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All those great supporting performances in the last 10 years and nary a nod.

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

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Michael Shannon (who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Nocturnal Animals), Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Jaeden Lieberher and Adam Driver all contribute great performances to this visually beautiful ensemble piece.

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Disobedience explores these themes in a beautifully crafted tale that will make your heart ache, thanks to two standout leading performances and a great supporting one.

Yes, it's very funny and filled with enough genuinely great performances that it's actually debatable which supporting star turns in the best work (it's Laurie Metcalf, or maybe Beanie Feldstein, or possibly Tracy Letts), but what makes Gerwig's movie such a gem is the honesty that infuses every part and every scene.

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.

An abundance of great supporting performances (led by a perfect return by Harrison Ford and incredible newcomer Sylvia Hoeks) and effective cameos move the action forward, while the most vivid cinematography and special effects in years make you wish the movie would never end.

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The movie also features some great supporting performances — especially Kyle Chandler in a short but effective cameo — but without Teller and Woodley in the lead roles, it wouldn't be quite so, well, spectacular.

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

Timothy Spall turns in a great supporting performance as Clough's right - hand man Peter Taylor, who wants no part of this petty revenge.

I like Josh Brolin a great deal, and I particularly like his performance in «Milk» — a courageous display of against - type delicacy and ambiguity that would be a worthy winner of Best Supporting Actor honours in most years.

With an endearing performance by Dennis Christopher (It, Doppelganger) in the lead role, as well as a great supporting cast that includes Dennis Quaid (Dreamscape, Innerspace), Paul Dooley (Runaway Bride, Crazy Little Thing), and an Oscar - nominated role for Barbara Barrie (Private Benjamin, Real Men), there's no shortage of cast chemistry to be found.

The film also boasts some great supporting performances from Willem Dafoe as Wick's friend / fellow hit man Marcus; Ian McShane as Winston, the de facto head of the New York assassins» guild; Adrianne Palicki as a rival assassin and Dean Winters, who steps out from his All State Mayhem commercials in a fun role as Viggo's right - hand man, Avi.

Prediction: While Denzel Washington is locked in a dead heat for Best Actor, his Fences costar Viola Davis might be the surest thing of the night — in part because she's great, in part because the character is great, and in part because it's a leading performance in a supporting category.

While The Dark Knight had one of the greatest performances of all time, in addition to a good story and some decent supporting performances, Civil War is a near - perfect blend of story, cast, and action, making it arguably the best that Marvel Studios has done so far.

He gets great performances from both Stanton and an eclectic supporting cast that includes Ed Begley Jr., Tom Skerritt and, best of all, the one and only David Lynch, whose big scene with Stanton is one of those magical moments that deserves to be put in a time capsule.

Deborah - Lee Furness, John Howard and Simon Stone all turn in great work in supporting roles, while the first time on screen for Sean Rees - Wemyss as Tom is a natural performance of great charm.

Chalamet is painfully vulnerable in this star - making turn and the supporting performances by Armie Hammer and powerhouse Michael Stuhlbarg are great as well, really rounding out this masterful vision.

Testimony has one great dramatic center, some bravura Steadycam sequences, effective newsreel - styled black and white cinematography, and a greater diversity of music to offset a weak script, clumsy montages, and surprisingly banal performances from supporting players (except Ronald Pickup, who also played Nietzsche in Wagner).

The supporting cast do well to play normal opposite his hilariously inappropriate behaviour — Jamie Bell and Imogen Poots are great as his smart sidekick and a supportive female officer, while Eddie Marsan gives a wonderful against - type performance as Bruce's spineless friend, whom he drugs into dancing with fairy lights in Amsterdam.

The film is also completely entertaining, and helped by another great supporting performance from Shailene Woodley (seen in The Descendants).

Picking from these ballots, here's who I'd choose: Actor: Steve Coogan, < > 24 Hour Party People < > (also one of the best comedic performances outside Cohen's Borat) Actress: Q'orianka Kilcher, < > The New World < > (the toughest choice) Supporting Actor: Daniel Day Lewis, < > Gangs of New York < > (the scene where he's wrapped in the flag is one of the great movie moments of the 21st century) Supporting Actress: Gong Li, < > Miami Vice < > (just cuz... well, she's great and beautiful and devastating)

And when a movie can start so brightly and continue to build on it like «Drive» does (thanks in part to great supporting performances from Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston and Albert Brooks), it's no wonder why so many people love this film.

