Sentences with phrase «great eccentric characters»

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It had a nice flow to it, and a great cast that portrayed nicely eccentric characters, especially John Travolta.

However, that film was a great deal like the other wise - cracking crime comedies that have come out since Tarantino's debut, often encroaching into Guy Ritchie territory, except without the skillful writing or wit required to make these eccentric oddball characters remotely appealing.

So no great surprise here that The Lincoln Lawyer turns out to be superior piece of crime storytelling with some characters clearly designed for recurring roles (in other novels and perhaps other films should this one do well) while others are designated for showy guest appearances as larger - than - life evildoers or tough - guy eccentrics.

The great eccentric buddy picture brought forth Howard Hessman's best - ever performance, the character that would get Crispin Glover kicked off Letterman, and an opportunity for Karen Black to shine again as a loser's irritated ex-wife.

Olivia Cooke is great as Art3mis, Mark Rylance is absolutely perfect as the eccentric James Halliday, Ben Mendelsohn shines as the almost mustache - twirling Sorrento, and while he doesn't look like the novel's version of the character, Tye Sheridan does a really good job as Wade Watts.

Of all the star - studded names wearing great costumes and playing eccentric characters in Wes Anderson «s «The Grand Budapest Hotel «-- Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Mathieu Amalric, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Lea Seydoux, Jeff Goldblum, Jason Schwartzman, Jude Law, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Murray and Owen Wilson — one of the main faces leading the movie is someone who you probably haven't heard of: Tony Revolori.

Hyams» use of Van Damme is only partly totemic; JCVD has one of contemporary cinema's great hurt, tragic faces, and he imbues what's essentially a «character - building» backstory role with eccentric gravitas.

When: June 19th Why: Mark Ruffalo is hands - down one of the best actors working today, but while he's earned great reviews for his performance in writer Maya Forbes» directorial debut, his character feels a little too close to the eccentric fathers he's played over the past few years, especially in fellow indies like «The Kids Are All Right» and «Begin Again.»

This is the sort of film that seems to have been tailor - made to appear on the USA Network's late, great «Up All Night» series; it's full of eccentric characters and off - the - wall humor, regularly bouncing between being a comedy, a Western, and a horror movie.

Collette and Church have great chemistry, and both actors do a terrific job making their characters feel like fully realized people despite their eccentric qualities.

Mad Hop appears, the Other World's «greatest detective,» who Ben engages to help his search; Mad Hop is as eccentric as his name, sometimes reminding me of another Mad character from Lewis Carroll whose bungling, frustration, and even wisdom add to the magic circus.

Labeled variously a realistic story of whaling, a romance of unusual adventure and eccentric characters, a symbolic allegory, and a drama of heroic conflict, Moby Dick is first and foremost a great story.

Social groups and travellers gravitate to the friendly vibe of the place, so it's a great place to link up with interesting and eccentric characters, learn about Gili Trawangan's recent history, and have an all around nice time.

With a cavalcade of weird enemies like hippies and taxis, a lovable cast of eccentric characters and true innovation in the way game stories are written, EarthBound is a classic that has proven itself to be one of the greatest video games of all time.