes,» and Michael wants to reconnect with Brian at a comic - book convention.
Bringing his distinctively low - key delivery to a range of parts that were by turns mystical, sinister and conflicted, Sarsgaard secured his place in the pantheon of great Hollywood character actors.Saarsgard delivered solid performances in Year of the Dog and Rendition (both 2007), and co-starred with Dennis Hopper and Patricia Clarkson for the psychological drama Elegy in 2008.
For Mana, showing up for practice and competing in the meet are acts of open defiance, and Ariki isn't the kind of character you want to make angry, which pulls the openly conflicted Gen into the center of a potentially violent situation — one that feels like something out of a Paul Schrader movie (say, Travis Bickle's foolhardy attempt to liberate Iris at the end of «Taxi Driver») rather than the sort of climax audiences might anticipate from this otherwise Disney - appropriate inspirational draFor Mana, showing up for practice and competing in the meet are acts of open defiance, and Ariki isn't the kind of character you want to make angry, which pulls the openly conflicted Gen into the center of a potentially violent situation — one that feels like something out of a Paul Schrader movie (say, Travis Bickle's foolhardy attempt to liberate Iris at the end of «Taxi Driver») rather than the sort of climax audiences might anticipate from this otherwise Disney - appropriate inspirational drafor practice and competing in the meet are acts of open defiance, and Ariki isn't the kind of character you want to make angry, which pulls the openly conflicted Gen into the center of a potentially violent situation — one that feels like something out of a Paul Schrader movie (say, Travis Bickle's foolhardy attempt to liberate Iris at the end of «Taxi Driver») rather than the sort of climax audiences might anticipate from this otherwise Disney - appropriate inspirational drama.
Fortunately, the movie still makes time for serious emotional drama and resonant arcs for all three of its main characters, Scott Lang / Ant - Man (Paul Rudd), his mentor Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and Hank's daughter Hope (Evangeline Lilly).
The biographical drama is not only noteworthy for Hanks» sentimental and powerful portrayal of the title character in a well - crafted narrative, but also for its stunning cinematography.
Unusually for a drama about suffocating social and emotional repression, Disobedience lavishes attention on religious concerns; it paints Dovid as a largely sympathetic character, a man in a spiritual crisis.
At just about the festival's halfway point, the Adam Driver drama about a bus driver with a gift for poetry could've seriously taken a snobbish turn — as the character is inspired by the working - class passengers on his New Jersey metro route.
The Way Way Back does generate a fair amount of laughs throughout the film, but misses on the emotional level because of the underplayed drama between mother and son — a shame because Collette's character had real potential to be more than just a naïve mother who is content with looking the other way for everything in life.
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