Sentences with phrase «great performances in films»

He is a decent actor who delivers great performances in films no one sees and mediocre work in major films.

Anyway, I'm rambling... at any rate, my point is that not only was this a great year for performances in general, it was an especially good year for Spielberg films, and it never ceases to amaze me how many great performances in his films have been overlooked.

We're not necessarily saying the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences doesn't honor the greatest performances in film, but getting an audience to laugh can often be more difficult than getting them to cry.

Q: There are so many great performances in this film.

The greatest performance in the film, however, might belong to screen vet Andy Garcia, who smolders and captivates as a suave pilot named Mitchell who romances Keaton's (extremely meta) character.

Not exact matches

George suffered from not being filmed every week like the stares of today, but his week in week out performance make him at the very least 2 or 3 of the very greatest players ever.

a great music film this is the words which i can say about Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids great work by Jonathan demme and great performance bt Justin Timberlake is this movie a history is counted they show the people the history not just the concert i love how jonathan direct this and i love the edition i love how justin timberlake is humble and lovely funny smart with everybody i'm more in love with him.this deserves an emmy and a grammy for best music film at grammys 2018 everybody should watch this movie is amazing congrats justin timberlake netflix and jonathan demme great music film truly amazing maybe we have this film in dvd soon i will love if its happen i» ll love some extras yes i will.

Harrelson and Foster have great chemistry on screen together, both give amazing performances, and go a long way in making the movie the powerful film it is.

Released on the sudden and unexplainable popularity of star Ashton Kutcher, the film is ultimately a realization that Terence Stamp, regardless of the great performances he has given in the past, will never be fully respected by Hollywood and given anything unworthy of his participation.

Great performance by Josh Hartnett - he was brilliant in this film, he delivered quite possibly his best performance and pretty much carried this film.

A great deal of the impact in The Piano Teacher comes from Isabelle Huppert's performance, which comes as her finest career moment, as well as one of the year's early choices for 2002's Best Actress (personal list, of course: I highly doubt that the conservative Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be able to make it through the film).

These minor points aside, Beginners is without doubt one of the best films of 2011, with an outstanding performance from Plummer, great writing, and through being an immensely rewarding viewing experience in general.

Honestly, while Samantha Isler gives a great performance in the lead role, I just didn't find the «modern day» stuff (in quotation marks since the film takes in 1977) to be all that interesting to be honest.

Filmed on location in Italy and Spain and shot in brilliant Todd - AO and Color and directed by the great British director Carol Reed, Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison (in their first and only film together) give two of the screen's best performances.

And Gordon's got Jeffrey Combs in one of the great comedic performances (undoubtedly so, as Jim Carrey aped Combs in most of his films to box office success) but he's also got a very difficult role for David Gale.

A decent character study whose main strength lies in two great performances by Foster and Harrelson, who shine in a sad story that deals with the psychological consequences of a terrible job, but the film also suffers from some tiresome pacing and unnecessary scenes.

Other big names in film, such as Ellen Burstyn, Sam Elliot, Dennis Leary, and even Jennifer Garner all gave great performances.

For over a decade, sold out audiences have enjoyed Rocky Horror - like participation consisting of hilarious traditions such as screen - shouting, football playing, throwing spoons at the screen, rooting on the shockingly long establishing pans of San Francisco, and generally laughing hysterically at the film's clunky pseudo-Tennessee Williams dialogue, confused performances, and bizarre plot twists, like the mother - in - law character whose breast cancer ought to play like it matters a great deal, but really comes off as a non-sequitur.

Kurt Russell capstones his lifelong relationship with Walt Disney Pictures in what might be a film containing his all - time greatest performance.

In Lincoln, we get a great performance, but not a great film.

Ok, another film based on a Nicholas Sparks novel, Safe Haven isn't perfect, have some good ideas, wich are not fully exploited, but in the development some of these ideas has a great end, the performances are not perfect.

With stunning performances from its cast, the film occur during the First World War, and it shows us the chaos, and considering the fact that this was made in 1930, it's an impressive feat in filmmaking, as what we have here is a picture that captures the fear and agony of combat, and it's a well made movie for its time, and it still looks great after all these years.

The performances are also exemplary, but it is primarily a film of great moments — the climactic sequence of the young conscript reaching out for a butterfly in the sun — that, once seen, are never forgotten.

Anchored with a lovely, subtle sad eyed performance by the beautiful Keri Russell and a cast of terrific comedic prodigy actors, including the great Andy Griffith in his last film appearance as the crusty diner owner.