However, other than these few screenplay picks, there were a lot of great choices to be found, including Laurie Metcalf continuing to dominate Best Supporting Actress for her great performance in «Lady Bird» and Margot Robbie scoring a couple of wins for «I, Tonya.»

Tom Hollander («Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest») turns in a great supporting performance as «Corky» Corkoran, Roper's right - hand man.

So the film's greater pleasures seep in around the edges of the plot: the gradual revelation of why Scudder quit the police force, the strong supporting performances (notably by Ólafur Darri Ólafson as the caretaker of a graveyard) and the relationship between Scudder and T.J., a savvy but homeless black teenager who becomes his sidekick.

The stark black and white cinematography and a stunning supporting performance by Joe Pesci make the film one for the ages and are easily the greatest boxing movie in cinema history.

He turns in a great performance here, as does the supporting cast.

The «Scrubs» star does a solid job in the lead role, and Mandy Pantinkin and Joey King both deliver great supporting work, but it's Kate Hudson who is the movie's most pleasant surprise, turning in her finest performance since «Almost Famous.»

There's a lot of great stuff in Take Shelter (like Shea Whigham's supporting performance), Nichols just fumbles the third act.

Affleck brings big - screen charisma, understated wit, and a hint of tenderness to the role of Chris, a man who wants to connect with other people but doesn't quite know how; Anna Kendrick does her winsome Anna - Kendrick thing as a CPA unknowingly entangled in a diabolical corporate scheme; J.K. Simmons and Jon Bernthal offer solid supporting performances as, respectively, a Treasury agent and an elite hitman; and the great Jeffrey Tambor is even tucked in there, as a white - collar con in a high - security prison.

Palance who was a great supporting actor in his day probably should have or could have won for earlier performances in Shane and Sudden Fear.

What it did have in common with the Coens» previous work wass a gallery of great performances (Isaac's impressive turn is ably supported by the likes of Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, F. Murray Abraham and Coen fixture John Goodman), any number of great scenes (a bit where our hero visits his shabby record company is arguably the funniest of the lot) and a soundtrack that you will almost certainly be buying as soon as you leave the theatre.

With the release of two new trailers this week for A Most Violent Year that saw Chastain receive great notices for, will A24 keep her in Lead for a reportedly borderline performance or drop her to Supporting where she stands a good chance at winning?

One that twists and turns in unexpected and exciting directions, supported by great performances from Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike.

As his wife, Barbara Barrie did get nominated in the Supporting Actress category — knowing Hollywood, amidst lighter competition — for her less flashy but still great performance.

The supporting cast is also great, with Laurie Metcalf, in particular, showing some exceptional acting chops in her performance.

Of course, one always appreciates it when a superior DC / Marvel adaptation emerges from a great script (The Dark Knight 2008) or even from a good one (Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2014, which also benefited from an amazing late - career Robert Redford performance, in a supporting role).

There are better leading men than Jason Sudeikis, who's usually more effective in supporting roles, but the rest of the cast is great, including Jennifer Aniston (tapping into her naughty side once again after the positive reception from «Horrible Bosses») and up - and - comer Will Poulter in what promises to be a scene - stealing performance.

De Palma's stylish crime - gangster tale is extremely enjoyable in large measure due to the set - pieces and homages to Sergio Leone and Eisenstein, but also to Sean Connery's great performance for which he deservedly won the Supporting Actor Oscar.

But with great leads, skillful direction, and solid supporting performances by Amy Adams, whose character represents the balance between her natural demeanor of kindness and the learned skills of a newfound disciplinarian, and Viola Davis, whose one powerhouse scene impressed enough to garner her an Academy Award nomination, Doubt still runs on all cylinders professionally in delivering a solid musing on the duplicitous power of faith and doubt, faith coming from the heart and doubt from the mind.

Stephen McKinley Henderson, «Fences» (Paramount Pictures) Henderson's work in «Fences» reminds us what a great supporting performance entails: generosity.

Great digital on - the - job performance support gives the learner just enough — and just in time.

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