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With excellent performances by the actors really making you feel even more connected with them, great diversity in planets and enviroments, and memorable moments teeming in all over the film, there's a reason

I thought the film had a great soundtrack and integrated it well in the film (I think that unless you knew that Tip was voiced by Rihanna, you wouldn't find the songs that distracting; it might even give you a better apprecation for Rihanna's spunky vocal performance) and the film had a unique, bold, and very beautiful visual style.

«Nightcrawler» is a great Los Angeles film and a great media film and a great noir, powered by a supremely creepy performance from Jake Gyllenhaal in what is perhaps the best work of his eclectic career.

Both Rodríguez and Jonsson give great performances but the film focuses mostly on Jonsson and the challenges she faces and the actress shines in the role.

Harrison Ford has remarked that The Mosquito Coast is his personal favorite entry in his filmography, and though that does surprise given how many great films he's been a part of, it definitely isn't quite like any of his other films in terms of his performance.

For some, it will be very bad news that Ritchie (who co-wrote King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword with Joby Harold and Lionel Wigram) stays in his lane with this film; if you didn't enjoy the look and pace and overall vibe of other Ritchie movies, such as Snatch or Sherlock Holmes, then you might feel that his often jarring and visually exhausting style could overpower the strong performances from a great cast.

Stanley Tucci, Addison Timlin turn in great performances, but this isn't the film for the age of #MeToo

Not many will debate against that Woody Harrelson is one of the greatest actors of his time (this year alone he has appeared in a wide variety of films and given a pair of incredible performances in War for the Planet of the Apes and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), but his portrayal of Texan Lyndon B. Johnson in the biopic about the polarizing political figure simply titled LBJ (directed by Rob Reiner of A Few Good Men fame among other widely regarded classics) is a mixed bag.

The rest of the supporting cast, Carrie Fisher, Bruce Dern, and Rick Ducommun are all hilarious in the film, perfectly rounding out the film and all giving great performances.

It's basically a filmed play, and the drama itself is problematic (Tennessee Williams - lite), but oh what performances are given by Cher (in her first great screen role) as the no - nonsense waitress Sissy, Sandy Dennis as the delusional Mona and Karen Black as the mysterious Joanne who arrives halfway through the film and upends the lives of the women who used to know her as Joe.

Ulliel's greatest gift to Saint Laurent is that his performance is the only thing that feels bolted to the ground in a film that feels narcotized beyond all recognition.

Plus, you certainly want to catch another world - class performance from, whom I consider, the greatest actress in film history.

Gloria Swanson gave possibly the greatest performance by an actress never to win the award with her seething work in «Sunset Boulevard,» easily among the most iconic portrayals in film history.

While Philip Seymore Hoffman, Philip Baker Hall, and Julianne Moore have been rather busy in films over the last year, they have constantly given great performances (I don't care what everyone says, Julianne Moore was incredible in Magnolia).

Real - life stuntwoman Zoe Bell (who doubled for Uma Thurman in «Kill Bill» and Lucy Lawless in «Xena: Warrior Princess») and Tracie Thoms (whose role would have been played by Pam Grier or Samuel L. Jackson in any other movie) deliver great performances throughout their half of the film, but it's Kurt Russell who walks away with «Death Proof» as Stuntman Mike, yet another excellent addition to his rogue's gallery of classic characters.

Like «Get Out,» the film thumped racism — and sexism — giving Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson great supporting performances in the process.

Even they look embarrassed about it all, but like good actors, they each pony up a great performance in a desperately awful film.

Almost as quotable as a Monty Python film and it's one of the best examples in film history where imagination and great performances trump the limitations of a very low budget.

It's on their backs that the film coasts, which is actually a pity since there are three great performances lurking in the horrible bosses.

Talia Shire puts her flat performance in Rocky to shame, Abe Vigoda easily makes the viewer forget that his claim to fame is in playing a character named Fish, Richard S. Castellano makes arguably the greatest accomplice ever, and Sterling Hayden even makes his work in Stanley Kubrick films seem simple.

Ben Kinglsley, Linda Fiorentino, Greg Kinnear, all of these are highly able actors that have given great performances in other films, but none of these (and, yes, that includes the almost always flawless Kingsley) gave me anything to enjoy from here.

He puts in a restrained performance this time around, which is great because I passionately despised his yelling and roughing Harry up in the previous film, HP & the Goblet of Fire.

Emily Browning's performance anchors the film well, while Olly Alexander, and Hannah Murray are great in support.

Luckily for me, Crudup doesn't disappoint and gives yet another great performance to add to his eclectic filmography, in the simply shot but undeniably soulful film Rudderless.